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Prepar3D Professional pricing
Prepar3D Professional 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 30 August 2026, Prepar3D Professional pricing is $9.95/month 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
- $9.95/month
- Model
- One-time
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Prepar3D Professional 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Developer License | $9.95/month | 1 | Entry tier |
| Professional License | $350/one-time | 2 | +$340.05/one-time, 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.
Professional Developer License
$9.95/monthThe entry tier. It covers development, testing, and marketing activities.
Professional License
$350/one-timeOver Professional Developer License, this tier adds:
- Proven simulation framework application
- Rich and interactive environment
What the product covers
The full Prepar3D Professional 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
- Flight physics
- Aircraft systems
- Scenery
- ATC
- Training
Integrations
- Add-ons
- VR
- Hardware
- Training devices
- APIs
Security
- License activation
- Account protection
Collaboration
- Multiplayer
- Training
- Network
Platform
- Windows support
People bring Prepar3D Professional in for running procedural and flight training in a commercial or military simulation facility, building multi-channel visual systems across several synchronised displays, developing custom aircraft, scenery and scenarios against the prepar3d sdk, delivering stem and k-12 classroom flight simulation on the personal licence. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Prepar3D Professional are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Aviation
Across the 3 aviation tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $500/month. Prepar3D Professional starts at $9.95/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepar3D Professional (this page) | $9.95/month | one-time | - | |
| Flighty | On request | Per user per month or one-time purchase | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| Collins Aerospace Systems | Free | quote | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| FltPlan Go | Free | subscription | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| IBS iCargo | $100000/year | subscription | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| Flightradar24 | Free | freemium | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| CAE Flight Training | Free | usage-based | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
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 Prepar3D Professional badges page.
Before you pay for Prepar3D Professional
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 $9.95/month and $350/one-time, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Prepar3D Professional against the tools that do have one before committing.
Prepar3D Professional runs on windows, and is published by Lockheed Martin / Prepar3D of Orlando, FL. The full record is on the Prepar3D Professional review, and the rest of the category is under best aviation tools.
Prepar3D Professional pricing questions
- How much does Prepar3D Professional cost?
- Prepar3D Professional publishes 2 tiers, from $9.95/month for Professional Developer License up to $350/one-time for Professional License. The cheapest paid tier is $9.95/month.
- Does Prepar3D Professional have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Prepar3D Professional is listed as one-time. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Professional Developer License and Professional License on Prepar3D Professional?
- Professional License costs $350/one-time against $9.95/month, and adds proven simulation framework application, rich and interactive environment.
- Is the Professional License plan on Prepar3D Professional worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is proven simulation framework application, rich and interactive environment. It costs $350/one-time against $9.95/month for Professional Developer License. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Prepar3D Professional expensive for a aviation tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 aviation tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $500/month; Prepar3D Professional starts at $9.95/month.
- Which aviation tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 aviation tools listed alongside Prepar3D Professional have a free tier: FltPlan Go, Flightradar24.
- What am I actually paying for with Prepar3D Professional?
- The record lists 16 features across 5 areas: other, integrations, security, collaboration, platform. In practice it is brought in for running procedural and flight training in a commercial or military simulation facility, building multi-channel visual systems across several synchronised displays, developing custom aircraft, scenery and scenarios against the prepar3d sdk.
- Does Prepar3D Professional 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 Prepar3D Professional 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 Prepar3D Professional against before paying?
- The closest aviation tools in this directory are Flighty, Collins Aerospace Systems, FltPlan Go, IBS iCargo. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Prepar3D Professional covering price, platforms and features.