Pricing
Digital Reef is built on a cross-subsidy model. Individuals and grassroots groups get near-cost access. Public purpose and commercial users pay more, enabling that affordability. Every tier draws on the same underlying data; higher tiers add personalisation, capabilities and higher levels of support.
Prices are in New Zealand dollars and include GST. Digital Reef Charitable Trust is GST-registered, and every payment gets a GST tax invoice.
Individual membership
Free
For anyone who wants to see what is happening in their places
- •View everything we publish: Monitor (Habitat, Lens, Library, Emergency), Maps and Take Part
- •One saved place and one saved alert
- •The Digital Reef newsletter
- •Mobile-friendly interface
Plus
For people who want Digital Reef shaped around their places
NZ$57.50 / year
or NZ$5 / month
- Everything in Free, plus:
- •5 saved places
- •10 lens alerts with email digests
- •Personalised Habitat feeds
- •Social sharing
- •Standard widgets
Pro
For researchers, planners, and power users
NZ$115 / year
or NZ$10 / month
- Everything in Plus, plus:
- •20 lens alerts and 10 saved places
- •Custom widgets and widget nomination
- •Draw your own points, lines and polygons as saveable alerts
Individual feature comparison
| Feature | Free | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor: Habitat, Lens, Library, Emergency | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maps (Reef GIS) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Take Part (view recreation events) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Newsletter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Saved places | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Saved alerts | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| Email digests of your alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Personalised Habitat feeds | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Social sharing | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Standard widgets | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom widgets and nomination | — | — | ✓ |
| Drawn points, lines and polygons as alerts | — | — | ✓ |
Organisation membership
Every organisation tier receives the same underlying data and core capability – GIS layer access, AI summaries, PDF extraction, historical search, API access, webhooks. Higher tiers add higher levels of support, on a cross-subsidy basis.
Wellbeing Group Standard
For grassroots clubs and small community organisations
Includes 1 seat. Extra seats NZ$200 / seat / year.
Grassroots groups, volunteer-run clubs, and small charities need early warning when decisions affect their places. This tier gives your team full access to all Nemo pipelines at near-cost pricing, enabling collective decision-making without breaking your budget.
- •Full Nemo pipeline (all sources)
- •Team collaboration (seat-based, flexible)
- •Email alerts with guild-based filtering
- •GIS layer access
- •Aronnax submissions (contribute spatial data)
- •API access
- •Community support
Contact us for additional seats
Wellbeing Group Premium
For established community organisations with multiple teams
Includes 1 seat. Extra seats NZ$600 / seat / year.
Larger community organisations need to coordinate across multiple teams or regions. This tier scales with your structure, giving multiple team members access while maintaining affordability through the cross-subsidy model.
- •Full Nemo pipeline (all sources)
- •Team collaboration (seat-based, flexible)
- •Email alerts with guild-based filtering
- •GIS layer access
- •Aronnax submissions (contribute spatial data)
- •API access
- •Priority support
Contact us for additional seats
Public Purpose
For government agencies, councils, and statutory bodies
Billed annually by invoice.
Councils and government agencies need community-sourced spatial knowledge to inform planning decisions. This tier provides institutional access to the full platform, with support for integrating community input into formal planning processes.
- •Full Nemo pipeline (all sources)
- •Team collaboration (seat-based, flexible)
- •Email alerts with guild-based filtering
- •GIS layer access
- •Aronnax submissions (contribute spatial data)
- •API access for integration
- •Dedicated support
Contact us for additional seats
Commercial
For consultants, planners, and commercial operators
Sole practitioner NZ$900 / year (1 seat). Small and medium firms from NZ$3,000 / year (3 seats; extra seats NZ$600 / seat / year). Enterprise: talk to us.
Commercial users – planning consultants, environmental firms, commercial recreation operators – rely on Digital Reef for client work and situational awareness. This tier provides institutional access with commercial-grade support and integration options.
- •Full Nemo pipeline (all sources)
- •Team collaboration (seat-based, flexible)
- •Email alerts with guild-based filtering
- •GIS layer access
- •Aronnax submissions (contribute spatial data)
- •API access for integration
- •Dedicated support
- •Custom integrations (on request)
Contact us for additional seats
Organisation feature comparison
Organisation tiers share the same core platform on a cross-subsidy basis. As the table below sets out, higher tiers add higher levels of support and, for Commercial, custom integrations.
| Feature | Wellbeing Group Standard | Wellbeing Group Premium | Public Purpose | Commercial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Nemo pipeline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team collaboration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email alerts (guild-filtered) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GIS layer access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aronnax submissions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI summaries | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF extraction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Historical search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webhooks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Seats | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible | Flexible |
| Support | Community | Priority | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Custom integrations | — | — | — | On request |
How pricing works
Digital Reef is a charitable trust, not a SaaS company. Our pricing is designed around a simple principle: commercial organisations pay market rates so that community groups can access the same tools at near-cost.
An engineering consultancy tracking fast-track consents and a volunteer-run tramping club monitoring DOC land decisions both need the same information. The consultancy can absorb a commercial rate. The tramping club cannot. Our tiered model means both get what they need.
This is not a discount programme – it is the core economic design of the Trust, embedded in our Trust Deed (Clause 4). Revenue from higher-tier members directly funds the infrastructure that serves everyone.
Federation bundles
Many sectors in Aotearoa operate as federations – a national body with dozens of regional clubs or branches. Whitewater NZ and its affiliated kayaking clubs. Federated Mountain Clubs and its member tramping organisations. Fish and Game regions.
If your organisation sits at the centre of a network like this, we can work with you on tailored arrangements that give your regional affiliates access through a single coordinated membership.
Frequently asked questions
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What does seat-based pricing mean for organisations?+
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What if my organisation doesn't fit neatly into a tier?+
Not sure which tier is right for you? Get in touch and we will help you find the best fit.