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Pl@ntNet pricing
Pl@ntNet publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the education tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Pl@ntNet 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, no ads and no in-app purchases
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Pl@ntNet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pl@ntNet | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Pl@ntNet stops being free
Pl@ntNet, Free
- Full identification for over 80,000 species
- Available in over 50 languages
- No account required for basic identification
No paid tier on record
Pl@ntNet lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Pl@ntNet 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
- Photo identification
- Large species coverage
- Multi-language support
- Community-sourced database
- Regional flora filtering
- Contribution to research
People bring Pl@ntNet in for a gardener or hiker who wants free plant identification without a subscription, a student or researcher wanting a citation-friendly, institutionally-run identification tool, someone identifying plants outside english-speaking regions who needs one of its 50-plus languages, a forager wanting a second opinion on a plant before relying solely on one source. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Pl@ntNet are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Education
Too few education 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl@ntNet (this page) | Free | Free, no ads and no in-app purchases | - | |
| Anki | Free | Open source, no licence fee except a paid iOS app | - | vs Pl@ntNet |
| Busuu | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | - | vs Pl@ntNet |
| PictureThis | On request | Per year, sold via a short free trial that auto-renews | - | vs Pl@ntNet |
| Stellarium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Pl@ntNet |
| Lumosity | Free | Free with a subscription | - | vs Pl@ntNet |
| Star Walk 2 | Free | Freemium, low-cost ad-free subscription upgrade | - | vs Pl@ntNet |
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 Pl@ntNet badges page.
Before you pay for Pl@ntNet
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.
Pl@ntNet runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Pl@ntNet Consortium (Cirad, INRAE, INRIA, IRD) of France. The full record is on the Pl@ntNet review, and the rest of the category is under best education tools.
Pl@ntNet pricing questions
- How much does Pl@ntNet cost?
- Pl@ntNet publishes a single tier, Pl@ntNet, at Free.
- Does Pl@ntNet have a free plan?
- Yes. The Pl@ntNet tier costs nothing and covers full identification for over 80,000 species, available in over 50 languages, no account required for basic identification.
- Which education tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 education tools listed alongside Pl@ntNet have a free tier: Anki, Busuu, Stellarium, Lumosity, Star Walk 2.
- What am I actually paying for with Pl@ntNet?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a gardener or hiker who wants free plant identification without a subscription, a student or researcher wanting a citation-friendly, institutionally-run identification tool, someone identifying plants outside english-speaking regions who needs one of its 50-plus languages.
- Does Pl@ntNet 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 Pl@ntNet 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 Pl@ntNet against before paying?
- The closest education tools in this directory are Anki, Busuu, PictureThis, Stellarium. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Pl@ntNet covering price, platforms and features.