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LibraryThing for Libraries pricing
LibraryThing for Libraries publishes 3 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
- $500/year
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
LibraryThing for Libraries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Library | $500/year | 5 | Entry tier |
| Medium Library | $1200/year | 5 | +$700/year, 5 more features |
| Large Library | $2500/year | 5 | +$1300/year, 5 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.
Small Library
$500/yearThe entry tier. It covers book covers, similar books, tag browsing, series information, up to 25,000 patrons.
Medium Library
$1200/yearOver Small Library, this tier adds:
- Everything in Small
- Lexile measures
- Author information
- Reviews
- Up to 100,000 patrons
Large Library
$2500/yearOver Medium Library, this tier adds:
- Everything in Medium
- Stack maps
- Custom widgets
- Priority support
- Unlimited patrons
What the product covers
The full LibraryThing for Libraries 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
- Book cover images
- Similar books recommendations
- Tag browsing
- Series information
- Author biographies
- User reviews
- Lexile measures
- Awards information
- Stack map integration
Integrations
- Koha
- Evergreen
- SirsiDynix
- Innovative
- BiblioCommons
- VuFind
Security
- API keys
- SSL
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Dutch language support
People bring LibraryThing for Libraries in for opac enhancement, reader advisory, catalog enrichment, discovery improvement. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to LibraryThing for Libraries are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for LibraryThing for Libraries
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: 3 tiers between $500/year and $2500/year, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare LibraryThing for Libraries against the tools that do have one before committing.
LibraryThing for Libraries runs on web, ios, android, and is published by LibraryThing of Portland, ME. The full record is on the LibraryThing for Libraries review.
LibraryThing for Libraries pricing questions
- How much does LibraryThing for Libraries cost?
- LibraryThing for Libraries publishes 3 tiers, from $500/year for Small Library up to $2500/year for Large Library. The cheapest paid tier is $500/year.
- Does LibraryThing for Libraries have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: LibraryThing for Libraries 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 Small Library and Medium Library on LibraryThing for Libraries?
- Medium Library costs $1200/year against $500/year, and adds everything in small, lexile measures, author information, reviews.
- Is the Large Library plan on LibraryThing for Libraries worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in medium, stack maps, custom widgets, priority support. It costs $2500/year against $500/year for Small Library. 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 LibraryThing for Libraries?
- The record lists 25 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for opac enhancement, reader advisory, catalog enrichment.
- Does LibraryThing for Libraries charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 LibraryThing for Libraries 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 LibraryThing for Libraries against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to LibraryThing for Libraries to make a useful price comparison.