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Numbers pricing
Numbers publishes 2 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, Numbers pricing is free across 2 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
- Free
- Model
- Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Numbers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Apple Creator Studio | $12.99/month | 3 | +$12.99/month, 3 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.
Numbers
FreeThe entry tier. It covers free with a mac, ipad or iphone, core spreadsheet and canvas features, icloud collaboration included.
Apple Creator Studio
$12.99/monthOver Numbers, this tier adds:
- AI-assisted features across Numbers, Pages and Keynote
- Premium templates
- 129 USD annual option
Where Numbers stops being free
Numbers, Free
- Free with a Mac, iPad or iPhone
- Core spreadsheet and canvas features
- iCloud collaboration included
Apple Creator Studio, $12.99/month
The first thing you pay for:
- AI-assisted features across Numbers, Pages and Keynote
- Premium templates
- 129 USD annual option
What the product covers
The full Numbers 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
- Canvas-style layout
- Formulas and categories
- iCloud collaboration
- Excel import and export
- Apple Pencil and touch support
- Apple Creator Studio AI features
People bring Numbers in for a mac or ipad user who wants a spreadsheet with no additional software cost beyond the device, someone building a visually laid-out document, an invoice or a planner, rather than a dense data table, a small team already on apple hardware collaborating through icloud without adopting google workspace or microsoft 365, a user who wants light ai-assisted content generation and is willing to pay for apple creator studio to get it. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Numbers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers (this page) | Free | Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features | - | |
| Google Sheets | Free | Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations | - | vs Numbers |
| Zoho Sheet | Free | Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations | - | vs Numbers |
| SeaTable | Free, then €7/month | Per user per month | - | vs Numbers |
| Quadratic | Free, then $18/month | Per user per month | - | vs Numbers |
| Sigma Computing | On request | quote | - | vs Numbers |
| Equals | $24000/year | Per year by connector count and refresh frequency | - | vs Numbers |
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 Numbers badges page.
Before you pay for Numbers
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: 2 tiers between Free and $12.99/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Numbers runs on macos, ios, web, and is published by Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California, United States. The full record is on the Numbers review, and the rest of the category is under best spreadsheets tools.
Numbers pricing questions
- How much does Numbers cost?
- Numbers publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Numbers up to $12.99/month for Apple Creator Studio. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Numbers have a free plan?
- Yes. The Numbers tier costs nothing and covers free with a mac, ipad or iphone, core spreadsheet and canvas features, icloud collaboration included. Paying starts at $12.99/month for Apple Creator Studio.
- What is the difference between Numbers and Apple Creator Studio on Numbers?
- Apple Creator Studio costs $12.99/month against Free, and adds ai-assisted features across numbers, pages and keynote, premium templates, 129 usd annual option.
- Which spreadsheets tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 spreadsheets tools listed alongside Numbers have a free tier: Google Sheets, Zoho Sheet, SeaTable, Quadratic, Teable.
- What am I actually paying for with Numbers?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a mac or ipad user who wants a spreadsheet with no additional software cost beyond the device, someone building a visually laid-out document, an invoice or a planner, rather than a dense data table, a small team already on apple hardware collaborating through icloud without adopting google workspace or microsoft 365.
- Does Numbers charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 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 Numbers 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 Numbers against before paying?
- The closest spreadsheets tools in this directory are Google Sheets, Zoho Sheet, SeaTable, Quadratic. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Numbers covering price, platforms and features.