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Temu pricing
Temu publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the e-commerce tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Temu 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 to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Temu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay per order | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Temu stops being free
Pay per order, Free
- Individual item prices frequently under 10 USD before discounts
- Standard shipping typically 7 to 15 days
- Customs duties may apply depending on destination country and order value
No paid tier on record
Temu lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Temu 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
- General merchandise marketplace
- Direct-from-manufacturer shipping
- Gamified discounts and referrals
- Free returns window
- Aggressive coupon stacking
- Temu app-only pricing
People bring Temu in for a budget shopper buying low-cost, non-critical goods where a long shipping wait is acceptable, someone comparing temu against shein and amazon shopping on price for a specific item category, a buyer who has reviewed the documented data permission and product safety concerns and decided price still outweighs them, a shopper in a market where changing customs thresholds mean checking for added duty before ordering. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Temu are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in E-Commerce
Too few e-commerce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temu (this page) | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting | - | |
| Instacart | Free | Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription | - | vs Temu |
| Vinted | Free | Free for sellers, no commission; buyer pays a variable Buyer Protection fee at checkout | - | vs Temu |
| Depop | Free | Free to list; percentage plus per-order seller fee, separate payment processing fee | - | vs Temu |
| Shein | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier | - | vs Temu |
| Wish | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order | - | vs Temu |
| Poshmark | Free | Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price | - | vs Temu |
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 Temu badges page.
Before you pay for Temu
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.
Temu runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Whaleco Inc. (a subsidiary of PDD Holdings) of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (parent PDD Holdings domiciled in Ireland). The full record is on the Temu review, and the rest of the category is under best e-commerce tools.
Temu pricing questions
- How much does Temu cost?
- Temu publishes a single tier, Pay per order, at Free.
- Does Temu have a free plan?
- Yes. The Pay per order tier costs nothing and covers individual item prices frequently under 10 usd before discounts, standard shipping typically 7 to 15 days, customs duties may apply depending on destination country and order value.
- Which e-commerce tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 e-commerce tools listed alongside Temu have a free tier: Instacart, Vinted, Depop, Shein, Wish.
- What am I actually paying for with Temu?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a budget shopper buying low-cost, non-critical goods where a long shipping wait is acceptable, someone comparing temu against shein and amazon shopping on price for a specific item category, a buyer who has reviewed the documented data permission and product safety concerns and decided price still outweighs them.
- Does Temu 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 Temu 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 Temu against before paying?
- The closest e-commerce tools in this directory are Instacart, Vinted, Depop, Shein. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Temu covering price, platforms and features.