Pricing
Free locally. Pay when you want more.
Halo is free for everyone, forever, on-device. When you want a smarter model for long chats and big summaries, subscribe. When you'd rather point Halo at your own server, buy the license. No bundles, no upsells, no enterprise theatre.
On this Mac
Everything local. For everyone.
- Private, on-device AI
- Apple Speech transcription
- Memory store + briefings
- Voice control & dictation
- All ambient features
Halo Cloud
Frontier-class chat, recall, and synthesis. 7-day free trial.
- Frontier model for chat & summaries
- 15,000 messages / month
- Includes custom-server mode
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- Cancel anytime
Halo Cloud Team
Halo Cloud for every person on the team. One bill, active the moment you subscribe.
- Everything in Halo Cloud, per seat
- Each seat gets its own 15,000 / month
- Invite teammates by code
- Add or remove seats anytime
- Minimum 2 seats
Seats
$17.98 / month
Lifetime License
Point Halo at your own server. Forever. The first 1,000 lock in the founder price.
- Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, OpenRouter
- Any OpenAI-compatible URL
- No data through Halo's servers
- No subscription, no renewals
- Re-redeem on any Mac
The Halo Lifetime License.
One payment. Forever. Every device Halo ever ships on (Mac today, iPhone, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Ray-Ban, sync, and whatever comes next) is included.
We're only ever selling 5,000 of these. It's how we fund the roadmap without VC money, ads, or selling your data. When the counter hits 5,000, the door closes, and the earlier you claim, the less you pay.
The price climbs as it fills
- First 1,000 · Founders $49
- Next 2,000 $69
- Final 2,000 $79
Free stays free, forever. The Mac app is fully featured without a license.
Licenses claimed
Live| What's included | On this Mac | Halo Cloud | Cloud Team | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-device AI for chat & autocomplete | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-device transcription (Apple Speech) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Memory store, dossiers, briefings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice control, recall & journal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frontier model for chat & long synthesis | - | ✓ | ✓ | - |
| Reliable tool-calling past 20 turns | Limited | ✓ | ✓ | Depends on your server |
| 1-hour call summaries without truncation | Slow | ✓ | ✓ | Depends on your server |
| Custom server (Ollama / LM Studio / OpenRouter / …) | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monthly cap on cloud requests | - | 15,000 / mo | 15,000 / seat / mo | - |
| Invite teammates by code, one bill | - | - | ✓ | - |
| Works offline from Halo's servers | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |
| Data routes through Halo's infrastructure | No | Encrypted, not stored | Encrypted, not stored | Never |
| Free trial | Always free | 7 days | - | - |
Subscription
Halo Cloud, $9.99 / month
Unlocks Halo Cloud (frontier model on our servers) and custom-server mode. When you want the smartest possible chat with reliable tool calling, and don't want to run your own server, this is the path.
7-day free trial. Cancel anytime; cloud access runs through the end of the paid period.
Team
Halo Cloud Team, $8.99 / seat / month
Buy seats here, then invite teammates by code from your account page. Each member signs in with their own account and gets their own full monthly allowance. Seats are per-person, and accounts can't be shared. Each account covers up to 2 of your own Macs. One bill for the whole team.
Billed from day one, no trial. Minimum 2 seats; add or remove seats as the team changes.
License
Lifetime License, $49 once
Unlocks custom-server mode forever. Point Halo at any OpenAI-compatible URL: your own Ollama on a beefy Mac, LM Studio, vLLM, OpenRouter, anything that speaks the OpenAI API. No data ever routes through Halo's infrastructure.
Pay once. Works offline from Halo. Re-redeem on any Mac you own.
How we handle your data
On-device by default. Cloud only if you ask.
The on-device brain is the default, and everything it sees, your screen, audio, mood and personas, stays on your Mac on every plan. That part of the privacy contract doesn't change when you pay us.
Halo Cloud is optional and off until you switch it on. When you do, your message travels over an encrypted connection and is processed in memory to write a reply. We don't store your prompts or replies, and we never sell your data or use it for advertising.
Cloud runs through third-party AI providers. We send only what's needed to answer, never your screen or audio, and we're standardizing on providers contracted not to train on or retain your data. Want zero third parties? The $49 license unlocks custom-server mode, so Halo talks straight to your own server and we never see the request.