How do AI products price in 2026?
Mostly with credit packs. Of 1,170 products from 242 AI startups, 63% sell credit packs. The median credit pack costs $34.90, the median monthly plan $23.50 and the median yearly plan $179, so a year costs about 7.6 months. Only 2.5% of AI stores list a free product.
What AI startups charge
- 63%of AI products sell credit packs, against 42% of other products.
- $34.90is the median AI credit pack. The middle half costs $10 to $99.
- $23.50is the median monthly AI plan, and $179 the median yearly plan: a year costs about 7.6 months.
- 2.5%of AI stores list a free product on their storefront.
- 56%of AI product prices end in .00; 19% end in .99.
By billing model
| Billing model | AI share | AI median | AI middle half | Non-AI share | Non-AI median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit packs | 63% | $34.9 | $10 to $99 | 42% | $25 |
| Monthly plan | 16% | $23.5 | $10 to $70 | 20% | $19.98 |
| Yearly plan | 13% | $179.4 | $90 to $479.4 | 16% | $150 |
| One-time | 6% | $39.99 | $9 to $149 | 22% | $24.99 |
Share of products whose billing model is clear from the name and description; 58% were unclear and are left out of the shares. Prices are list prices in USD, as the stores show them.
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AgentaOS, “How AI products price in 2026”, 1,170 products from 242 AI stores, October 2026. https://agentaos.ai/data/ai-pricing-2026
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Related questions
How do AI startups price their products in 2026?
Most sell credit packs: 63% of AI products with a clear billing model, against 17% monthly plans, 13% yearly plans and 7% one-time purchases. The median credit pack is $34.90 and the median monthly plan $23.50.
What should a yearly plan cost compared with monthly?
In this data, the median yearly AI plan ($179) costs about 7.6 times the median monthly plan ($23.50), so buyers get roughly 4 months free for paying upfront.
Where does the data come from?
From the public storefronts on creem.io/stores, read on 17 October 2026: 242 AI stores with 1,170 products, and 346 other stores with 4,128 products. List prices only, not revenue. No store is named.
How was a product classified as AI?
A store counts as AI when its name, site or product text mentions AI, GPT, an agent, an LLM, prompts or generation. The billing model comes from keywords in product names and descriptions.
Can I get my own pricing checked against this?
Yes. Every AgentaOS account gets a free Pricing Intelligence review that compares your prices with benchmarks like these.
Related
Method: 535 public stores on creem.io/stores read on 17 October 2026; stores classified as AI by keywords; billing model inferred from product names and descriptions (58% unclear, excluded from shares); list prices in USD, not revenue. A Creem-only, indie, USD-heavy sample.