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Reedsy pricing
Reedsy publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the publishing tools listed alongside it.
As of 31 August 2026, Reedsy 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 tools; freelancers quote per project
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Reedsy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reedsy | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
Where Reedsy stops being free
Reedsy, Free
- Manuscript editor, collaboration and typeset export at no cost
- Freelance work quoted individually by each professional
- Reedsy commission built into the quoted price
- Review submissions to Reedsy Discovery charged separately
No paid tier on record
Reedsy lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Reedsy 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
- Vetted marketplace
- Quote and compare
- Reedsy Studio
- Typeset export
- Reedsy Discovery
- Free courses
People bring Reedsy in for a first-time author who can afford professional editing but has no way to judge whether a freelancer has genuine publishing experience, a writer who wants a print-ready interior and epub without buying formatting software or learning typesetting, an author needing a specialist such as a translator or a genre-specific cover designer that a general marketplace would bury, a small press wanting overflow editorial capacity from screened professionals without running its own recruitment. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Reedsy are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Publishing
Too few publishing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reedsy (this page) | Free | Free tools; freelancers quote per project | - | |
| Everand | $11.99/month | Per user per month, unlimited | - | vs Reedsy |
| Kobo | Free | Free store and app; hardware sold separately; optional subscription | - | vs Reedsy |
| Scrivener | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Reedsy |
| PublishDrive | Free | Flat-fee subscription, no commission on paid plans | - | vs Reedsy |
| BookBaby | On request | One-time purchase per project | - | vs Reedsy |
| Kindle | Free | Free app, revenue from book purchases and optional subscription | - | vs Reedsy |
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 Reedsy badges page.
Before you pay for Reedsy
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.
Reedsy runs on web, and is published by Reedsy of London, United Kingdom. The full record is on the Reedsy review, and the rest of the category is under best publishing tools.
Reedsy pricing questions
- How much does Reedsy cost?
- Reedsy publishes a single tier, Reedsy, at Free.
- Does Reedsy have a free plan?
- Yes. The Reedsy tier costs nothing and covers manuscript editor, collaboration and typeset export at no cost, freelance work quoted individually by each professional, reedsy commission built into the quoted price.
- Which publishing tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 publishing tools listed alongside Reedsy have a free tier: Kobo, PublishDrive, Kindle, Wattpad, Webtoon.
- What am I actually paying for with Reedsy?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a first-time author who can afford professional editing but has no way to judge whether a freelancer has genuine publishing experience, a writer who wants a print-ready interior and epub without buying formatting software or learning typesetting, an author needing a specialist such as a translator or a genre-specific cover designer that a general marketplace would bury.
- Does Reedsy 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 Reedsy 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 Reedsy against before paying?
- The closest publishing tools in this directory are Everand, Kobo, Scrivener, PublishDrive. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Reedsy covering price, platforms and features.