AI Software Pricing (2026)
What 55 ai tools actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked as they change. Cheapest first.
Pricing verified Sep 30, 2026
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AI pricing at a glance
| Product | Entry price | Plans | Free plan | Free trial |
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| Kagi | $5/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| ElevenLabs | $6/mo | 7 | Yes | No |
| Rytr | $7/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| OpenAI | $8/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Paperspace | $8/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Suno | $8/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| DeepL | $8/mo | 4 | No | Yes |
| Hugging Face | $9/mo | 3 | No | No |
| Krea | $9/mo | 6 | Yes | No |
| Midjourney | $10/mo | 4 | No | No |
| Leonardo AI | $12/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Granola | $14/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Mistral AI | $14/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Runway | $15/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Otter.ai | $16/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Fireflies | $18/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| tl;dv | $18/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Avoma | $19/mo | 4 | No | Yes |
| Comet | $19/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Fathom Notetaker | $19/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Grain | $19/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| WellSaid | $19/mo | 5 | Yes | Yes |
| Anthropic | $20/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Claude | $20/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Ideogram | $20/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| Manus | $20/mo | 3 | No | No |
| Pinecone | $20/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Windsurf | $20/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| Descript | $24/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| Copy.ai | $29/mo | 5 | No | Yes |
| Speechify | $29/mo | 2 | Yes | No |
| Rev | $29/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Grok | $30/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| LangSmith | $39/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Tabnine | $39/mo | 2 | No | No |
| Weaviate | $45/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Weights & Biases | $60/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Jasper | $69/mo | 2 | No | Yes |
| Writesonic | $79/mo | 4 | No | Yes |
| Roboflow | $99/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Braintrust | $249/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Modal | $250/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| AssemblyAI | Custom | 2 | Yes | Yes |
| Baseten | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| Cohere | Custom | 3 | No | Yes |
| Deepgram | Custom | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Gemini API | Custom | 2 | Yes | No |
| Lambda | Custom | 1 | No | No |
| Murf | Custom | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| OpenRouter | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| Poe | Custom | 1 | Yes | No |
| Qdrant | Custom | 5 | Yes | No |
| Replicate | Custom | 0 | No | No |
| Stability AI | Custom | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| Together AI | Custom | 7 | No | No |
Every ai tool we track, cheapest first
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Kagi
Premium ad-free search.
Plans: Trial $0/mo · Starter $5/mo · Professional $10/mo · Ultimate $25/mo
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ElevenLabs
AI voice generation and cloning.
ElevenLabs sits premium relative to bulk TTS APIs but cheap relative to voice-over production costs, which is the comparison that actually matters to buyers. The $6 Starter tier is a clever low-friction wedge to hook price-sensitive indie creators before the real revenue kicks in at Creator and Pro.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Starter $6/mo · Creator $22/mo · Pro $99/mo · Scale $299/mo · Business $990/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Rytr
AI writing assistant.
Rytr is the budget option in the AI writing category, full stop — most competitors (Jasper, Copy.ai) price their entry paid tiers 3-5x higher. They're clearly going after price-sensitive freelancers, solopreneurs, and small businesses who want AI writing without committing to a $30-50/mo tool.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Unlimited $7/mo · Premium $24/mo
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OpenAI
AI research and deployment company.
At $20/mo, Plus sits right at the now-standard price point for consumer AI subscriptions (matching Claude, Gemini Advanced), so they're not competing on price at the mid-tier — they're competing on being the default. The $8 Go tier is a newer, cheaper wedge clearly aimed at price-sensitive users tempted by free alternatives, while Pro at $100+ chases power users and prosumers away from needing API access.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Go $8/mo per seat · Plus $20/mo per seat · Pro $100/mo per seat
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Paperspace
GPU compute from DigitalOcean.
