How much does PREP cost?

We could not find published pricing. Review sites list pricing on request, and university pages describe licenses assigned to staff and a quote-based service for files sent to Continual Engine.

My university has PREP. Should I use something else?

If your institution provides a PREP license, use it; it costs you nothing extra. Alternatives matter for organizations without a license.

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PREP (Continual Engine) alternatives for PDF remediation

Short answer: PREP is Continual Engine's PDF remediation platform, typically licensed to institutions such as universities, with pricing by quote. Smaller organizations without a license can use self-service remediation with published prices (PDFAccessly: $0.45 to $0.78 per page, 5 free pages a month), Adobe Acrobat Pro, or manual remediation services from about $4 per page.

What PREP is

PREP is a cloud platform from Continual Engine for remediating PDFs and other documents. Universities such as Virginia Tech provide it to staff through assigned licenses, alongside a quote-based service where files are sent to Continual Engine for remediation. We could not find a published per-page price.

Alternatives

Option	Pricing	Best for
PDFAccessly	Published: $0.45 to $0.78/page, 5 free pages/month, no contract	Small governments, schools and libraries with mostly text documents
Adobe Acrobat Pro	Subscription	Staff who will fix documents by hand
Manual services	Published examples from about $4/page for simple documents	Forms and complex documents
Free checkers (PAC, veraPDF)	Free	Finding out which files need work

What to compare

Price model. Per page with no contract versus annual license. For a few hundred documents, per page is usually cheaper; for a large university, a license may be.
What is automated. Alt text, headings, tables, OCR, forms, contrast.
Validation and reports. Which validator, and do you get a report per file?
Data handling. Where files are processed, how long they are kept.

Ours: everything is automated except form fields and color contrast; veraPDF validation and a report on every file; files deleted after 7 days.

Frequently asked questions

How much does PREP cost?: We could not find published pricing. Review sites list pricing on request, and university pages describe licenses assigned to staff and a quote-based service for files sent to Continual Engine.
My university has PREP. Should I use something else?: If your institution provides a PREP license, use it; it costs you nothing extra. Alternatives matter for organizations without a license.