AI Software Pricing (2026)
What 52 ai tools actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked as they change. Cheapest first.
Pricing verified Aug 05, 2026
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AI pricing at a glance
| Product | Entry price | Plans | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 6 | Yes | No |
| DeepL | $8/mo | 4 | No | Yes |
| Hugging Face | $9/mo | 3 | No | No |
| Krea | $9/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Midjourney | $10/mo | 4 | No | Yes |
| Granola | $14/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Mistral AI | $14/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Runway | $15/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| Otter.ai | $16/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Fireflies | $18/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| tl;dv | $18/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Comet | $19/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Fathom Notetaker | $19/mo | 3 | 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 |
| Manus | $20/mo | 3 | No | No |
| Pinecone | $20/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Windsurf | $20/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| Descript | $24/mo | 5 | Yes | No |
| Avoma | $25/mo | 6 | No | Yes |
| Copy.ai | $29/mo | 5 | No | Yes |
| Murf | $29/mo | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Speechify | $29/mo | 2 | Yes | No |
| Rev | $29/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Grok | $30/mo | 2 | Yes | No |
| LangSmith | $39/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Tabnine | $39/mo | 2 | No | No |
| Weaviate | $45/mo | 3 | Yes | No |
| Weights & Biases | $60/mo | 5 | 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 | Yes |
| Cohere | Custom | 3 | No | Yes |
| Deepgram | Custom | 3 | Yes | Yes |
| Gemini API | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| Lambda | Custom | 22 | No | No |
| 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.
Kagi is a premium play in a category where the dominant competitors are literally free (Google, Bing). They're not competing on price — they're betting on a segment of privacy-conscious, quality-obsessed users willing to pay for an ad-free experience. $10/mo positions them as 'less than Netflix' to justify the switch.
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 in the premium lane for voice AI specifically — its $6 entry price looks cheap but the jump to $99 and $299 tiers shows they're pricing against enterprise voice/TTS budgets, not consumer apps. They're chasing developers and media teams who'd otherwise build in-house or use pricier enterprise voice vendors, not casual users comparing it to a $10 app.
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.
The $20 Plus tier is the default anchor most people compare against Claude and Gemini's consumer plans, putting OpenAI squarely in the mainstream-priced camp rather than cheap. The new $8 Go tier looks like a defensive move to catch price-sensitive users before they churn to a free competitor or cancel entirely.
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.
They're undercutting hyperscalers on GPU compute (H100 at $5.95/hr on-demand is aggressive, and the 3-year commit at $2.24/hr is a direct shot at AWS/GCP reserved pricing) while keeping subscription tiers low to reduce friction. They're going after ML teams who find cloud giants too expensive and too complex.
Plans: Free $0/mo · T0 $0/mo · Pro $8/mo · T1 $12/mo · Growth $39/mo · T2 Contact Sales
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DeepL
The world's most accurate translator.
DeepL sits mid-to-premium in the AI translation space — pricier per seat than bare-bones tools like Google Translate's API, but positioned on translation accuracy rather than being the budget pick. They're going after teams that already tried free/cheap MT tools and got burned on quality, not price-shoppers.
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.
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
Sitting between $9 and $105 puts Krea in the middle of the AI creative tools pack — pricier than bare-bones single-feature generators but well under enterprise-grade creative suites. They're clearly chasing the individual creator and prosumer market first, using the Free tier as the wedge, and only backfilling Business/Enterprise for teams that outgrow self-serve.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Basic $9/mo · Pro $35/mo · Max $105/mo
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Midjourney
AI image generation with taste.
At $10–$120, Midjourney sits mid-market for AI image generation — cheaper than enterprise creative tools but pricier than scrappier competitors like Leonardo or free tiers on Adobe Firefly. They're clearly targeting serious creators and commercial teams, not casual experimenters, which the no-free-plan stance reinforces.
Plans: Basic Plan $10/mo · Standard Plan $30/mo · Pro Plan $60/mo · Mega Plan $120/mo
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Granola
AI meeting notepad that transcribes calls and enhances your notes
Sits in the mid-market lane — not free-forever like some scrappy note-taking tools, but nowhere near the $20-30+ per seat that heavier AI meeting assistants charge once you factor in add-ons. They're clearly gunning for teams who already pay for Zoom or Slack and want one more lightweight, no-brainer line item.
