How much does Babbel cost?

Babbel publishes 4 tiers, from $6.95/month for 12 Months up to $249/month for Lifetime. The cheapest paid tier is $6.95/month.

Does Babbel have a free plan?

Not on the record we hold: Babbel is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.

What is the difference between 12 Months and 6 Months on Babbel?

6 Months costs $7.45/month against $6.95/month, and adds review sessions, podcasts.

Is the Lifetime plan on Babbel worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all 14 languages, lifetime access. It costs $249/month against $6.95/month for 12 Months. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

What am I actually paying for with Babbel?

The record lists 12 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for language learning, travel preparation, career development.

Does Babbel charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 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 Babbel 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 Babbel against before paying?

Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Babbel to make a useful price comparison.

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Babbel pricing

Babbel publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

Entry price: On request
Model: Subscription
Tiers: 4
Free tier: Not on record

Babbel 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.

Babbel pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
12 Months	$6.95/month	3	Entry tier
6 Months	$7.45/month	3	+$0.5/month, 2 more features
3 Months	$8.95/month	3	+$1.4999999999999991/month, 2 more features
Lifetime	$249/month	2	+$240.05/month, 2 more features

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

12 Months

$6.95/month

The entry tier. It covers 1 language, games, all features.

6 Months

$7.45/month

Over 12 Months, this tier adds:

Review sessions
Podcasts

3 Months

$8.95/month

Over 6 Months, this tier adds:

All lessons
Speech recognition

Lifetime

$249/month

Over 3 Months, this tier adds:

All 14 languages
Lifetime access

What the product covers

The full Babbel 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

Bite-sized lessons
Speech recognition
Review sessions
Podcasts
Games
Live classes
Progress tracking
Offline mode

Integrations

Mobile apps

Platform

Web support
IOS support
Android support

People bring Babbel in for language learning, travel preparation, career development, hobby. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Babbel are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

Before you pay for Babbel

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: 4 tiers between $6.95/month and $249/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Babbel against the tools that do have one before committing.

Babbel runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Babbel GmbH of Berlin, Germany. The full record is on the Babbel review.

Babbel pricing on the vendor's own site

Babbel pricing questions

How much does Babbel cost?: Babbel publishes 4 tiers, from $6.95/month for 12 Months up to $249/month for Lifetime. The cheapest paid tier is $6.95/month.
Does Babbel have a free plan?: Not on the record we hold: Babbel is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
What is the difference between 12 Months and 6 Months on Babbel?: 6 Months costs $7.45/month against $6.95/month, and adds review sessions, podcasts.
Is the Lifetime plan on Babbel worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all 14 languages, lifetime access. It costs $249/month against $6.95/month for 12 Months. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
What am I actually paying for with Babbel?: The record lists 12 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for language learning, travel preparation, career development.
Does Babbel charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 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 Babbel 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 Babbel against before paying?: Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Babbel to make a useful price comparison.

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