How we describe pricing
What the pricing badges mean, what we count as free access and where the prices on tool pages come from. The numbers on this page are live directory data.
Pricing models
The model describes how a service charges. The number is how many directory tools use it.
- Free 0
The whole service is free, with no paid plans.
- Freemium 65
A permanent free plan with limits alongside paid plans.
View- Free trial 33
Only a trial period, demo or starter credits are free; after that access is paid.
View- Pay as you go 6
You pay for volume: tokens, minutes, credits or requests.
View- One-time purchase 4
A one-time payment with no subscription.
View- Open source 0
Open source code; hosting and the cloud version may be paid.
- Paid 24
Paid plans only, with no free plan or trial.
View- Contact for pricing 0
Price only on request to sales — confirmed on the service website.
What we count as free access
The same set is used by the Free filter, free-access category pages and the price index.
0 Free 65 Freemium 2 with a free plan under another model 67 free access
- A permanent free plan, even with limits
- A trial period, demo or starter credits are a trial, not free access
- Open source code alone is not free access: hosting and the cloud version may be paid
Plan terms
Each plan records what kind of access it gives and how its price is set.
Access
- Permanent free
- Usable without payment and without a time limit
- Trial
- Free or for a token amount, for a limited time or volume
- Paid
- Access after payment
- Not confirmed
- Access terms are not specified yet
Price
- Fixed
- A known price per period
- Usage-based
- A price for volume: tokens, minutes, credits
- On request
- The service explicitly asks you to contact sales for a quote
- Unknown
- “Price not listed”: the amount is not known yet. This is not the same as “on request”
Billing periods
Prices are shown with the period they are charged for. Only monthly plans are used in monthly price comparisons and the median.
- /day
- /week
- /month
- /3 months
- /6 months
- /year
- one-time
- usage-based
- period not listed
Median subscription
$18/month · RUB 790/month
Based on each tool's cheapest monthly subscription, separately for each currency and without exchange-rate conversion. Shown for a sample of at least 3 tools.
Where prices come from
- Prices and terms follow the service's official website
- Prices are shown in the currency the service uses
- Pricing checks and changes are shown in the tool's change history
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