How much does Omeka cost?

No price is published on the record we hold for Omeka, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.

Does Omeka have a free plan?

Yes, Omeka is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.

Which libraries tools can I use without paying?

8 of the 8 libraries tools listed alongside Omeka have a free tier: Libby, Hoopla, Leafmap, PDAL, daisyUI.

Does Omeka charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period, 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 Omeka 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 Omeka against before paying?

The closest libraries tools in this directory are Libby, Hoopla, Leafmap, PDAL. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Omeka covering price, platforms and features.

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Omeka pricing

No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Omeka. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the libraries tools listed alongside it.

As of 30 August 2026, Omeka 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
Tiers: -
Free tier: Yes

What is on record

The Omeka catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Omeka review carries the full feature record.

What the product covers

The full Omeka 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

Item and collection management
Dublin Core metadata
Online exhibitions
Plugin architecture
Theme customization
Simple workflow
File management
Tag and search
Responsive design

Integrations

Neatline
CSV Import
OAI-PMH
Zotero
Internet Archive

Security

Role-based access
CAPTCHA
SSL support

Deployment

Self-hosted deployment
Cloud deployment

Platform

Web support

Localization

English language support
Spanish language support
French language support
German language support
Portuguese language support

People bring Omeka in for academic and research institutions creating digital collections with dublin core metadata, museums and archives publishing heritage collections with semantic web capabilities, individual projects and educators creating media-rich online exhibits. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Omeka are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Libraries

Too few libraries 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.

Omeka entry price against other Libraries tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Omeka (this page)	Free	open-source	-
Libby	Free	Free with a participating library card, no subscription	-	vs Omeka
Hoopla	Free	Free with a participating library card, capped by monthly borrow limit	-	vs Omeka
Leafmap	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs Omeka
PDAL	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs Omeka
daisyUI	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs Omeka
Mantine	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs Omeka

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 Omeka badges page.

Before you pay for Omeka

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: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Omeka runs on web, and is published by Corporation for Digital Scholarship of Fairfax, VA. The full record is on the Omeka review, and the rest of the category is under best libraries tools.

Omeka pricing on the vendor's own site

Omeka pricing questions

How much does Omeka cost?: No price is published on the record we hold for Omeka, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
Does Omeka have a free plan?: Yes, Omeka is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
Which libraries tools can I use without paying?: 8 of the 8 libraries tools listed alongside Omeka have a free tier: Libby, Hoopla, Leafmap, PDAL, daisyUI.
What am I actually paying for with Omeka?: The record lists 25 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for academic and research institutions creating digital collections with dublin core metadata, museums and archives publishing heritage collections with semantic web capabilities, individual projects and educators creating media-rich online exhibits.
Does Omeka charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period, 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 Omeka 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 Omeka against before paying?: The closest libraries tools in this directory are Libby, Hoopla, Leafmap, PDAL. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Omeka covering price, platforms and features.