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.
Priced below ChatGPT Plus ($20) and Copilot ($30) at the individual level, which is a clear land-grab move against the incumbents. They're not the cheapest AI assistant out there, but they're positioning as the credible European alternative — especially with EUR support and the education discount signaling a push into academic markets.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $14/mo · Team $24/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Runway
AI video generation and editing.
At $35–$95/mo, Runway is priced as a serious professional tool — not a casual dabbler play, but not enterprise-only either. They're competing in the premium tier of AI video generation alongside tools like Pika and Sora, positioning themselves as the high-quality option for creators who care about output fidelity.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Standard $15/mo · Pro $35/mo · Max $95/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Otter.ai
AI meeting assistant and transcription.
Otter sits mid-market — not the cheapest transcription tool out there, but far from premium enterprise pricing like Gong or Chorus. They're clearly hunting the prosumer-to-small-team segment that's outgrown free tools but doesn't need a full revenue intelligence platform.
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 in the budget-to-mid tier of the AI meeting assistant space, undercutting tools like Gong significantly while competing more directly with Otter.ai and Fathom. They're clearly going after SMBs and mid-market teams who want AI meeting intelligence without enterprise-contract pricing — except at the Enterprise tier, where the annual-only lock-in quietly shifts that narrative.
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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Comet
ML experiment tracking and evals.
At $19/mo entry, they're positioning as the accessible alternative to heavier MLOps platforms — clearly going after teams that find tools like Weights & Biases or Arize too expensive or too complex for pure LLM tracing use cases. The academic free Pro tier signals they're also playing a long game on developer mindshare.
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 in the budget-to-mid range of the AI notetaker space — undercutting Gong and Chorus by a wide margin, and competitive with tools like Otter.ai Business or Fireflies. The free plan and 90-day guarantee suggest they're actively fighting for trial-to-paid conversion against a crowded field, positioning on low risk rather than premium capability.
Plans: Team $19/mo per seat · Business $34/mo per seat · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Grain
AI notetaker built for sales.
Grain sits in the mid-market sweet spot — cheaper than Gong or Chorus by a wide margin, but priced above scrappier tools like Otter. They're clearly going after teams that want sales intelligence and meeting memory without the six-figure contract that comes with the enterprise conversation intelligence players.
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.
They're mid-market on entry price but the Business tier at $160/user/month (annual only) pushes into premium territory fast, especially for teams. They're likely targeting professional content creators and mid-size companies who've outgrown cheap TTS tools but aren't ready for full enterprise voice solutions.
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.
Sitting right at the market-standard $20 entry point alongside ChatGPT Plus and Gemini Advanced, so they're not competing on price at the low end. Max's jump to $100+ signals they're chasing power users and prosumers willing to pay premium for volume, leaving broad enterprise deployment to the separate Team/Enterprise track.
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
At $20 for Pro, Claude sits right at the now-standard AI assistant price point alongside ChatGPT Plus, so it's not competing on cost — it's competing on model quality and trust. Max at $100+ pushes into premium territory aimed at power users and prosumers rather than enterprise buyers, who'd likely need a separate team/business plan.
Plans: Free $0/mo per seat · Pro $20/mo per seat · Max $100/mo per seat
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Manus
General-purpose AI agent that autonomously completes research and creation tasks
Sitting at $20 entry with a $200 ceiling, Manus positions itself mid-to-premium for an AI agent tool, betting that task automation justifies a steeper price than typical productivity SaaS. The jump from $40 to $200 leaves a gap that pushes serious usage straight into enterprise territory via the separate Team plan.
Plans: Starter $20/mo · Plus $40/mo · Pro $200/mo
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Pinecone
Vector database for AI applications.
They're not the cheapest vector DB — Weaviate and Qdrant have self-hosted options that undercut on raw cost — but Pinecone is betting on managed simplicity and enterprise readiness. They're squarely targeting teams that want to ship fast without running infra, and the BYOC option signals they're going after security-conscious enterprise buyers who'd otherwise go self-hosted.
