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HTMX pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for HTMX. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the web development tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The HTMX catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the HTMX review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full HTMX 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
- AJAX requests
- HTTP verb support
- DOM targeting
- Swap strategies
Advanced
- WebSocket support
- Server-sent events
- Out-of-band updates
People bring HTMX in for building interactive applications without javascript framework complexity, server-rendered applications requiring dynamic updates, adding interactivity to existing server-side applications, hypermedia-driven applications using html-first approaches. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to HTMX are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Web Development
Too few web 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTMX (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Chakra UI | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs HTMX |
| Rollup | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs HTMX |
| Radix UI | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs HTMX |
| Turbopack | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs HTMX |
| shadcn/ui | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs HTMX |
| Drupal | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs HTMX |
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 HTMX badges page.
Before you pay for HTMX
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.
HTMX runs on web, and is published by Big Sky Software. The full record is on the HTMX review, and the rest of the category is under best web development tools.
HTMX pricing questions
- How much does HTMX cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for HTMX, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does HTMX have a free plan?
- Yes, HTMX is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which web development tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 web development tools listed alongside HTMX have a free tier: Chakra UI, Rollup, Radix UI, Turbopack, shadcn/ui.
- What am I actually paying for with HTMX?
- The record lists 7 features across 2 areas: core, advanced. In practice it is brought in for building interactive applications without javascript framework complexity, server-rendered applications requiring dynamic updates, adding interactivity to existing server-side applications.
- Does HTMX 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 HTMX 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 HTMX against before paying?
- The closest web development tools in this directory are Chakra UI, Rollup, Radix UI, Turbopack. Each has a side-by-side comparison with HTMX covering price, platforms and features.