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jMonkeyEngine pricing
jMonkeyEngine publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the game development tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
jMonkeyEngine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 7 | Entry tier |
Where jMonkeyEngine stops being free
Free, Free
- Full engine
- Java support
- 3D graphics
- Physics engine
- Audio support
- Built-in editor
- Community support
No paid tier on record
jMonkeyEngine lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full jMonkeyEngine 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
- 3D graphics rendering
- Physics engine (Bullet)
- Audio system
- Scene editor
- Material system
- Lighting and shadows
- Skeletal animation
- Particle effects
Integrations
- Java
- Bullet Physics
- Maven
Security
- Open-source
Deployment
- Local deployment
- Mobile deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Linux support
- Android support
Localization
- Java language support
People bring jMonkeyEngine in for writing 3d games in java against a bsd-licensed open source engine, using the engine as a plain java library inside an existing gradle or maven build, building desktop 3d applications with lwjgl rendering. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to jMonkeyEngine are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Game Development
Too few game 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| jMonkeyEngine (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Clickteam Fusion | $99/one-time | subscription | - | vs jMonkeyEngine |
| Bevy | Free | free | - | vs jMonkeyEngine |
| AppGameKit | Free | free | - | vs jMonkeyEngine |
| Aseprite | $19.99/once | one-time | - | vs jMonkeyEngine |
| Buildbox | Free | freemium | - | vs jMonkeyEngine |
| Adventure Game Studio | Free | free | - | vs jMonkeyEngine |
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 jMonkeyEngine badges page.
Before you pay for jMonkeyEngine
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.
jMonkeyEngine runs on windows, macos, linux, android, and is published by jMonkeyEngine Community of Community-driven. The full record is on the jMonkeyEngine review, and the rest of the category is under best game development tools.
jMonkeyEngine pricing questions
- How much does jMonkeyEngine cost?
- jMonkeyEngine publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does jMonkeyEngine have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full engine, java support, 3d graphics.
- Which game development tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 game development tools listed alongside jMonkeyEngine have a free tier: Bevy, AppGameKit, Buildbox, Adventure Game Studio, Armory3D.
- What am I actually paying for with jMonkeyEngine?
- The record lists 19 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for writing 3d games in java against a bsd-licensed open source engine, using the engine as a plain java library inside an existing gradle or maven build, building desktop 3d applications with lwjgl rendering.
- Does jMonkeyEngine 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 jMonkeyEngine 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 jMonkeyEngine against before paying?
- The closest game development tools in this directory are Clickteam Fusion, Bevy, AppGameKit, Aseprite. Each has a side-by-side comparison with jMonkeyEngine covering price, platforms and features.