Mobile Development · pricing
Android Studio pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Android Studio. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the mobile development tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Android Studio catalogue entry carries no price, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Android Studio review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Android Studio 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
- Intelligent code editor
- Visual layout editor
- APK analyzer
- Fast Android emulator
- Real-time profilers
- Version control integration
- Built-in terminal
- Gradle-based build system
Integrations
- Firebase
- Google Cloud
- Git
- GitHub
- Gradle
- Maven
- Jenkins
- Google Play Console
Security
- Local development
- App signing
Deployment
- Local deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Linux support
Localization
- Java language support
- Kotlin language support
- C++ language support
- XML language support
- Groovy language support
People bring Android Studio in for android app development, mobile game development, enterprise mobile apps, learning android development, prototyping mobile apps. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Android Studio are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Mobile Development
Too few mobile development 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android Studio (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| Bitrise | Free | freemium | - | vs Android Studio |
| BuildFire | On request | subscription | - | vs Android Studio |
| Codemagic | Free | freemium | - | vs Android Studio |
| Firebase | Free | freemium | - | vs Android Studio |
| Luciq | On request | quote | - | vs Android Studio |
| Xcode | Free | - | - | vs Android Studio |
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 Android Studio badges page.
Before you pay for Android Studio
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.
Android Studio runs on windows, macos, linux, and is published by Google LLC of Mountain View, CA. The full record is on the Android Studio review, and the rest of the category is under best mobile development tools.
Android Studio pricing questions
- How much does Android Studio cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Android Studio. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Android Studio have a free plan?
- Yes, Android Studio is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Which mobile development tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 6 mobile development tools listed alongside Android Studio have a free tier: Bitrise, Codemagic, Firebase, Xcode.
- What am I actually paying for with Android Studio?
- The record lists 27 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for android app development, mobile game development, enterprise mobile apps.
- Does Android Studio 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 Android Studio 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 Android Studio against before paying?
- The closest mobile development tools in this directory are Bitrise, BuildFire, Codemagic, Firebase. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Android Studio covering price, platforms and features.