Paperspace sits cheap on paper compared to enterprise ML platforms, but that's a bit of a trick — the subscription tiers are gatekeeping fees, and the real cost competition happens in the compute pricing that's excluded from these numbers. They're clearly trying to win over individual developers and small teams who'd otherwise cobble together raw cloud GPU instances themselves.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $8/mo · Growth $39/mo
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Suno
AI music generation platform for creating songs from text prompts
At $8-24/month, Suno sits firmly in the affordable-to-mid-range bracket for AI generation tools — it's not trying to be a premium enterprise play, it's priced to get hobbyists and indie creators in the door cheaply. They're competing for the mass-market creator who wants a Spotify-subscription-level price point, not the professional audio production crowd who'd tolerate steeper fees.
Plans: Free Plan $0/mo · Pro Plan $8/mo · Premier Plan $24/mo
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DeepL
The world's most accurate translator.
DeepL sits mid-to-premium in the translation-tool category — pricier than bare-bones API translation services but cheaper than enterprise localization platforms like Smartling or Lokalise. They're winning the segment that cares more about translation quality (their core differentiator) than about being the cheapest option on the market.
Plans: Individual $8/mo per seat · Team $28/mo per seat · Business $57/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Hugging Face
The AI community building the future.
At $9–$50/mo for the named tiers, Hugging Face undercuts most MLOps platforms on sticker price, positioning itself as the accessible on-ramp for ML teams rather than a premium enterprise play. They're clearly trying to win developers early and let usage-based compute pricing do the heavy lifting on revenue later.
Plans: PRO Account $9/mo · Team $20/mo · Enterprise $50/mo
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Krea
AI creative suite for real-time image, video, and 3D generation
At $9 to $35 for the core tiers, Krea is priced like a prosumer tool, not an enterprise AI platform — cheap enough to grab individual creators away from cobbling together multiple single-purpose AI apps. The jump to $105 for Max and then to custom pricing shows they're trying to capture power users and teams without scaring off the low end that fuels adoption.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Basic $9/mo · Pro $35/mo · Max $105/mo · Business Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Midjourney
AI image generation with taste.
Sitting in the mid-to-premium range for AI image tools, Midjourney isn't competing on price — it's charging a premium for output quality and betting users will pay up rather than switch to cheaper, rougher alternatives. They're clearly going after professional creators and businesses, not casual dabblers, especially with that $1M revenue threshold forcing bigger companies onto Pro or Mega.
Plans: Basic Plan $10/mo · Standard Plan $30/mo · Pro Plan $60/mo · Mega Plan $120/mo
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Leonardo AI
AI art for creative production.
Leonardo sits mid-market — pricier than bare-bones tools like Playground AI's free tier but noticeably cheaper than Midjourney's higher tiers or enterprise-heavy platforms once you factor in the 20% annual discount. They're clearly courting solo creators and small teams who want Midjourney-quality output without committing to a Discord-only workflow or enterprise contract.
Plans: FREE $0/mo · Essential $12/mo · Premium $30/mo · Ultimate $60/mo
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Granola
AI meeting notepad that transcribes calls and enhances your notes
At $14/seat, Granola sits mid-pack — pricier than bare-bones transcription tools but cheaper than bundled AI suites like Otter's higher tiers or Fireflies' business plan. They're not competing on price; they're betting the product experience justifies a premium over free alternatives while staying accessible enough for small teams to expense without approval.
Plans: Basic $0/mo per seat · Business $14/mo per seat · Enterprise $35/mo per seat
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Mistral AI
Frontier AI from Europe.
At $14.99 for Pro, Mistral is undercutting ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro's typical $20 price point, positioning itself as the value alternative for people who want a capable assistant without paying the premium-brand tax. The student discount to $5.99 is a clear play to lock in users early before they default to OpenAI or Google.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $14/mo · Team $24/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Runway
AI video generation and editing.
At $15-$95/mo, Runway sits mid-to-premium in the AI video generation space — pricier than bargain-bin AI tools but justified by being one of the more established, production-quality players. They're not competing on price; they're betting teams will pay up for output quality and reliability over cheaper, less polished alternatives.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Standard $15/mo · Pro $35/mo · Max $95/mo
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Otter.ai
AI meeting assistant and transcription.