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 Pro, they're matching Cursor and GitHub Copilot Individual almost exactly — no price differentiation there. The $200 Max tier is a bold swing upmarket, likely targeting devs who've burned through usage caps and need uncapped or priority access without going full enterprise.
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 like Otter, but cheaper than full-blown video suites like Adobe Premiere plus a separate AI transcription add-on. They're clearly chasing solo creators and small teams who want one tool instead of stitching together five, not enterprise video shops with dedicated editors.
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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Avoma
AI meeting assistant and revenue intelligence.
Avoma sits in the mid-market sweet spot — cheaper than Gong or Chorus for full revenue intelligence, but more capable than basic transcription tools like Otter or Fireflies. They're clearly targeting mid-size revenue teams that want Gong-lite functionality without the Gong-sized contract, and the modular add-on structure lets them compete on entry price while upselling aggressively.
Plans: Lead Router $25/mo per seat · Startup $29/mo per seat · Conversation Intelligence $35/mo per seat · Revenue Intelligence $35/mo per seat · Organization $39/mo per seat · Enterprise $39/mo per seat
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Copy.ai
AI-powered copywriting.
This isn't competing with Jasper or Writesonic on price — it's positioned to go head-to-head with enterprise marketing/sales automation platforms, leaving the low end almost as an afterthought. They've basically ceded the SMB market to keep focus on landing bigger accounts willing to pay five figures a year.
Plans: Chat $29/mo · Growth $1000/mo · Expansion $2000/mo · Scale $3000/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Murf
Studio-quality AI voiceovers.
At $19/mo annually, Murf is priced aggressively against ElevenLabs and Descript's voice features, positioning itself as the accessible mid-market option for content creators and small teams. They're not chasing the cheapest label — the 'Best Value' badge on Business at $66/mo signals they want teams, not just solo hobbyists.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Creator $29/mo · Business $99/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Speechify
Listen to anything with AI voices.
At $29/mo, they're on the pricier end for a single-user TTS tool — that's closer to a full productivity suite subscription than a niche audio utility. They're not chasing budget buyers; the 60% annual discount suggests they want committed power users who've already decided TTS is part of their workflow.
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/mo flat, SuperGrok lands right in line with ChatGPT Plus and other premium AI subscriptions — not trying to undercut on price, just trying to be a credible alternative for people already paying for AI tools. The strategy seems to be 'match the market rate, win on model differentiation,' not 'compete on cost.'
Plans: Free $0/mo · SuperGrok $30/mo
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LangSmith
LLM observability from LangChain.
At $39/seat they're not trying to be the cheapest LLM observability tool, but they're not swinging for premium either — it's a mid-market entry point aimed squarely at well-funded startups and growth-stage teams already in the LangChain ecosystem. The Startups program signals they're prioritizing ecosystem lock-in over near-term revenue.
Plans: Developer $0/mo · Plus $39/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Tabnine
Private AI code assistant.
At $39-$59/seat, Tabnine is priced above GitHub Copilot's base tier but is competing on enterprise trust — privacy, on-prem LLM support, and IP indemnification are the real differentiators they're selling, not price. They're going after security-conscious enterprises and regulated industries that can't just plug into a shared cloud model.
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 mid-to-premium range for vector databases, they're not trying to be the cheapest option — Pinecone and Qdrant Cloud are in the same conversation. The usage-based model lets them look affordable at entry while capturing serious revenue from high-volume AI workloads where dimension counts explode.
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, they're accessible for indie teams and startups, but the real competition is MLflow (open-source, self-hosted, free) and Comet ML — W&B is positioning as the polished, cloud-native option worth paying for when you're tired of maintaining your own infra. They're mid-market on price but premium on brand within the MLOps space.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Personal $0/mo · Pro $60/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales · Advanced Enterprise Contact Sales
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Jasper
AI content creation for enterprise.
At $69/mo, Jasper sits firmly in premium territory compared to cheaper AI writing tools that start under $30 — they're betting on brand trust and enterprise polish, not being the budget pick. They're chasing mid-market and enterprise marketing teams who'll pay up for reliability and workflow features, not indie hustlers price-shopping generators.
