AI tools pricing report: November 2026

The headlines

• About 7 in 10 of the tools have a free plan. 103 of the 141 tools with a price read offer one. 68 are ongoing free plans, 13 give one-time free credits, 10 are mixed and 12 do not state the type.
• The typical entry price is US$19 a month. That is the median of the lowest monthly US-dollar price for a paid plan, across 123 tools. The range runs from US$4 to US$129.
• 47 of those 123 tools charge per person. Their entry price is for one user, so a team pays more.
• Entry price is not the whole price. It is the lowest paid plan. Usage limits, credits and extra seats change what you pay.
• 12 tools are listed without a confirmed price in this edition. They are named in the table below.

This is the first edition, so there are no month-on-month changes to report yet. From the next edition this page will list every price change since the last one.

Entry price by category

Median of the lowest monthly US-dollar price for a paid plan. Each tool is counted once, under its first category. Alphabetical, not a ranking.

• App buildersUS$25 median

  5 tools with a price read, 5 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 5 with a free plan

• Audio & voiceUS$10 median

  4 tools with a price read, 3 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 4 with a free plan

• Chat assistantsUS$11.50 median

  4 tools with a price read, 4 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 4 with a free plan

• CodingUS$20 median

  10 tools with a price read, 9 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 9 with a free plan

• Data analysisUS$20 median

  8 tools with a price read, 6 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 6 with a free plan

• Education & studyUS$7.99 median

  5 tools with a price read, 5 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 5 with a free plan

• Image generationUS$13.50 median

  11 tools with a price read, 10 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 6 with a free plan

• MarketingUS$35.50 median

  13 tools with a price read, 12 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 2 with a free plan

• Meetings & notesUS$18 median

  22 tools with a price read, 21 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 18 with a free plan

• PresentationsUS$15 median

  10 tools with a price read, 7 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 6 with a free plan

• ProductivityUS$15 median

  11 tools with a price read, 9 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 8 with a free plan

• ResearchUS$20 median

  4 tools with a price read, 3 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 3 with a free plan

• TranslationUS$11.24 median

  7 tools with a price read, 4 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 5 with a free plan

• Video editingUS$24.50 median

  4 tools with a price read, 4 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 4 with a free plan

• Video generationUS$17 median

  17 tools with a price read, 16 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 14 with a free plan

• WritingUS$19.95 median

  6 tools with a price read, 5 with a monthly US-dollar entry price, 4 with a free plan

Lowest and highest entry prices

Entry price per month in US dollars. A low entry price does not mean a better fit: plan limits differ a lot. This is a list of prices, not a recommendation.

Free plans

Of the 141 tools with a price read, 103 have a free plan and 38 do not.

• Ongoing free plans: 68
• One-time free credits: 13
• Mixed: 10
• Free plan, type not stated: 12

An ongoing free plan renews or never ends. One-time credits run out. The tool page for each product has the details.

Prices not confirmed in this edition

We could not confirm a current price for these 12 tools, so no price is shown for them: Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant, Akkio, Copilot in Excel, Google Workspace with Gemini (Docs, Sheets, Slides), Instinct, LILT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft OneNote, Obsidian, Presidio, Zotero.

How we made this report

• Prices were read from each vendor's official pricing page from 27 to 31 October 2026. Each tool page links its source.
• Entry price is the lowest paid plan, in US dollars per month, as the vendor displays it. Where a vendor shows only yearly prices or another currency, we show that instead and leave it out of the medians.
• Only prices we could read from the vendor's page are counted. Nothing is estimated.
• Vendors change prices, and regional prices, taxes and promotions can differ from what we read. Check the vendor page before you buy.
• Listing is not a recommendation.