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Aider pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Aider. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the ai tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Aider pricing is free. 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
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Aider catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Aider review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Aider 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
- Multi-LLM support
- Repository mapping
- Voice-to-code
- Lint and test automation
- Image and web context
- Free provider access
integration
- Git integration
- Editor file-watching
People bring Aider in for editing an existing codebase from the terminal, pairing with an llm on a new project, automating git-committed code changes, working across many programming languages, bringing your own llm api key to a coding workflow. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Aider are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in AI
Too few ai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Avathon | On request | quote | - | vs Aider |
| C3 AI Suite | On request | quote | - | vs Aider |
| Rev | Free | Per minute for human work, per seat per month for AI | - | vs Aider |
| Veritone | On request | quote | - | vs Aider |
| Verbit | $24/month | Per month by transcription hours | - | vs Aider |
| LatchBio | On request | quote | - | vs Aider |
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 Aider badges page.
Before you pay for Aider
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.
Aider runs on mac, linux, windows, api, and is published by Aider AI LLC. The full record is on the Aider review, and the rest of the category is under best ai tools.
Aider pricing questions
- How much does Aider cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Aider, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Aider have a free plan?
- Yes, Aider is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which ai tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 ai tools listed alongside Aider have a free tier: Rev, AutoGen, Vellum.
- What am I actually paying for with Aider?
- The record lists 8 features across 2 areas: core, integration. In practice it is brought in for editing an existing codebase from the terminal, pairing with an llm on a new project, automating git-committed code changes.
- Does Aider 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 Aider 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 Aider against before paying?
- The closest ai tools in this directory are Avathon, C3 AI Suite, Rev, Veritone. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Aider covering price, platforms and features.