How much does SQLite cost?

SQLite publishes a single tier, Public Domain, at Free.

Does SQLite have a free plan?

Yes. The Public Domain tier costs nothing and covers serverless, zero-configuration, cross-platform.

Which database & data management tools can I use without paying?

5 of the 8 database & data management tools listed alongside SQLite have a free tier: Cloudinary, Azure SQL, Amazon Aurora, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot.

What am I actually paying for with SQLite?

The record lists 17 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend.

Does SQLite 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 SQLite 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 SQLite against before paying?

The closest database & data management tools in this directory are Knack, Ninox, Grist, Cloudinary. Each has a side-by-side comparison with SQLite covering price, platforms and features.

Database & Data Management · pricing

SQLite pricing

SQLite publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the database & data management tools listed alongside it.

Entry price: Free
Model: Open-source
Tiers: 1
Free tier: Yes

SQLite 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.

SQLite pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Public Domain	Free	4	Entry tier

Where SQLite stops being free

Public Domain, Free

Serverless
Zero-configuration
Cross-platform
Single file database

No paid tier on record

SQLite lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.

What the product covers

The full SQLite 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

Serverless Operation
Zero Configuration
Single File Database
Cross-platform
Full SQL Support
ACID Compliance
Self-contained

Integrations

Browser Storage
Mobile Apps
Electron
Python sqlite3
better-sqlite3

Platform

Linux support
Windows support
Mac support
Ios support
Android support

People bring SQLite in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to SQLite are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Database & Data Management

Too few database & data management 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.

SQLite entry price against other Database & Data Management tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
SQLite (this page)	Free	open-source	-
Knack	On request	subscription	-	vs SQLite
Ninox	On request	subscription	-	vs SQLite
Grist	On request	subscription	-	vs SQLite
Cloudinary	Free	freemium	-	vs SQLite
Azure SQL	Free	-	-	vs SQLite
Amazon Aurora	Free	usage-based	-	vs SQLite

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 SQLite badges page.

Before you pay for SQLite

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.

SQLite runs on linux, macos, windows, ios, android, and is published by SQLite Consortium of Charlotte, North Carolina. The full record is on the SQLite review, and the rest of the category is under best database & data management tools.

SQLite pricing on the vendor's own site

SQLite pricing questions

How much does SQLite cost?: SQLite publishes a single tier, Public Domain, at Free.
Does SQLite have a free plan?: Yes. The Public Domain tier costs nothing and covers serverless, zero-configuration, cross-platform.
Which database & data management tools can I use without paying?: 5 of the 8 database & data management tools listed alongside SQLite have a free tier: Cloudinary, Azure SQL, Amazon Aurora, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot.
What am I actually paying for with SQLite?: The record lists 17 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend.
Does SQLite 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 SQLite 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 SQLite against before paying?: The closest database & data management tools in this directory are Knack, Ninox, Grist, Cloudinary. Each has a side-by-side comparison with SQLite covering price, platforms and features.