Otter sits mid-market — not the cheapest AI note-taker out there, but far from premium enterprise pricing either. The aggressive 51% annual discount on Pro suggests they're fighting hard to convert freemium users who are price-sensitive but not free-forever loyal.
Plans: Basic $0/mo per seat · Pro $16/mo per seat · Business $30/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Fireflies
AI notetaker for meetings.
Fireflies sits mid-pack — pricier than bare-bones transcription tools but cheaper than full revenue-intelligence platforms like Gong or Chorus that charge hundreds per seat. They're clearly going after SMBs and mid-market teams who want meeting intelligence without enterprise-software sticker shock.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Pro $18/mo per seat · Business $29/mo per seat · Enterprise $39/mo per seat
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tl;dv
AI meeting recorder for teams.
At $18-29/seat, tl;dv undercuts heavyweights like Gong or Chorus by a wide margin while still competing feature-for-feature with other AI meeting recorders like Fireflies or Fathom. They're clearly hunting the mid-market and SMB crowd that wants Gong-like insights without the enterprise sales call and six-figure contract.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Pro $18/mo per seat · Business $29/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Avoma
AI meeting assistant and revenue intelligence.
At $19-39/seat, Avoma undercuts heavyweight conversation intelligence platforms like Gong or Chorus by a wide margin, positioning itself as the budget-friendly alternative for revenue teams that want AI meeting insights without enterprise-level spend. They're clearly hunting SMB and mid-market deals where buyers are price-sensitive but still want Gong-like functionality.
Plans: Startup $19/mo per seat · Organization $29/mo per seat · Conversation Intelligence $29/mo per seat · Enterprise $39/mo per seat
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Comet
ML experiment tracking and evals.
At $19/mo for Pro, Comet undercuts most enterprise-first MLOps and LLM observability tools that gate everything behind a sales call — this is a land-and-expand play aimed at developers and small teams who'd otherwise bounce off a 'contact us' wall.
Plans: Open Source $0/mo · Free Cloud $0/mo · Pro Cloud $19/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Fathom Notetaker
Free AI meeting assistant.
Fathom sits mid-pack for AI notetakers — pricier than free-tier-heavy tools like Otter but cheaper than enterprise-heavy players like Gong, positioning itself as the practical choice for teams that want AI meeting notes without buying a full revenue intelligence platform. They're clearly fishing for teams that outgrew the free/individual tier but aren't ready for enterprise sales-ops spend.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Team $19/mo per seat · Business $34/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Grain
AI notetaker built for sales.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Starter $19/mo per seat · Business $39/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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WellSaid
AI voice for enterprise content.
At $19-49/mo for individual tiers, WellSaid sits mid-pack — pricier than bargain-bin AI voice tools but nowhere near the enterprise audio platforms charging hundreds for API access. The annual discounts (47% off Starter, 33% off Pro) suggest they're fighting hard to convert trial users into committed subscribers rather than competing purely on sticker price.
Plans: Trial $0/mo · Starter $19/mo · Pro $49/mo · Business $160/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Anthropic
AI safety company behind Claude.
This mirrors the ChatGPT Plus playbook almost exactly at $20, putting Anthropic squarely in the mainstream premium-consumer bracket rather than undercutting on price. The Max tier is the differentiator — it's a bet that some users will pay well above the standard $20 ceiling for more headroom, going after the same power-user segment OpenAI splits between Plus and Team/Enterprise.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Pro $20/mo per seat · Max $100/mo per seat
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Claude
Anthropic's AI assistant with Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans
Sitting right at the industry-standard $20/seat mark alongside ChatGPT Plus and other frontier AI assistants — not undercutting on price, competing on capability. The custom-priced Max tier signals they're chasing power users and businesses willing to pay well above baseline for more headroom, rather than racing to the bottom.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Pro $20/mo per seat · Max Contact Sales
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Ideogram
AI images with legible text.
