Built for computational scientists

From code to
publication-ready
figures, instantly.

Align is a scientific figure canvas that turns your R and Python code into polished, publication-ready figures — without the endless export, paste, revise loop.

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Align Canvas: Figure 2
Figure 2: Gene expression analysis
A
Expression heatmapBRCA1TP53MYCEGFRKRASS1S2S3S4S5S6HighLow
B
Pathway schematicLigandReceptorMAPKPI3KProliferation
C
Expression by group86420***ControlTrt ATrt B
Claude
Done. Updated panel A to use a green–orange diverging palette and standardized font sizes across all three subfigures. Export ready. ↓ Download figure + R code

The problem

A workflow that wastes your expertise

You're a scientist, not a designer. But every publication demands hours of repetitive formatting work.

01
The endless export loop
Generate figure in R, export as PDF, paste into Illustrator, get feedback from your PI, go back to the code, repeat. For every subfigure, every revision.
02
Aesthetic changes break your flow
A journal asks to change a font. A reviewer wants different colors. Small requests that send you back to the code for another hour.
03
Scattered files, lost provenance
Final_figure_v7_REAL.pdf. Which version used which data? Where's the code that made this? Align keeps your code, data, and figures together, always.

How it works

Four steps to a finished figure

From raw code to publication-ready output, without leaving Align.

1
Upload your code or data
Upload your R or Python script, upload a data file, or enter data directly. No coding required for the latter.
2
Generate your figure
Align runs your code and renders the figure live on the canvas. Heatmaps, boxplots, schematics, such as a ggplot output.
3
Refine with Claude
Ask Claude to change colors, adjust fonts, resize panels, or align subfigures. Changes happen instantly. No code editing needed.
4
Export everything
Download a high-resolution figure, updated R code, and your original data — all bundled together, ready for submission.

Features

Built for how scientists actually work

Every feature in Align exists to remove a specific friction point from the publication workflow.

AI-assisted aesthetics
Ask Claude to change colors, fonts, and layouts in plain English. Align updates every subfigure consistently, with no manual tweaking required.
Export with full provenance
Every export includes the high-res figure, the updated R code, and the original input data. Reproducibility built in by default.
Instant revision cycles
PI feedback or journal revisions? Make aesthetic changes in seconds. No more re-running scripts and re-exporting PDFs for every small change.
Multi-panel canvas
Arrange subfigures on a flexible canvas. Align panels, add labels, adjust spacing — exactly as you would in Illustrator, but faster.
No-code figure generation
Upload a CSV and describe the figure you want. Align writes the R code and generates the figure — no programming knowledge required.
Posters & presentations
Beyond papers, use the same canvas to build conference posters and presentation slides with your figures already formatted and ready.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free, upgrade when you're ready. Cancel any time, no questions asked.

Student
For students and researchers with a verified academic email.
$9.99/ month
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1,500 AI credits / month
≈ 12 subfigures per month
  • Verified .edu email required
  • R & Python figure generation
  • Claude AI aesthetic refinements
  • Multi-panel canvas
  • Export: high-res figure + R code + data
  • Posters & presentations
  • No-code figure generation from CSV
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Individual
For professional scientists, postdocs, and independent researchers.
$19.99/ month
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3,000 AI credits / month
≈ 25 subfigures per month
  • R & Python figure generation
  • Claude AI aesthetic refinements
  • Multi-panel canvas
  • Export: high-res figure + R code + data
  • Posters & presentations
  • No-code figure generation from CSV
  • Priority support
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No subfigure limits for your team
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For PIs and research groups who want a shared workspace for the whole lab.
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Shared across all lab members
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  • Up to 15 lab members
  • Shared lab canvas & figure library
  • Team management & roles
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Sonali Narang, founder of Align
Founder
Sonali Narang, PhD
Computational Biologist · Founder of Align

Hi, I'm Sonali, a computational biologist by training, and the person who once spent four hours changing a font size across twelve subfigures. I did my PhD in computational biology at NYU, then spent 3 years at Roche publishing research I'm proud of... and on a figure-formatting process I'm less proud of. I built Align because I was tired of the "copy-paste-illustrator-oops-the-team-wants-a-different-blue" loop. It turns out I wasn't alone.