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pytest pricing
pytest publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the testing tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, pytest 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, no licence fee
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
pytest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pytest | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where pytest stops being free
pytest, Free
- Full functionality, no usage limits
- Community support via GitHub
- Optional Tidelift subscription for a commercial support and licence assurance layer
No paid tier on record
pytest lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full pytest 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
- Assert-based test syntax
- Fixture system
- Parametrised testing
- Plugin ecosystem
- Detailed assertion introspection
- Test discovery
People bring pytest in for a python team moving off the standard library's unittest module for a less verbose, fixture-driven testing style, a project needing parametrised tests to cover many input combinations without duplicating test code, a team wanting a large plugin ecosystem for coverage, async testing or django-specific test support, an organisation wanting a commercial support and maintenance assurance layer via a tidelift subscription rather than relying purely on community response times. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to pytest are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Testing
Too few testing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pytest (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Jest | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs pytest |
| Cucumber | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs pytest |
| Percy | Free | Freemium, paid tiers by screenshot volume | - | vs pytest |
| Detox | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs pytest |
| Appium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs pytest |
| PractiTest | On request | Per user per month, yearly minimum on Corporate tier | - | vs pytest |
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 pytest badges page.
Before you pay for pytest
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.
pytest runs on linux, macos, windows, and is published by pytest-dev community of Distributed, no single headquarters. The full record is on the pytest review, and the rest of the category is under best testing tools.
pytest pricing questions
- How much does pytest cost?
- pytest publishes a single tier, pytest, at Free.
- Does pytest have a free plan?
- Yes. The pytest tier costs nothing and covers full functionality, no usage limits, community support via github, optional tidelift subscription for a commercial support and licence assurance layer.
- Which testing tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 testing tools listed alongside pytest have a free tier: Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox, Appium.
- What am I actually paying for with pytest?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a python team moving off the standard library's unittest module for a less verbose, fixture-driven testing style, a project needing parametrised tests to cover many input combinations without duplicating test code, a team wanting a large plugin ecosystem for coverage, async testing or django-specific test support.
- Does pytest 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 pytest 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 pytest against before paying?
- The closest testing tools in this directory are Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with pytest covering price, platforms and features.