Plans: Free plan $0/mo · Plus plan $20/mo · Team plan $30/mo · Pro plan $60/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Manus
General-purpose AI agent that autonomously completes research and creation tasks
Hard to pin exact positioning without visible Pro/Max pricing, but locking those tiers behind 'Custom' and skipping a free trial suggests they're not competing on price transparency — they're betting the product sells itself to teams already sold on AI agents. That's a premium-leaning move, not a budget land-grab.
Plans: Plus $20/mo · Pro Contact Sales · Max Contact Sales
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Pinecone
Vector database for AI applications.
Pinecone plays premium in the vector DB space — pgvector and open-source options like Weaviate or Qdrant self-hosted are basically free if you've got the engineering time to manage them. Pinecone's pitch is you're paying for the ops headache to disappear, so they're courting teams that'd rather write a check than babysit infrastructure.
Plans: Starter $0/mo · Builder $20/mo · Standard $50/mo · Enterprise $500/mo
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Windsurf
Agentic AI code editor.
At $20 for the entry paid tier, they're priced in line with mainstream AI coding assistants, not undercutting the market — but the $200 Max tier signals they're chasing power users and teams who'll pay premium for heavier autonomous agent usage. The confusing branding (Devin product, Windsurf pricing page) suggests this positioning is mid-consolidation, likely trying to capture both indie devs and enterprise budgets under one roof.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $20/mo · Teams $80/mo · Max $200/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Descript
AI-powered audio and video editor.
Descript sits mid-market — pricier than bare-bones transcription tools but cheaper than full post-production suites like Adobe Premiere plus a separate transcription service. They're clearly courting solo creators and small teams who want an all-in-one editor without hiring an editor.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Hobbyist $24/mo per seat · Creator $35/mo per seat · Business $65/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Copy.ai
AI-powered copywriting.
That $1000/mo Growth tier puts Copy.ai firmly in premium territory compared to Jasper or Writesonic, positioning it less as a writing tool and more as a GTM automation platform competing with category names like Clay. They're clearly not chasing solo creators past the Chat tier — they want mid-market revenue teams with real budget.
Plans: Chat $29/mo per seat · Growth $1000/mo per seat · Expansion $2000/mo per seat · Scale $3000/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Speechify
Listen to anything with AI voices.
At $29/mo flat, they're pricier than budget TTS apps but still positioned as a consumer/prosumer tool rather than an enterprise play — no per-seat pricing means they're not chasing team buyers. The 60% annual discount signals they're leaning hard on converting free users into committed individual subscribers rather than competing on list price.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Premium $29/mo
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Rev
Transcription and captioning service.
At $30-$60/seat, Rev sits in the mid-market band — not the cheapest (plenty of AI-only tools undercut this) but well below enterprise transcription services. They're clearly going after professional teams, especially in legal, who need more than a free Otter.ai account but aren't ready to negotiate an enterprise contract.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Essentials $29/mo per seat · Pro $59/mo per seat · Unlimited Contact Sales
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Grok
xAI's AI chatbot with real-time search, voice, and image generation
At $30, SuperGrok undercuts ChatGPT Plus territory slightly while Plus at $100 lands in premium/prosumer territory well above typical $20-25 chatbot subscriptions — this is a barbell strategy, not a middle-of-market play. They're clearly chasing power users and early adopters willing to pay up for frontier model access, not price-sensitive teams.
Plans: Free $0/mo · SuperGrok $30/mo · SuperGrok Plus $100/mo
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LangSmith
LLM observability from LangChain.
Plans: Developer $0/mo · Plus $39/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Tabnine
Private AI code assistant.
No free plan, no trial, and prices sitting well above GitHub Copilot's typical range puts Tabnine in premium territory, clearly targeting enterprises that care about on-prem/private LLM deployment over indie devs or startups kicking tires. This is a play for security-conscious orgs willing to pay for control, not a land-grab on price.
Plans: Tabnine Code Assistant $39/mo per seat · The Tabnine Agentic Platform $59/mo per seat
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Weaviate
Open-source vector database.
Sitting in the middle of the vector DB pack — not as aggressively free-tier-generous as some open-source-first competitors, but far cheaper to start than enterprise-only vector platforms, so they're courting teams who want managed infra without an enterprise sales call.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Flex $45/mo · Premium $400/mo
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Weights & Biases
The AI developer platform.
