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Narrative Select pricing
Narrative Select publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Narrative Select pricing is on request across 4 published tiers. 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
- Per user per month, tiered by editing depth
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
Narrative Select 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lite | $10/month | 2 | Entry tier |
| Standard | $20/month | 2 | +$10/month, 2 more features |
| Premium | $40/month | 2 | +$20/month, 1 more feature |
| Ultra | $60/month | 2 | +$20/month, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Lite
$10/monthThe entry tier. It covers basic ai culling only, no ai editing included.
Standard
$20/monthOver Lite, this tier adds:
- Advanced culling
- Basic AI editing
Premium
$40/monthOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Advanced AI editing
Ultra
$60/monthOver Premium, this tier adds:
- More AI editing profiles
- Unlimited advanced culling and editing for up to four users
What the product covers
The full Narrative Select 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
- Standalone AI culling
- Focus and eyes-open detection
- Burst and duplicate grouping
- Tiered AI editing
- Multi-user studio plans
- Export to any editor
People bring Narrative Select in for a photographer who wants to cull a shoot before deciding which raw editor to send selects to, a studio wanting several people to share one subscription editing profiles on the ultra plan, someone who wants culling only, at the lowest entry tier, without paying for ai editing they will not use, a capture one user who wants ai culling without being locked into a lightroom-only plugin ecosystem. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Narrative Select are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Photography
Too few photography 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative Select (this page) | On request | Per user per month, tiered by editing depth | - | |
| Aftershoot | On request | Per module per month, unlimited images | - | vs Narrative Select |
| Google Photos | Free | Free tier plus paid storage add-on | - | vs Narrative Select |
| Facetune | Free | Free download with a short free trial, most tools require a Facetune Pro subscription that auto-renews annually | - | vs Narrative Select |
| Lensa | Free | Free download with a short free trial, Magic Avatars and most tools require payment | - | vs Narrative Select |
| Imagen AI | On request | Per image, with annual volume tiers | - | vs Narrative Select |
| Exposure X | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Narrative Select |
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 Narrative Select badges page.
Before you pay for Narrative Select
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: 4 tiers between $10/month and $60/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Narrative Select against the tools that do have one before committing.
Narrative Select runs on windows, macos, and is published by Narrative of United States. The full record is on the Narrative Select review, and the rest of the category is under best photography tools.
Narrative Select pricing questions
- How much does Narrative Select cost?
- Narrative Select publishes 4 tiers, from $10/month for Lite up to $60/month for Ultra. The cheapest paid tier is $10/month.
- Does Narrative Select have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Narrative Select is listed as Per user per month, tiered by editing depth. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Lite and Standard on Narrative Select?
- Standard costs $20/month against $10/month, and adds advanced culling, basic ai editing.
- Is the Ultra plan on Narrative Select worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is more ai editing profiles, unlimited advanced culling and editing for up to four users. It costs $60/month against $10/month for Lite. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which photography tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 photography tools listed alongside Narrative Select have a free tier: Google Photos, Facetune, Lensa, Remini.
- What am I actually paying for with Narrative Select?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a photographer who wants to cull a shoot before deciding which raw editor to send selects to, a studio wanting several people to share one subscription editing profiles on the ultra plan, someone who wants culling only, at the lowest entry tier, without paying for ai editing they will not use.
- Does Narrative Select charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 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 Narrative Select 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 Narrative Select against before paying?
- The closest photography tools in this directory are Aftershoot, Google Photos, Facetune, Lensa. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Narrative Select covering price, platforms and features.