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Adobe After Effects pricing
Adobe After Effects publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the entertainment tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Adobe After Effects pricing is $22.99/month. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $22.99/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
Adobe After Effects plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Effects Single App | $22.99/month | 5 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full Adobe After Effects 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.
Other
- Motion graphics
- Visual effects
- 2D and 3D compositing
- Animation tools
- Keying and rotoscoping
- Color correction
- Text animation
- Particle systems
Integrations
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Cinema 4D
- Element 3D
- Mocha Pro
Security
- Creative Cloud sync
- Version history
Deployment
- Local deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Italian language support
- Portuguese language support
- Japanese language support
- Korean language support
- Chinese language support
People bring Adobe After Effects in for motion graphics creation, visual effects compositing, title sequences, commercial advertising, social media content. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Adobe After Effects are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Entertainment
Across the 4 entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $53.5/month. Adobe After Effects starts at $22.99/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe After Effects (this page) | $22.99/month | subscription | - | |
| Philo | $33/month | Per household per month, single plan | - | vs Adobe After Effects |
| StubHub | Free | Free to browse, two sided transaction fees on buyers and sellers | - | vs Adobe After Effects |
| The Roku Channel | Free | Free, ad-supported; individual paid channel add-ons | - | vs Adobe After Effects |
| mpv | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Adobe After Effects |
| Infuse | Free, then $1.99/month | Per user per month | - | vs Adobe After Effects |
| fuboTV | $73.99/month | Per household per month, tiered plans | - | vs Adobe After Effects |
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 Adobe After Effects badges page.
Before you pay for Adobe After Effects
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: a single tier at $22.99/month. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Adobe After Effects against the tools that do have one before committing.
Adobe After Effects runs on windows, macos, and is published by Adobe Inc of San Jose, CA. The full record is on the Adobe After Effects review, and the rest of the category is under best entertainment tools.
Adobe After Effects pricing questions
- How much does Adobe After Effects cost?
- Adobe After Effects publishes a single tier, After Effects Single App, at $22.99/month.
- Does Adobe After Effects have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Adobe After Effects is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Is Adobe After Effects expensive for a entertainment tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $53.5/month; Adobe After Effects starts at $22.99/month.
- Which entertainment tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 entertainment tools listed alongside Adobe After Effects have a free tier: StubHub, The Roku Channel, mpv, Infuse, IINA.
- What am I actually paying for with Adobe After Effects?
- The record lists 29 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for motion graphics creation, visual effects compositing, title sequences.
- Does Adobe After Effects charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, 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 Adobe After Effects 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 Adobe After Effects against before paying?
- The closest entertainment tools in this directory are Philo, StubHub, The Roku Channel, mpv. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Adobe After Effects covering price, platforms and features.