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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.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enthusiast | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Professional | $199/month | 4 | +$199/month, 4 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.
Enthusiast
FreeThe entry tier. It covers basic simulator, limited aircraft, scenery, free forever.
Professional
$199/monthOver Enthusiast, this tier adds:
- Full platform
- All aircraft
- Training tools
- Support
Where Prepar3D Professional stops being free
Enthusiast, Free
- Basic simulator
- Limited aircraft
- Scenery
- Free forever
Professional, $199/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Full platform
- All aircraft
- Training tools
- Support
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.
Core
- 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 & Aerospace
Too few aviation & aerospace 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepar3D Professional (this page) | Free | subscription | - | |
| Boeing Aviator | Free | subscription | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| ARINC Direct | $500/month | - | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| AGI STK | Free | subscription | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| CAE Flight Training | Free | usage-based | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| ARINC Flight Operations Services | $50000/year | subscription | - | vs Prepar3D Professional |
| AMOS | $50000/year | subscription | - | 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 Free and $199/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.
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 & aerospace tools.
Prepar3D Professional pricing questions
- How much does Prepar3D Professional cost?
- Prepar3D Professional publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Enthusiast up to $199/month for Professional. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Prepar3D Professional have a free plan?
- Yes. The Enthusiast tier costs nothing and covers basic simulator, limited aircraft, scenery. Paying starts at $199/month for Professional.
- What is the difference between Enthusiast and Professional on Prepar3D Professional?
- Professional costs $199/month against Free, and adds full platform, all aircraft, training tools, support.
- Which aviation & aerospace tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 aviation & aerospace tools listed alongside Prepar3D Professional have a free tier: Boeing Aviator, AGI STK.
- What am I actually paying for with Prepar3D Professional?
- The record lists 16 features across 5 areas: core, 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 & aerospace tools in this directory are Boeing Aviator, ARINC Direct, AGI STK, CAE Flight Training. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Prepar3D Professional covering price, platforms and features.