At $60/mo for Pro, W&B sits mid-market compared to pricier MLOps suites but well above lightweight experiment trackers that are free or cheap indefinitely. They're clearly chasing funded startups and mid-size ML teams who've outgrown free tooling but aren't yet enterprise-scale — the 50-employee cap all but guarantees they funnel bigger fish straight into custom Enterprise deals.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $60/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Jasper
AI content creation for enterprise.
At $69/mo, Jasper sits well above Copy.ai and other budget AI writers, positioning itself as the premium, brand-safe choice for serious content teams rather than a cheap trial-and-error tool. The custom Business tier reinforces that they're chasing mid-market and enterprise budgets, not scrappy solopreneurs.
Plans: Pro $69/mo · Business Contact Sales
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Writesonic
AI writing and marketing assistant.
At $79-$399/mo, Writesonic sits mid-to-premium in the AI writing tool category — well above bare-bones tools like Jasper's entry tier but not quite at the top of the market. The lack of a free plan (just a trial) signals they're not chasing hobbyists or casual users; they want teams who've already decided AI content tools are worth budgeting for.
Plans: Starter $79/mo · Basic $199/mo · Growth $399/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Roboflow
Computer vision developer tools.
Roboflow sits in the middle of the CV tooling market — not free-forever like raw open-source frameworks, but nowhere near the price of enterprise ML platforms that require sales calls just to see a number. The $99 entry point signals they're chasing developers and small teams first, then upselling into enterprise once the use case proves out.
Plans: Public $0/mo · Core $99/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Braintrust
Evals and observability for LLM apps.
At $249/mo for Pro, Braintrust sits mid-to-premium in the LLM observability/eval space — not a rock-bottom self-serve tool, but not locked behind a full sales-only paywall either. They're clearly courting funded startups (hence the free-months discount) who need serious eval infrastructure but aren't ready for enterprise contracts yet.
Plans: Starter $0/mo · Pro $249/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Modal
Serverless compute for AI workloads.
Modal sits in the middle-to-premium band of the GPU cloud/serverless compute space — pricier per-unit than raw cloud GPU rental (AWS, Lambda Labs) but selling the convenience of not managing infra, which undercuts fully managed ML platforms on complexity. They're chasing ML/AI teams who'd rather write Python and let infra disappear than fight Kubernetes YAML.
Plans: Starter $0/mo · Team $250/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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AssemblyAI
Speech-to-text and audio intelligence API.
They're positioning as the developer-friendly, API-first alternative to Deepgram and Rev AI — competitive on price at scale but differentiated by the breadth of AI features (LLM Gateway, multichannel, etc.). The AWS Marketplace listing signals they're actively chasing enterprise procurement budgets.
Plans: Pay as you go $0/mo · Custom Contact Sales
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Baseten
ML model deployment infrastructure.
Sitting in the middle-to-premium range for ML infra, Baseten isn't competing on being the cheapest raw GPU hours — that's a race to the bottom against hyperscalers. Instead they're chasing teams that want managed model-serving infrastructure without building it themselves, using the free entry point to hook developers before upselling the production-grade tiers.
Plans: Basic $0/mo · Pro Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Cohere
Enterprise AI models and RAG.
Cohere is squarely targeting enterprise and developer teams that can't or won't send data to OpenAI or Anthropic — data residency, security, and deployment flexibility are the pitch. They're not the cheapest option, but they're positioning as the serious infrastructure play for regulated industries and large orgs that need control.
Plans: North Contact Sales · Compass Contact Sales · Model Vault Contact Sales
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Deepgram
Voice AI for developers.
Deepgram plays the developer-friendly, usage-first lane against AssemblyAI and cloud giants like Google/AWS speech APIs — cheap to start, transparent-ish per-minute rates, but pricing opacity creeps in once you're comparing STT models, TTS, and Voice Agent add-ons that aren't in the tier table. They're chasing technical buyers who want to prototype fast and scale on consumption rather than negotiate a seat-based contract upfront.
