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Robot Framework pricing
Robot Framework 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 30 August 2026, Robot Framework 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
Robot Framework 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robot Framework | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
Where Robot Framework stops being free
Robot Framework, Free
- Apache 2.0 licence
- No paid edition and no vendor to upsell you
- Governed by a member-funded foundation
- Community support through Slack and the mailing list
- Commercial support available from third parties
No paid tier on record
Robot Framework lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Robot Framework 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
- Keyword-driven syntax
- Library ecosystem
- Browser library
- Custom keywords
- Logs and reports
- Data-driven tests
- Tags
- Listener interface
People bring Robot Framework in for automating a system that spans a web front end, a rest api and a legacy desktop or hardware component in one suite, letting domain specialists read and review acceptance tests without learning a programming language, standardising test automation across teams that use different languages, since keywords hide the implementation language, choosing a framework whose licence and governance cannot be changed by a vendor or an acquirer. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Robot Framework 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robot Framework (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | |
| Jest | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Robot Framework |
| Cucumber | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Robot Framework |
| Percy | Free | Freemium, paid tiers by screenshot volume | - | vs Robot Framework |
| Detox | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Robot Framework |
| Appium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Robot Framework |
| PractiTest | On request | Per user per month, yearly minimum on Corporate tier | - | vs Robot Framework |
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 Robot Framework badges page.
Before you pay for Robot Framework
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.
Robot Framework runs on windows, macos, linux, docker, and is published by Robot Framework Foundation of Helsinki, Finland. The full record is on the Robot Framework review, and the rest of the category is under best testing tools.
Robot Framework pricing questions
- How much does Robot Framework cost?
- Robot Framework publishes a single tier, Robot Framework, at Free.
- Does Robot Framework have a free plan?
- Yes. The Robot Framework tier costs nothing and covers apache 2.0 licence, no paid edition and no vendor to upsell you, governed by a member-funded foundation.
- Which testing tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 testing tools listed alongside Robot Framework have a free tier: Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox, Appium.
- What am I actually paying for with Robot Framework?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for automating a system that spans a web front end, a rest api and a legacy desktop or hardware component in one suite, letting domain specialists read and review acceptance tests without learning a programming language, standardising test automation across teams that use different languages, since keywords hide the implementation language.
- Does Robot Framework 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 Robot Framework 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 Robot Framework against before paying?
- The closest testing tools in this directory are Jest, Cucumber, Percy, Detox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Robot Framework covering price, platforms and features.