AR/VR & Metaverse · pricing
A-Frame pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for A-Frame. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the ar/vr & metaverse tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The A-Frame catalogue entry carries a starting price of Free and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the A-Frame review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full A-Frame feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Declarative HTML
- Entity-component system
- WebXR support
- Cross-platform
Integrations
- Three.js
- AR.js
- Physics engines
- Networking
Platform
- Webvr support
- Webxr support
- Web support
People bring A-Frame in for virtual reality web experiences, augmented reality applications, 3d web visualisations, interactive 3d content for web browsers. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to A-Frame are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in AR/VR & Metaverse
Too few ar/vr & metaverse tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-Frame (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Bigscreen | Free | freemium | - | vs A-Frame |
| ARCore | Free | free | - | vs A-Frame |
| Apple Vision Pro | $3499/one-time | one-time | - | vs A-Frame |
| Frame VR | Free | freemium | - | vs A-Frame |
| ARKit | Free | free | - | vs A-Frame |
| Engage VR | Free | freemium | - | vs A-Frame |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the A-Frame badges page.
Before you pay for A-Frame
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
A-Frame runs on web (via webxr), vr headsets, ar-capable mobile devices, and is published by A-Frame Community of Open Source. The full record is on the A-Frame review, and the rest of the category is under best ar/vr & metaverse tools.
A-Frame pricing questions
- How much does A-Frame cost?
- A-Frame starts at Free. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does A-Frame have a free plan?
- Yes, A-Frame is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which ar/vr & metaverse tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 ar/vr & metaverse tools listed alongside A-Frame have a free tier: Bigscreen, ARCore, Frame VR, ARKit, Engage VR.
- What am I actually paying for with A-Frame?
- The record lists 11 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for virtual reality web experiences, augmented reality applications, 3d web visualisations.
- Does A-Frame charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these A-Frame prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare A-Frame against before paying?
- The closest ar/vr & metaverse tools in this directory are Bigscreen, ARCore, Apple Vision Pro, Frame VR. Each has a side-by-side comparison with A-Frame covering price, platforms and features.