These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of PaperBanana ("Service"), an AI-powered platform for academic illustration and diagram generation, operated at paperbanana.online. By using our Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
Last Updated: April 26, 2026
If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Service.
PaperBanana provides AI-powered tools for creating academic and professional visual content, including:
- Methodology and workflow diagram generation
- Statistical chart and data visualization
- Academic illustration and figure creation
- AI-powered image generation and editing
Our platform uses intelligent routing across multiple AI models to deliver high-quality results for each task.
To access paid features, you must:
- Create an account with accurate and complete information
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Keep your login credentials secure and confidential
- Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account
You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
You agree to use PaperBanana only for lawful purposes. The following uses are strictly prohibited and will result in immediate refusal of service, account suspension, or termination, with no refund.
You must NOT submit prompts to, or use, our Service to generate, upload, transmit, store, or distribute:
- Sexually explicit, pornographic, adult, NSFW (Not Safe For Work), sexually suggestive, lewd, erotic, or fetish content of any kind, including but not limited to nude or partially nude depictions of real or fictional persons, sexual acts, sexualized poses, or content designed to elicit sexual arousal. This prohibition applies regardless of artistic, educational, or research framing.
- Any sexual or sexualized content depicting, involving, or appearing to involve minors (CSAM); content that exploits, endangers, or harms minors in any form
- Content that infringes upon intellectual property rights, trademarks, or rights of publicity of third parties
- Hateful, discriminatory, harassing, or violently extremist content targeting individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristics
- Content that promotes, glorifies, or instructs self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders
- Realistic depictions of real-world violence, gore, or torture
- Content that promotes or facilitates illegal activities, including drug manufacturing, weapons manufacturing, or attacks on critical infrastructure
- Misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent content, including non-consensual deepfakes, political disinformation, or synthetic media used to deceive
- Content that violates the privacy or publicity rights of any person, including non-consensual intimate imagery
- Any content that attempts to bypass, circumvent, or jailbreak our content filters, content moderation systems, or AI safety measures
In addition to the prohibitions above, you agree NOT to:
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract our source code or AI models
- Use automated scripts, bots, or other tools to abuse or overload the Service
- Share your account credentials with third parties
- Resell or redistribute access to the Service without our written permission
- Collect or scrape user data or content from the Service
We screen every prompt submitted to PaperBanana through automated content moderation systems, including third-party safety APIs (such as our payment provider Creem's content moderation service), prior to routing the prompt to any AI generation model. Prompts identified as violating these Content Guidelines will be rejected before any image, diagram, or other output is produced, and no credits will be consumed for rejected prompts.
We retain logs of moderation decisions for compliance, auditing, and abuse-prevention purposes. Repeated submission of prompts intended to generate prohibited content — including attempts to evade our moderation systems through prompt engineering, indirect language, or splitting requests across multiple prompts — will result in account suspension or permanent termination without refund. We reserve the right to report unlawful content (including any content involving minors) to law enforcement and to cooperate fully with investigations.
You are solely responsible for the prompts you submit and the outputs you generate, store, or distribute using the Service. "I did not realize the model would generate that" is not a defense if your prompt was reasonably likely to elicit prohibited content.
- You retain ownership of all content you upload (sketches, descriptions, prompts)
- By submitting content, you grant us a limited license to process it solely to provide the Service
- You are responsible for ensuring you have the rights to any content you submit
- You own the outputs generated by the Service based on your inputs
- Generated content may be used for academic, professional, and commercial purposes
- Some outputs may incorporate elements subject to third-party AI model licenses; we recommend reviewing the applicable model licenses for commercial use
- PaperBanana's technology, platform, branding, and user interface are our intellectual property
- You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from our platform
- Paid plans are billed according to the selected billing cycle (monthly or annual)
- Payments are processed securely through Creem
- Annual subscriptions distribute credits on a monthly basis throughout the subscription period
- We may update our pricing with 30 days' advance notice
- For details on refunds and cancellations, see our Refund Policy
- Credits are consumed when you use AI generation features
- Monthly subscription credits expire at the end of each billing cycle and do not roll over
- One-time credit packages are valid for the period stated at purchase
- Unused credits have no cash value and are not refundable except as described in our Refund Policy
- We strive to maintain high availability but do not guarantee uninterrupted service
- We may perform scheduled maintenance with reasonable advance notice
- We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any feature with notice
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
We are not responsible for:
- The accuracy, completeness, or suitability of AI-generated content for your specific purposes
- Any errors or omissions in generated outputs
- Your use of generated content in academic or professional submissions
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
- Our total liability to you for any claims arising from your use of the Service is limited to the fees you paid in the 12 months preceding the claim
- We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages
You are solely responsible for:
- Ensuring AI-generated content accurately represents your research
- Complying with your institution's policies on AI-assisted work
- Properly disclosing and citing AI tool usage as required by your academic institution or publisher
We may suspend or terminate your account if you:
- Violate these Terms or our Content Guidelines
- Engage in fraudulent, abusive, or harmful activity
- Fail to pay for the Service
You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China. Any disputes arising from these Terms shall be resolved through good-faith negotiation, and if unresolved, through the courts of competent jurisdiction in Beijing, China.
We may update these Terms periodically. We will notify you of material changes via email or a notice on our platform. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us:
By using PaperBanana, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms of Service.