Plans: Pay As You Go $0/mo · Growth Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Lambda
GPU cloud for deep learning.
Lambda plays in the middle-to-premium range of GPU cloud — cheaper and more transparent than hyperscalers like AWS/GCP for raw compute, but not chasing rock-bottom pricing like some bare-metal GPU brokers. They're going after ML teams and researchers who want hyperscaler-grade hardware without the enterprise cloud markup or lock-in.
Plans: On-Demand GPU Cloud Contact Sales
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Murf
Studio-quality AI voiceovers.
Skipping a fixed subscription tier and going straight to metered pricing is unusual in the AI voice space, where competitors like ElevenLabs or Play.ht lean on monthly credit bundles. That makes Murf feel more like an API-first, developer-friendly play — appealing to teams who don't want to guess at a monthly plan size and would rather pay exactly for characters processed.
Plans: Free Trial $0/mo · Pay as you go Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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OpenRouter
One API for every LLM.
OpenRouter isn't competing on being cheaper than OpenAI or Anthropic directly — it's selling convenience (one API, many models) and charging a toll for that abstraction. In the LLM-gateway space they're positioned as the accessible, no-commitment default, while Enterprise deals are where they compete with direct vendor relationships on price.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pay-as-you-go Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Poe
All the AI models in one app.
At $4.99/month entry point, Poe is undercutting ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) and Claude Pro ($20/mo) significantly — they're positioning as the budget-friendly multi-model aggregator, not a premium single-model experience. They're going after cost-conscious power users who want model flexibility without paying full price for each platform separately.
Plans: Free $0/mo
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Qdrant
High-performance vector search.
Qdrant sits in the middle-to-premium zone of the vector DB pack — pricier to evaluate than Pinecone's transparent self-serve tiers since everything's quote-based past free, but that opacity signals they're chasing enterprise deals over indie developers. They're clearly trying to win teams already committed to open-source Qdrant who need a managed or hybrid path without switching engines.
Plans: Free Tier $0/mo · Standard Tier Contact Sales · Premium Tier Contact Sales · Hybrid Cloud Contact Sales · Private Cloud Contact Sales
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Replicate
Run machine learning models in the cloud.
Premium positioning in the AI infrastructure space with that $43.92/hr top-end pricing, but the pay-per-use model means small teams can start cheap on public models. They're targeting serious ML teams who need production-grade infrastructure, not hobbyists or basic API users.
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Stability AI
Makers of Stable Diffusion.
At a penny per credit, they're positioning as an accessible, low-barrier entry point in the generative image AI space — competing directly with Midjourney and DALL-E by removing the subscription wall and letting output volume drive cost.
Plans: Pay-as-you-go $0/mo
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Together AI
Fast inference for open models.
Together AI is pitching itself as the serious infrastructure layer for AI builders — not the cheapest (Replicate or self-hosting can undercut on specific models), but more flexible and enterprise-ready than most managed inference APIs. At $5.49/GPU/hr for H100 dedicated, they're competitive with CoreWeave and Lambda Labs while bundling more managed services around it.
Plans: Serverless Inference Contact Sales · Provisioned Throughput Contact Sales · Dedicated Inference Contact Sales · GPU Clusters Contact Sales · Sandbox Contact Sales · Storage Contact Sales · Fine-Tuning Contact Sales
AI Software Pricing FAQ
- How much does ai software cost?
- Entry prices run from $5/mo (Kagi) to $250/mo (Modal), with a median entry price of $19/mo across the 42 priced products we track.
- What is the cheapest ai software?
- Kagi has the lowest entry price of the ai software we track, at $5/mo. ElevenLabs ($6/mo) and Rytr ($7/mo) are next. Kagi and ElevenLabs are free to start on.
- Is there free ai software?
- Yes — Kagi, ElevenLabs, Rytr and 39 more offer a free plan.
- How is ai software usually priced?
- 18 of the 55 ai tools we track use hybrid pricing, against 15 on per seat and 14 on usage based.