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Mathesar pricing
Mathesar publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the spreadsheets tools listed alongside it.
As of 31 August 2026, Mathesar 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
- Open source, no licence fee
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Mathesar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self hosted open source | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
Where Mathesar stops being free
Self hosted open source, Free
- No licence fee
- No hosted option offered
- Connects to your existing PostgreSQL database
- Row limits are your database limits
- Community support
No paid tier on record
Mathesar lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Mathesar 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
- Direct PostgreSQL editing
- PostgreSQL permissions
- Schema editing
- Data exploration
- Relationship navigation
- Import of tabular files
- Self hosted only
People bring Mathesar in for a nonprofit or research group whose data is already in postgresql and whose staff cannot write sql, giving analysts a safe editing interface governed by database roles that already exist, replacing a hand built django or rails admin screen that nobody wants to maintain, editing production reference data where an export, edit and reimport cycle would risk losing concurrent changes. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Mathesar are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Spreadsheets
Too few spreadsheets 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathesar (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Google Sheets | Free | Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations | - | vs Mathesar |
| Numbers | Free | Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features | - | vs Mathesar |
| Zoho Sheet | Free | Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations | - | vs Mathesar |
| SeaTable | Free, then €7/month | Per user per month | - | vs Mathesar |
| Quadratic | Free, then $18/month | Per user per month | - | vs Mathesar |
| Sigma Computing | On request | quote | - | vs Mathesar |
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 Mathesar badges page.
Before you pay for Mathesar
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.
Mathesar runs on web, linux, and is published by Mathesar of Remote, Worldwide. The full record is on the Mathesar review, and the rest of the category is under best spreadsheets tools.
Mathesar pricing questions
- How much does Mathesar cost?
- Mathesar publishes a single tier, Self hosted open source, at Free.
- Does Mathesar have a free plan?
- Yes. The Self hosted open source tier costs nothing and covers no licence fee, no hosted option offered, connects to your existing postgresql database.
- Which spreadsheets tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 spreadsheets tools listed alongside Mathesar have a free tier: Google Sheets, Numbers, Zoho Sheet, SeaTable, Quadratic.
- What am I actually paying for with Mathesar?
- The record lists 7 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a nonprofit or research group whose data is already in postgresql and whose staff cannot write sql, giving analysts a safe editing interface governed by database roles that already exist, replacing a hand built django or rails admin screen that nobody wants to maintain.
- Does Mathesar 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 Mathesar 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 Mathesar against before paying?
- The closest spreadsheets tools in this directory are Google Sheets, Numbers, Zoho Sheet, SeaTable. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Mathesar covering price, platforms and features.