Communication · pricing
Line pricing
Line publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the communication tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Line 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
- Free to download, paid stickers and business messaging tiers
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
Where Line stops being free
Line, Free
- Free messaging, voice and video calling
- Individual sticker sets typically cost a few hundred yen each
- Line Official Account has a free tier with message volume limits, then paid tiers by monthly message count
- Line Pay transaction fees apply to merchants, not to consumer-to-consumer transfers
No paid tier on record
Line lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Line 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
- Line Pay
- Official Accounts
- Stickers and themes
- Line News
- Group and open chat
- Timeline
People bring Line in for a business selling to consumers in japan that needs an official account rather than email or sms to reach customers, an individual keeping in touch with contacts in japan, taiwan or thailand where line, not whatsapp, is the default, a brand running promotions through line stickers or timeline content aimed at a japanese audience, a company processing consumer payments in japan through line pay integration. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Line are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Communication
Too few communication 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Line (this page) | Free | Free to download, paid stickers and business messaging tiers | - | |
| Free | Free to download, transaction fees on payments | - | vs Line | |
| Messenger | Free | Free, funded by Meta's advertising business | - | vs Line |
| KakaoTalk | Free | Free to download, paid emoticons, gifting and business messaging | - | vs Line |
| Viber | Free | Free to download, paid business messaging and out calls to landlines and mobiles | - | vs Line |
| Disciple | £599/month | Per month, flat fee with no transaction charge | - | vs Line |
| Sessions | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Line |
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 Line badges page.
Before you pay for Line
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.
Line runs on ios, android, windows, macos, web, and is published by LY Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. The full record is on the Line review, and the rest of the category is under best communication tools.
Line pricing questions
- How much does Line cost?
- Line publishes a single tier, Line, at Free.
- Does Line have a free plan?
- Yes. The Line tier costs nothing and covers free messaging, voice and video calling, individual sticker sets typically cost a few hundred yen each, line official account has a free tier with message volume limits, then paid tiers by monthly message count.
- Which communication tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 communication tools listed alongside Line have a free tier: WeChat, Messenger, KakaoTalk, Viber, Sessions.
- What am I actually paying for with Line?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a business selling to consumers in japan that needs an official account rather than email or sms to reach customers, an individual keeping in touch with contacts in japan, taiwan or thailand where line, not whatsapp, is the default, a brand running promotions through line stickers or timeline content aimed at a japanese audience.
- Does Line 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 Line 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 Line against before paying?
- The closest communication tools in this directory are WeChat, Messenger, KakaoTalk, Viber. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Line covering price, platforms and features.