What 107 AI tools actually charge
Every figure below is computed from tracked entries, and every tracked figure was read off the vendor's own pricing page and confirmed against that text before it was published. Nothing here is estimated, converted between currencies, or averaged across billing periods. Figures reflect checks up to .
The headline numbers
- The median entry price is $19 a month, across 71 tools that publish a monthly figure.
- 69% (57 of 83) publish a permanently free plan. A free trial is not counted as one.
- Entry prices run from $5 (Cartesia) to $350 (Mailchimp) a month.
- 54 of 83 publish at least one tier with no figure at all ("contact sales").
Where entry prices land
Cheapest confirmed monthly paid tier per tool. Tools with no monthly figure (annual-only or usage-based pricing) are not counted rather than converted.
By category
| Category | Tools | Median entry | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | 6 | $10/mo | 83% |
| Productivity | 19 | $14.50/mo | 47% |
| Audio | 13 | $15/mo | 85% |
| Image | 10 | $15/mo | 80% |
| Code | 9 | $20/mo | 89% |
| Agents | 7 | $20/mo | 71% |
| Writing | 13 | $20/mo | 62% |
| Video | 16 | $24/mo | 69% |
| Automation | 7 | $24.99/mo | 57% |
Categories with at least four priced tools. A tool listed in two categories counts in both, the same way the category hubs count it.
Price moves we watched happen
These are not collected from announcements. Each one is a figure that changed between two reads of the same vendor page, with the date of the read that caught it.
- thetop Pro $30 → $8 -73%
- synthesia Starter $19 → $29 +53%
- synthesia Starter $19 → $29 +53%
- krisp CC Core $10 → $15 +50%
- lindy Plus $49.99 → $29.99 -40%
- murf-ai Creator $29 → $19 -34%
- murf-ai Business $99 → $66 -33%
- replit Core $25 → $20 -20%
- riverside Pro $35 → $29 -17%
- quillbot Premium $10 → $8.33 -17%
- riverside Grow $45 → $39 -13%
Use these numbers
Free to quote with attribution. Every figure links to the tool page carrying the vendor source it was read from, and the methodology describes exactly how it was confirmed.
dailyaitools, "What 107 AI tools actually charge", September 3, 2026. https://dailyaitools.ai/pricing-report/