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Evergreen ILS pricing
Evergreen ILS publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Evergreen ILS pricing is free across 2 published tiers. 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
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Evergreen ILS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Hosted | Free | 7 | Entry tier |
| Hosted (via partners) | $200/month | 6 | +$200/month, 6 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.
Self-Hosted
FreeThe entry tier. It covers full ils functionality, circulation system, opac, cataloging, acquisitions, serials.
Hosted (via partners)
$200/monthOver Self-Hosted, this tier adds:
- Everything in Self-Hosted
- Managed hosting
- Professional support
- Regular updates
- Migration services
- Training
Where Evergreen ILS stops being free
Self-Hosted, Free
- Full ILS functionality
- Circulation system
- OPAC
- Cataloging
- Acquisitions
- Serials
- Community support
Hosted (via partners), $200/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Everything in Self-Hosted
- Managed hosting
- Professional support
- Regular updates
- Migration services
- Training
What the product covers
The full Evergreen ILS 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
- Circulation management
- MARC cataloging
- Acquisitions
- Serials management
- OPAC with faceted search
- Patron management
- Offline circulation
- Consortia support
- SIP2/NCIP support
Integrations
- SIP2
- NCIP
- Z39.50
- EDI
- LDAP
- Shibboleth
Security
- LDAP
- Role-based access
- Shibboleth
Deployment
- Self-hosted deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Desktop support
- Api support
Localization
- English language support
- French language support
- Spanish language support
- Russian language support
- Czech language support
People bring Evergreen ILS in for running a consortium-scale library catalogue and circulation system, self-hosting an open source integrated library system across multiple branches. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Evergreen ILS are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Libraries
Too few libraries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen ILS (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Libby | Free | Free with a participating library card, no subscription | - | vs Evergreen ILS |
| Hoopla | Free | Free with a participating library card, capped by monthly borrow limit | - | vs Evergreen ILS |
| Leafmap | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Evergreen ILS |
| PDAL | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Evergreen ILS |
| daisyUI | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Evergreen ILS |
| Mantine | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Evergreen ILS |
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 Evergreen ILS badges page.
Before you pay for Evergreen ILS
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: 2 tiers between Free and $200/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Evergreen ILS runs on web, desktop, api, and is published by Evergreen Community of Global (Community-driven). The full record is on the Evergreen ILS review, and the rest of the category is under best libraries tools.
Evergreen ILS pricing questions
- How much does Evergreen ILS cost?
- Evergreen ILS publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Self-Hosted up to $200/month for Hosted (via partners). The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Evergreen ILS have a free plan?
- Yes. The Self-Hosted tier costs nothing and covers full ils functionality, circulation system, opac. Paying starts at $200/month for Hosted (via partners).
- What is the difference between Self-Hosted and Hosted (via partners) on Evergreen ILS?
- Hosted (via partners) costs $200/month against Free, and adds everything in self-hosted, managed hosting, professional support, regular updates.
- Which libraries tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 libraries tools listed alongside Evergreen ILS have a free tier: Libby, Hoopla, Leafmap, PDAL, daisyUI.
- What am I actually paying for with Evergreen ILS?
- The record lists 28 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for running a consortium-scale library catalogue and circulation system, self-hosting an open source integrated library system across multiple branches.
- Does Evergreen ILS charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 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 Evergreen ILS 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 Evergreen ILS against before paying?
- The closest libraries tools in this directory are Libby, Hoopla, Leafmap, PDAL. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Evergreen ILS covering price, platforms and features.