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AI Tool Pricing Statistics 2026

日本語Data as of 2026-10-15

What does an AI tool cost per month? We took the cheapest paid monthly plan of every AI tool listed on AI PICKS, a comparison site for AI tools available to users in Japan (most are global products, some are Japanese). The sample is 3,298 tools, of which 1,219 publish a paid monthly price. This page is the English edition of our Japanese report; the figures are generated from the same data and updated daily.

Data as of 2026-10-15•Tools listed: 3,298•With a paid monthly price: 1,219

Key figures

  1. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, 1,219 AI tools with a published paid monthly price), the median price of the cheapest paid plan is JPY 2,850 a month.#

  2. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, 1,219 AI tools with a published paid monthly price), the middle 50% of cheapest paid plans (first to third quartile) cost JPY 1,350 to 5,850 a month.#

  3. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, 1,219 AI tools with a published paid monthly price), 62% of tools (754) have a cheapest paid plan of JPY 3,000 a month or less.#

  4. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, 1,219 AI tools with a published paid monthly price), 16% of tools (194) have a cheapest paid plan of more than JPY 10,000 a month.#

  5. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, all 3,298 AI tools listed), 61% can be started for free, either because they are free or because they have a free plan or free tier.#

  6. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, all 3,298 AI tools listed), 10% (341) are completely free, with no paid plan.#

  7. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, the 29 categories with at least 10 tools with a published paid price), AI Security has the highest median cheapest paid plan, at JPY 9,000 a month (11 tools).#

  8. According to AI PICKS (2026-10-15, the 29 categories with at least 10 tools with a published paid price), AI Character Chat has the lowest median cheapest paid plan, at JPY 980 a month (24 tools).#

Summary

JPY 2,850
Median paid plan / month
JPY 1,350 to 5,850
Middle 50% / month
61%
Can start for free
10%
Completely free

How to read this: a few expensive business tools pull the average up, so the median is the better guide to what an AI tool typically costs. Many consumer plans of the major generative AI services sit around USD 20 a month, which is JPY 3,000 at our fixed conversion rate.

Price bands of the cheapest paid plan (1,219 tools)

Cheapest paid plan per month1,219 tools
Up to JPY 1,500
416 tools34%
JPY 1,501 to 3,000
338 tools28%
JPY 3,001 to 5,000
139 tools11%
JPY 5,001 to 10,000
132 tools11%
JPY 10,001 or more
194 tools16%

Bands: Up to JPY 1,500; JPY 1,501 to 3,000; JPY 3,001 to 5,000; JPY 5,001 to 10,000; JPY 10,001 or more (per month).

Median by category (29 categories)

Cheapest paid plan per month, medianAs of 2026-10-15
  1. AI CodingJPY 3,000middle 50% 2,250 to 6,750 · 106 tools
  2. AI Video GenerationJPY 2,850middle 50% 1,500 to 4,350 · 91 tools
  3. AI MarketingJPY 6,450middle 50% 2,980 to 20,850 · 79 tools
  4. AI Image GenerationJPY 1,500middle 50% 1,124 to 2,998 · 70 tools
  5. AI Productivity & NotesJPY 1,500middle 50% 1,125 to 3,500 · 64 tools
  6. AI Voice & TranscriptionJPY 1,800middle 50% 980 to 4,350 · 62 tools
  7. AI AgentsJPY 3,000middle 50% 1,500 to 4,500 · 61 tools
  8. AI ChatbotsJPY 2,026middle 50% 980 to 3,500 · 60 tools
  9. AI DesignJPY 2,100middle 50% 1,199 to 3,750 · 59 tools
  10. AI AutomationJPY 3,000middle 50% 1,260 to 7,500 · 54 tools
  11. AI No-CodeJPY 2,850middle 50% 1,799 to 3,750 · 51 tools
  12. AI WritingJPY 2,850middle 50% 1,350 to 5,000 · 48 tools
  13. AI Data AnalysisJPY 4,350middle 50% 2,850 to 11,850 · 43 tools
  14. AI Education & LearningJPY 1,949middle 50% 980 to 3,000 · 41 tools
  15. AI SalesJPY 8,850middle 50% 4,350 to 22,350 · 35 tools
  16. AI Game DevelopmentJPY 2,250middle 50% 1,500 to 3,600 · 33 tools
  17. AI ResearchJPY 2,400middle 50% 1,500 to 3,750 · 31 tools
  18. AI Customer SupportJPY 4,980middle 50% 2,100 to 10,000 · 29 tools
  19. AI Music & AudioJPY 1,499middle 50% 1,185 to 1,650 · 25 tools
  20. AI Character ChatJPY 980middle 50% 500 to 1,500 · 24 tools
  21. AI Meetings & MinutesJPY 2,100middle 50% 1,480 to 2,633 · 21 tools
  22. AI Accounting & FinanceJPY 7,350middle 50% 2,250 to 19,800 · 20 tools
  23. AI TranslationJPY 2,000middle 50% 1,080 to 22,350 · 20 tools
  24. AI EmailJPY 2,249middle 50% 1,350 to 5,550 · 19 tools
  25. AI HealthcareJPY 4,980middle 50% 1,499 to 14,999 · 17 tools
  26. AI HR & RecruitingJPY 6,000middle 50% 3,598 to 19,500 · 16 tools
  27. All-in-One AI ToolsJPY 1,200middle 50% 1,000 to 2,480 · 13 tools
  28. AI SecurityJPY 9,000middle 50% 2,248 to 30,000 · 11 tools
  29. AI Project ManagementJPY 1,300middle 50% 900 to 1,500 · 10 tools

Only categories with at least 10 tools with a published paid price are shown; with fewer tools, one price moves the median too much.

Method and limitations

  • Sample: the 3,298 AI tools listed on AI PICKS on the data date. Pricing plans are recorded by our editors from each tool's official website.
  • Price: the cheapest paid plan of each tool, billed monthly (not the discounted annual rate). Plans in US dollars are converted at a fixed 150 yen per dollar so that the figures do not move with the exchange rate.
  • Pricing model (free, freemium, paid) is our editorial classification. Tools that offer only a free trial count as paid. “Can be started for free” means free or freemium.
  • Median and quartiles: with an even number of prices we take the upper of the two middle values rather than their average.
  • The data is recalculated daily, so the figures change over time. Cite them with the data date shown above.

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Source: AI PICKS, "AI Tool Pricing Statistics 2026", data as of 2026-10-15. https://aipicks.jp/en/research/pricing

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