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Nik Collection pricing
Nik Collection publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the photography tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Nik Collection 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
- One-time purchase
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
Nik Collection 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nik Collection | $159/one-time | 3 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full Nik Collection 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
- Silver Efex Pro
- Color Efex Pro
- HDR Efex Pro
- Analog Efex Pro
- Viveza
- Host and standalone modes
People bring Nik Collection in for a lightroom classic user who wants silver efex specifically for black and white conversion, a dxo photolab user finishing landscape work with hdr efex tone mapping, a photographer building a vintage film look with analog efex on top of a standard raw edit, someone who wants a one-time purchase finishing toolkit rather than adding another subscription to an existing editing stack. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Nik Collection 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nik Collection (this page) | On request | One-time purchase | - | |
| Aftershoot | On request | Per module per month, unlimited images | - | vs Nik Collection |
| Google Photos | Free | Free tier plus paid storage add-on | - | vs Nik Collection |
| Facetune | Free | Free download with a short free trial, most tools require a Facetune Pro subscription that auto-renews annually | - | vs Nik Collection |
| Lensa | Free | Free download with a short free trial, Magic Avatars and most tools require payment | - | vs Nik Collection |
| Imagen AI | On request | Per image, with annual volume tiers | - | vs Nik Collection |
| Narrative Select | On request | Per user per month, tiered by editing depth | - | vs Nik Collection |
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 Nik Collection badges page.
Before you pay for Nik Collection
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 $159/one-time. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Nik Collection against the tools that do have one before committing.
Nik Collection runs on windows, macos, and is published by DxO Labs of Paris, France. The full record is on the Nik Collection review, and the rest of the category is under best photography tools.
Nik Collection pricing questions
- How much does Nik Collection cost?
- Nik Collection publishes a single tier, Nik Collection, at $159/one-time.
- Does Nik Collection have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Nik Collection is listed as One-time purchase. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which photography tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 photography tools listed alongside Nik Collection have a free tier: Google Photos, Facetune, Lensa.
- What am I actually paying for with Nik Collection?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a lightroom classic user who wants silver efex specifically for black and white conversion, a dxo photolab user finishing landscape work with hdr efex tone mapping, a photographer building a vintage film look with analog efex on top of a standard raw edit.
- Does Nik Collection 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 Nik Collection 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 Nik Collection against before paying?
- The closest photography tools in this directory are Aftershoot, Google Photos, Facetune, Lensa. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Nik Collection covering price, platforms and features.