Gideon LanternPricing
One plan, with everything in it. Set up and test as much as you like for free; you choose a plan when you turn Lantern on.
Yearly
$10 a year
Two months free — about 83¢ a month, billed once a year.
Monthly
$1 a month
Billed every month. The yearly plan costs less: a card payment's fixed fee is a large part of a dollar.
Included
- A check-in every week, with reminders on days 10 and 12 and a final notice a day before your deadline.
- Your message sent once to the people who accepted, if you stop answering.
- Several messages — a different one for each person if you like — and up to 10 recipients.
- Pause and resume whenever you need to.
- Test mode, previews and test emails, free and unlimited.
- Your full history, and a download of everything Lantern holds about you.
Billing questions
When am I charged?
When you choose a plan, which you need to do before Lantern can go live. Writing your message, inviting recipients and testing are free. Your plan renews automatically each month or year until you cancel.
How do I pay?
On a secure checkout page run by Stripe, our payment processor, in US dollars. Lantern never sees or stores your card number. Receipts come from Stripe by email.
I have a discount code.
Enter it when you choose a plan, or on Stripe's checkout page. If you were given a link with a code in it, we fill it in for you. Already subscribed? Apply it from Manage subscription.
Can I switch between monthly and yearly, or cancel?
Yes, at any time, from the Billing page in your account. If you cancel, your subscription runs to the end of the period you've paid for.
What happens if a payment fails, or my subscription ends?
Lantern keeps running while Stripe retries a failed payment. If your subscription ends, we email you, and your Lantern keeps running for another 30 days so you have time to sort it out. If nothing changes, Lantern then pauses and tells you. A paused Lantern doesn't ask you to check in and doesn't send your message to anyone.
Will my message ever be sent because I didn't pay?
No. Lantern sends your message only when you stop answering check-ins. A payment problem can, at most, pause Lantern — and a paused Lantern sends nothing.
Do you give refunds?
If you were charged by mistake, or something didn't work as it should, write to us at ian@gideonsolutions.us and we'll put it right. Otherwise payments aren't refunded for the unused part of a period. The details are in our terms.