Dating · pricing
Mastodon pricing
Mastodon publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the dating tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Mastodon 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
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Mastodon 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 | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Mastodon stops being free
Free, Free
- Toots
- Federation
- Custom Instances
No paid tier on record
Mastodon lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Mastodon 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
- Decentralization
- Custom Servers
- No Ads
- Chronological Feed
- Content Warnings
- Federation
Integrations
- ActivityPub
- Fediverse
Platform
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
People bring Mastodon in for decentralized social networking, community-owned discussion platforms, privacy-focused communication infrastructure. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Mastodon are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Dating
Too few dating 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastodon (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Lunchclub | Free | freemium | - | vs Mastodon |
| Muzz | Free, then $14.99/month | - | - | vs Mastodon |
| Geneva | Free | free | - | vs Mastodon |
| Free | freemium | - | vs Mastodon | |
| Happn | Free, then $29.99/month | - | - | vs Mastodon |
| Facebook Dating | Free | freemium | - | vs Mastodon |
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 Mastodon badges page.
Before you pay for Mastodon
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.
Mastodon runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Mastodon gGmbH of Berlin, Germany. The full record is on the Mastodon review, and the rest of the category is under best dating tools.
Mastodon pricing questions
- How much does Mastodon cost?
- Mastodon publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Mastodon have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers toots, federation, custom instances.
- Which dating tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 dating tools listed alongside Mastodon have a free tier: Lunchclub, Muzz, Geneva, LinkedIn, Happn.
- What am I actually paying for with Mastodon?
- The record lists 11 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for decentralized social networking, community-owned discussion platforms, privacy-focused communication infrastructure.
- Does Mastodon 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 Mastodon 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 Mastodon against before paying?
- The closest dating tools in this directory are Lunchclub, Muzz, Geneva, LinkedIn. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Mastodon covering price, platforms and features.