Plans: Pro $69/mo · Business Contact Sales
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Writesonic
AI writing and marketing assistant.
This sits mid-to-premium in the AI writing tool space — well above bare-bones AI copy generators but still cheaper than full content-ops suites with built-in SEO and workflow tools. They're chasing growing marketing teams who've outgrown a cheap AI writer but aren't ready for enterprise content platforms.
Plans: STARTER $79/mo · BASIC $199/mo · GROWTH $399/mo · ENTERPRISE Contact Sales
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Roboflow
Computer vision developer tools.
At $79-99/mo for Core, Roboflow is priced accessibly for the computer vision tooling space — they're not trying to be the enterprise-first premium play, they're going after the mid-market ML team that can't afford to build annotation and model management infra in-house. They're competing on breadth of workflow (annotate → train → deploy) rather than undercutting on price alone.
Plans: Public $0/mo · Core $99/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Braintrust
Evals and observability for LLM apps.
At $249/mo, they're priced accessibly for mid-stage AI teams but not trying to be the cheapest eval tool in the room — they're positioning against the 'build it yourself' crowd and tools like LangSmith or Weights & Biases. The startup discount (6–12 months free on Pro) signals they're actively trying to land early-stage AI companies before competitors do.
Plans: Starter $0/mo · Pro $249/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Modal
Serverless compute for AI workloads.
Modal is pitching itself as the developer-friendly middle ground between raw cloud infrastructure (AWS Lambda, GCP Cloud Run) and higher-abstraction ML platforms like Replicate or Banana. GPU pricing starting at $0.000164/sec for a T4 is competitive, but the 3x multiplier for non-preemptible runs and 1.5–1.75x for region selection means production workloads can get expensive fast — they're not the cheapest option once you need reliability guarantees.
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.
They're competing in the ML inference infrastructure space against Replicate, Modal, and cloud-native options like AWS SageMaker — positioned as a developer-friendly middle ground that's more flexible than managed APIs but less DIY than raw cloud. The GPU pricing is granular enough to appeal to cost-conscious ML teams who want to optimize spend.
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 positions as the developer-friendly, cost-efficient alternative to Google and AWS in the speech AI space — not the cheapest, but meaningfully cheaper than hyperscaler STT at scale. The no-credit-card free tier is a direct shot at winning developers before they default to an incumbent.
Plans: Pay As You Go $0/mo · Growth Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Gemini API
Google's Gemini models for developers.
Google is playing the volume game here, positioning against OpenAI's API and Anthropic by offering competitive per-token rates with the added leverage of deep GCP integration. They're not the cheapest, but they're gunning for teams already in the Google ecosystem who want one throat to choke.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Paid Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Lambda
GPU cloud for deep learning.
Lambda positions as a serious alternative to hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, Azure) for ML teams who want raw GPU access without cloud markup or complexity. They're not the cheapest bare-metal option, but the no-egress-fees policy and 1-Click Clusters are a direct shot at teams burned by AWS networking costs.
Plans: NVIDIA B200 SXM6 (8x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA H100 SXM (8x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A100 SXM 80GB (8x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A100 SXM 40GB (8x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA Tesla V100 (8x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA B200 SXM6 (4x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA H100 SXM (4x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A100 PCIe (4x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A6000 (4x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA B200 SXM6 (2x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA H100 SXM (2x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A100 PCIe (2x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A6000 (2x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA B200 SXM6 (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA GH200 (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA H100 SXM (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA H100 PCIe (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A100 SXM (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A100 PCIe (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A10 (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA A6000 (1x) Contact Sales · NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 (1x) 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 is positioning as a serious infrastructure-grade alternative to Pinecone, sitting in the mid-to-premium range for managed vector DBs but with the added credibility of Hybrid and Private Cloud options that pure SaaS competitors can't match. They're clearly going after enterprise teams that want control over where their data lives, not just the fastest path to an API key.
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 $20/mo across the 40 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 36 more offer a free plan.
- How is ai software usually priced?
- 19 of the 52 ai tools we track use usage based pricing, against 14 on per seat and 10 on flat rate.