AI Tool Pricing Statistics

Key statistics

Pricing by category

Median monthly entry price and free-tier availability across all 17 tool categories we track. Medians shown only for categories with 3+ paid tools, and cover tools billed per month — usage-priced tools (per minute, per image) are counted in the tool totals but excluded from the price medians, since averaging a per-minute rate against a monthly subscription produces a number that means nothing.

Largest price changes we've recorded

Material price movements (≥5%), largest first. Each one is between two prices our automated checks saw on at least two consecutive readings, on the same plan, so a single odd reading or a switch between the annual and monthly rate is not listed. These are automated readings, not confirmed with the vendor. Prices checked against the vendor's own page are in the Pricing Tracker's verified section.

Methodology

Statistics are computed daily from The Skill Shift's tool database — the same data behind our Pricing Tracker. "Entry price" is the lowest published monthly price of a paid plan; free-tier share counts tools whose cheapest tier is free or freemium. Price checks are recorded on a rolling schedule; a "material change" is a movement of 5% or more between two prices that each held on at least two consecutive checks, on the same plan. A price that appears once and reverts is treated as a misreading, not a change. The prices behind these figures are gathered by automated, AI-assisted checks of each vendor's published pricing, so treat them as indicative. Prices read directly off a vendor's own pricing page, each quoted with a link to that page, are listed separately in the Pricing Tracker's verified section. See how we verify our data for our editorial standards. Vendors do not pay for inclusion.