Is STORM still around? (2026)
Yes. STORM is live and reachable, price-verified as of Sep 8, 2026.
Held steady at $0/mo the whole tracked window (19 days).
Reachable 100% of 19 tracked days.
First-party daily snapshots. One reading per day, grows over time.
What STORM is
What sets it apart multi-perspective questioning before it writes
Best for a fast structured first draft with citations · Pricing model Free hosted tool; open source code on GitHub
STORM is a free Stanford project that researches a topic and writes a long, cited article, first simulating expert perspectives to build questions and an outline. The hosted version runs at storm.genie.stanford.edu and the code is open source. It targets the pre-writing research stage rather than final publication.
Sources storm.genie.stanford.edu · github.com · buildfastwithai.com
The fine print, checked
What the free plan really caps, whether your data can leave, and how cancelling works. Each fact read on STORM's own pages, linked below.
STORM is free. It is a research preview / prototype from Stanford's OVAL lab, with no paid plan and no pricing shown anywhere on the site. To use it you sign in and agree to the research-preview terms of service.
STORM (Stanford OVAL) homepage and terms of service · checked Aug 1, 2026
There is no paid subscription or billing on STORM, so there is nothing to cancel or unsubscribe from. Access needs only a sign-in and agreement to the terms of service; the terms note that your inputs may be collected for research.
STORM (Stanford OVAL) terms of service · checked Aug 1, 2026
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