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rekordbox pricing
rekordbox publishes 4 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 1 September 2026, rekordbox pricing is free across 4 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
- Free
- Model
- Per user per year
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
rekordbox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Core | $120/year | 2 | +$120/year, 2 more features |
| Creative | $180/year | 2 | +$60/year, 2 more features |
| Professional | $360/year | 2 | +$180/year, 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.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers basic library management and track preparation, limited performance mode features.
Core
$120/yearOver Free, this tier adds:
- Full Performance mode with eligible hardware
- Up to 3 activated devices
Creative
$180/yearOver Core, this tier adds:
- Cloud Library Sync, RMX Effects, video and lyric sync
- Up to 4 activated devices
Professional
$360/yearOver Creative, this tier adds:
- Device library backup and Collection Auto Upload
- Up to 8 activated devices
Where rekordbox stops being free
Free, Free
- Basic library management and track preparation
- Limited Performance mode features
Core, $120/year
The first thing you pay for:
- Full Performance mode with eligible hardware
- Up to 3 activated devices
What the product covers
The full rekordbox 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
- Track analysis and preparation
- Performance mode
- Cloud Library Sync
- RMX Effects
- Lyric and video sync
- Device backup and Collection Auto Upload
People bring rekordbox in for a club dj preparing usb drives with beatgridded, cue-mapped libraries for pioneer cdj booths, a touring dj who wants cloud library sync on the creative plan to keep multiple devices in step, a professional needing automated device backup and picking the professional plan specifically for that feature, a hobbyist using the free tier for basic library organisation before committing to a paid plan. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to rekordbox are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Music
Too few music 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rekordbox (this page) | Free | Per user per year | - | |
| DistroKid | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs rekordbox |
| Pro Tools | Free | Per user per year | - | vs rekordbox |
| Serato DJ | Free | Per user per month | - | vs rekordbox |
| GarageBand | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs rekordbox |
| Traktor Pro | Free | One-time purchase | - | vs rekordbox |
| BandLab | Free | Per user per year | - | vs rekordbox |
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 rekordbox badges page.
Before you pay for rekordbox
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: 4 tiers between Free and $360/year, 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.
rekordbox runs on macos, windows, ios, android, and is published by AlphaTheta Corporation of Yokohama, Japan. The full record is on the rekordbox review, and the rest of the category is under best music tools.
rekordbox pricing questions
- How much does rekordbox cost?
- rekordbox publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to $360/year for Professional. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does rekordbox have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers basic library management and track preparation, limited performance mode features. Paying starts at $120/year for Core.
- What is the difference between Free and Core on rekordbox?
- Core costs $120/year against Free, and adds full performance mode with eligible hardware, up to 3 activated devices.
- Is the Professional plan on rekordbox worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is device library backup and collection auto upload, up to 8 activated devices. It costs $360/year against $120/year for Core. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which music tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 music tools listed alongside rekordbox have a free tier: Pro Tools, Serato DJ, GarageBand, Traktor Pro, BandLab.
- What am I actually paying for with rekordbox?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a club dj preparing usb drives with beatgridded, cue-mapped libraries for pioneer cdj booths, a touring dj who wants cloud library sync on the creative plan to keep multiple devices in step, a professional needing automated device backup and picking the professional plan specifically for that feature.
- Does rekordbox charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 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 rekordbox 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 rekordbox against before paying?
- The closest music tools in this directory are DistroKid, Pro Tools, Serato DJ, GarageBand. Each has a side-by-side comparison with rekordbox covering price, platforms and features.