How much does VRChat cost?

VRChat publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.

Does VRChat have a free plan?

Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full access, avatar uploads, world creation.

Which ar vr tools can I use without paying?

6 of the 8 ar vr tools listed alongside VRChat have a free tier: Glue, Lens Studio, Horizon Worlds, Engage VR, MeetinVR.

Does VRChat 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 VRChat 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 VRChat against before paying?

The closest ar vr tools in this directory are Masterpiece VR, Microsoft HoloLens 2, Glue, Lens Studio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with VRChat covering price, platforms and features.

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VRChat pricing

VRChat publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the ar vr tools listed alongside it.

As of 30 August 2026, VRChat 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: Freemium
Tiers: 1
Free tier: Yes

VRChat 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.

VRChat pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Free	Free	3	Entry tier

Where VRChat stops being free

Free, Free

Full access
Avatar uploads
World creation

No paid tier on record

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

What the product covers

The full VRChat 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

User-created worlds
Custom avatars
Social features
Cross-platform

Integrations

Unity SDK
Blender
Avatar systems

Platform

Vr support
Pc support
Quest support

People bring VRChat in for social vr world building and avatar based hangouts, with vrchat plus as an optional $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year subscription for enhanced features. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to VRChat are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in AR VR

Too few ar vr 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.

VRChat entry price against other AR VR tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
VRChat (this page)	Free	freemium	-
Masterpiece VR	$9.99/month	subscription	-	vs VRChat
Microsoft HoloLens 2	$3500/one-time	-	-	vs VRChat
Glue	Free, then €50/month	freemium	-	vs VRChat
Lens Studio	Free	-	-	vs VRChat
Horizon Worlds	Free	free	-	vs VRChat
Engage VR	Free	freemium	-	vs VRChat

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 VRChat badges page.

Before you pay for VRChat

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.

VRChat runs on vr, pc, quest, and is published by VRChat Inc. of San Francisco, California. The full record is on the VRChat review, and the rest of the category is under best ar vr tools.

VRChat pricing on the vendor's own site

VRChat pricing questions

How much does VRChat cost?: VRChat publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
Does VRChat have a free plan?: Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full access, avatar uploads, world creation.
Which ar vr tools can I use without paying?: 6 of the 8 ar vr tools listed alongside VRChat have a free tier: Glue, Lens Studio, Horizon Worlds, Engage VR, MeetinVR.
What am I actually paying for with VRChat?: The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for social vr world building and avatar based hangouts, with vrchat plus as an optional $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year subscription for enhanced features.
Does VRChat 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 VRChat 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 VRChat against before paying?: The closest ar vr tools in this directory are Masterpiece VR, Microsoft HoloLens 2, Glue, Lens Studio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with VRChat covering price, platforms and features.