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Twine pricing
Twine publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the software tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Twine 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 | 6 | Entry tier |
Where Twine stops being free
Free, Free
- Web-based editor
- Visual story mapping
- Multiple story formats
- HTML export
- Community support
- Open-source
No paid tier on record
Twine lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Twine 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
- Visual story editor
- Node-based system
- Link management
- Multiple story formats
- HTML export
- Customizable styling
- Variable system
- Macro support
Integrations
- GitHub
- Git
- Text editors
Security
- Open-source
Deployment
- Web deployment
- Local deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Linux support
Localization
- Sugarcube language support
- Harlowe language support
People bring Twine in for interactive fiction, branching narratives, educational games, interactive storytelling. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Twine are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Twine
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.
Twine runs on web, windows, macos, linux, and is published by Twine Community of Community-driven. The full record is on the Twine review.
Twine pricing questions
- How much does Twine cost?
- Twine publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Twine have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers web-based editor, visual story mapping, multiple story formats.
- What am I actually paying for with Twine?
- The record lists 20 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for interactive fiction, branching narratives, educational games.
- Does Twine 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 Twine 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 Twine against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Twine to make a useful price comparison.