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Messenger pricing
Messenger 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, Messenger 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, funded by Meta's advertising business
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Messenger 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 | 2 | Entry tier |
Where Messenger stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited messaging, calling and group chats
- No subscription tier
No paid tier on record
Messenger lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Messenger 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
- End-to-end encrypted chats
- Voice and video calling
- Marketplace messaging
- Disappearing messages
- Cross-app chat with Instagram
- Business messaging
People bring Messenger in for messaging friends and family who primarily use facebook rather than a phone number based app, coordinating a buy or sell exchange through facebook marketplace messaging, making free video or voice calls to contacts without needing their phone number, messaging a business through its facebook page for customer service. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Messenger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messenger (this page) | Free | Free, funded by Meta's advertising business | - | |
| Free | Free to download, transaction fees on payments | - | vs Messenger | |
| KakaoTalk | Free | Free to download, paid emoticons, gifting and business messaging | - | vs Messenger |
| Line | Free | Free to download, paid stickers and business messaging tiers | - | vs Messenger |
| Viber | Free | Free to download, paid business messaging and out calls to landlines and mobiles | - | vs Messenger |
| Disciple | £599/month | Per month, flat fee with no transaction charge | - | vs Messenger |
| Sessions | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Messenger |
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 Messenger badges page.
Before you pay for Messenger
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.
Messenger runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Meta Platforms, Inc. of Menlo Park, California, United States. The full record is on the Messenger review, and the rest of the category is under best communication tools.
Messenger pricing questions
- How much does Messenger cost?
- Messenger publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Messenger have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited messaging, calling and group chats, no subscription tier.
- Which communication tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 communication tools listed alongside Messenger have a free tier: WeChat, KakaoTalk, Line, Viber, Sessions.
- What am I actually paying for with Messenger?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for messaging friends and family who primarily use facebook rather than a phone number based app, coordinating a buy or sell exchange through facebook marketplace messaging, making free video or voice calls to contacts without needing their phone number.
- Does Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger against before paying?
- The closest communication tools in this directory are WeChat, KakaoTalk, Line, Viber. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Messenger covering price, platforms and features.