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Audacity pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Audacity. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the music tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, Audacity 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 Audacity 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 Audacity review carries the full feature record.
How that compares in Music
Too few music 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audacity (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| rekordbox | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Audacity |
| DistroKid | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Audacity |
| Pro Tools | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Audacity |
| Serato DJ | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Audacity |
| GarageBand | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Audacity |
| Traktor Pro | Free | One-time purchase | - | vs Audacity |
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 Audacity badges page.
Before you pay for Audacity
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.
Audacity runs on windows, macos, linux. The full record is on the Audacity review, and the rest of the category is under best music tools.
Audacity pricing questions
- How much does Audacity cost?
- Audacity starts at Free. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does Audacity have a free plan?
- Yes, Audacity is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which music tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 music tools listed alongside Audacity have a free tier: rekordbox, Pro Tools, Serato DJ, GarageBand, Traktor Pro.
- What am I actually paying for with Audacity?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Audacity review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Audacity 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 Audacity 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 Audacity against before paying?
- The closest music tools in this directory are rekordbox, DistroKid, Pro Tools, Serato DJ. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Audacity covering price, platforms and features.