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Lulu pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Lulu. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the publishing tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, Lulu pricing is on request. 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
- On request
- Model
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Not on record
What is on record
The Lulu catalogue entry carries no price and a usage-based pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Lulu review carries the full feature record.
How that compares in Publishing
Too few publishing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lulu (this page) | On request | usage-based | - | |
| Goodreads | Free | Free, no subscription or in-app purchases; funded by Amazon as a commerce and data feeder | - | vs Lulu |
| Kobo Writing Life | Free | Free to publish; Kobo earns a royalty share rather than a fee | - | vs Lulu |
| Scrivener | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Lulu |
| BookBaby | On request | One-time purchase per project | - | vs Lulu |
| Storytel | $14.99/month | Per user per month, unlimited | - | vs Lulu |
| Everand | $11.99/month | Per user per month, unlimited | - | vs Lulu |
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 Lulu badges page.
Before you pay for Lulu
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. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Lulu against the tools that do have one before committing.
Lulu runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Lulu review, and the rest of the category is under best publishing tools.
Lulu pricing questions
- How much does Lulu cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Lulu, which is listed as usage-based. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Lulu have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Lulu is listed as usage-based. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which publishing tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 publishing tools listed alongside Lulu have a free tier: Goodreads, Kobo Writing Life, Kindle Direct Publishing, PublishDrive.
- What am I actually paying for with Lulu?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Lulu review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Lulu 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 Lulu 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 Lulu against before paying?
- The closest publishing tools in this directory are Goodreads, Kobo Writing Life, Scrivener, BookBaby. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Lulu covering price, platforms and features.