Mobile Development · pricing
Ionic pricing
Ionic publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the mobile development tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Ionic 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, no licence fee
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Ionic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ionic Framework | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Ionic stops being free
Ionic Framework, Free
- MIT licensed, unlimited apps
- Full component library and framework bindings
- Community support via forums and Discord
No paid tier on record
Ionic lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Ionic 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
- Web-native UI components
- Framework bindings
- Capacitor integration
- Appflow CI/CD
- Theming system
- PWA support
People bring Ionic in for a team with web developers who want to ship an ios and android app without hiring native engineers, a company building an internal or b2b app where webview-level performance is acceptable, a product already using capacitor for native device access that wants a matching component library, an organisation that wants one codebase to also ship as a pwa without a separate build. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Ionic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionic (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Capacitor | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Ionic |
| NativeScript | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Ionic |
| Kotlin Multiplatform | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Ionic |
| Sencha | On request | One-time purchase, per developer | - | vs Ionic |
| .NET MAUI | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Ionic |
| Adjust | On request | Per attributed install | - | vs Ionic |
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 Ionic badges page.
Before you pay for Ionic
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Ionic runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Ionic (an OutSystems company) of Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The full record is on the Ionic review, and the rest of the category is under best mobile development tools.
Ionic pricing questions
- How much does Ionic cost?
- Ionic publishes a single tier, Ionic Framework, at Free.
- Does Ionic have a free plan?
- Yes. The Ionic Framework tier costs nothing and covers mit licensed, unlimited apps, full component library and framework bindings, community support via forums and discord.
- Which mobile development tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 mobile development tools listed alongside Ionic have a free tier: Capacitor, NativeScript, Kotlin Multiplatform, .NET MAUI, Superwall.
- What am I actually paying for with Ionic?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a team with web developers who want to ship an ios and android app without hiring native engineers, a company building an internal or b2b app where webview-level performance is acceptable, a product already using capacitor for native device access that wants a matching component library.
- Does Ionic charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 Ionic 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 Ionic against before paying?
- The closest mobile development tools in this directory are Capacitor, NativeScript, Kotlin Multiplatform, Sencha. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Ionic covering price, platforms and features.