ATLAS.ti pricing: a commercial seat is $722 a year
A commercial ATLAS.ti seat is $722 a year. That is the 1-seat annual price on ATLAS.ti for Commercial Licenses, in US dollars, and the shop marks it as a net price. The same shop lists an educational seat at $387 a year and a personal student license at $130 for one year. The educational seat is a different product from the student license.
The figures in this guide are the USD catalog on 4 October 2026. atlasti.com/pricing returns a 404. The prices are on the Cleverbridge shop linked from atlasti.com. The euro catalog is a separate price list, not a conversion of these dollar figures, so confirm the euro amounts on the shop if you pay in euros.
USD net prices for 1, 5, and 10 seats
The commercial, educational, and government seats in this table include Windows, Mac, and Web. The 1-year columns are the annual lease. The 3-year columns are the amount you pay once for that term. The shop says that after three years the license converts to an annual renewal. The license period starts on the purchase date.
| License | 1 seat, 1 year | 5 seats, 1 year | 10 seats, 1 year | 1 seat, 3 years | 5 seats, 3 years | 10 seats, 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $722 | $2,371 | $4,292 | $1,466 | $6,488 | $11,604 |
| Educational | $387 | $1,373 | $2,496 | $848 | $4,036 | $6,800 |
| Government / non-commercial | $498 | $1,516 | $2,870 | $1,084 | $4,118 | $7,487 |
The catalog labels these as net prices. Tax is extra.
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Who can buy each seat
The commercial license covers commercial use, including training, non-academic research, consulting, and administration.
The educational license is for teaching and research by accredited, degree-granting educational institutions and their members. The catalog page is ATLAS.ti for Educational Institutions.
The government and non-commercial license is for registered non-profit organizations, NGOs, national or local government institutions, supra-national organizations, and their employees. The catalog page is ATLAS.ti for Non-Commercial & Government.
The student license is personal
A student license is for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and it is a personal buy. It is not a purchase an institution can make. On ATLAS.ti for Student Licenses, the personal license that includes Windows, Mac, and Web is $130 for one year and $71 for six months.
The shop asks for proof of eligibility within five days of purchase: a current student ID, or another document that confirms student status, plus a second official photo ID. The student FAQ says the license cannot be shared.
The same FAQ says the one-year student license auto-renews for 4 billing events, and the six-month license auto-renews for 11 billing events, then stops. It also says you can cancel those terms. The desktop lease rule in the license terms is a different statement, and it is quoted below.
Web-only monthly is a personal license
The shop also sells a monthly license that is web only. It cannot be shared, and it does not include the Windows or Mac apps. The USD net prices are $14 a month for students, $28 for educational, $36 for government and non-commercial, and $65 for commercial. This is a personal browser license, not a team cloud tier.
Transcription is a Desktop add-on
Transcription packages work with ATLAS.ti Desktop. They do not work with ATLAS.ti Web. On Auto Transcription Credits for ATLAS.ti Desktop, the USD net prices are below. A package is one code. The shop says you can redeem it or share the code, and you cannot split it.
| Hours | USD net |
|---|---|
| 2 | $19 |
| 5 | $45 |
| 10 | $75 |
| 20 | $140 |
| 100 | $650 |
Get Started with 60 Minutes of FREE Auto Transcription says every ATLAS.ti license includes one hour of free transcription per seat, and that multi-user and campus licenses include that hour for up to 50 seats. Trial licenses and Web-only licenses are excluded. The shop FAQ states the same included amount as 60 minutes, and it says the trial does not include those minutes.
The trial is 5 active days
Start your free ATLAS.ti trial covers Mac, Windows, and Web. The trial is 5 days of active use inside 20 calendar days. The trial page says it does not include free transcription minutes. Purchased transcription minutes can be used while a trial is active.
Above 10 seats is a quote
The shop tells anyone who needs more than 10 users to contact ATLAS.ti at general@support.atlasti.com before ordering. Campus and Course Concurrent licenses are also quote only.
The shop's Campus section says an unlimited number of members of an institution have access. The ATLAS.ti Course Concurrent license page says licenses start at 100 seats, and that the maximum number of users during the subscription is 5 times the number of seats. Those two pages do not agree. This guide does not choose between them.
The shop and the license terms disagree on seats
The shop FAQ says each seat equals one logged-in user at a time, and that you can invite more people than you have seats, with only the purchased number active at once. Section 4 of the Licensing Conditions and Terms of Use for ATLAS.ti says use is limited to the number of licenses ordered. It also says each named user may install the software on two personal devices, and that only one of those installations may be in use at a time. The two pages do not describe the same limit.
Cancellation is two different statements
The shop says you can cancel a web monthly subscription at any time, from my.atlasti.com or by email to Cleverbridge. On the seat catalogs, the 3-year text says the license converts to an annual renewal after three years, and that you can cancel anytime.
Section 2 of the same license terms says a desktop lease renews for another year unless the customer cancels in writing at least 8 weeks before the end of the lease period. On that renewal, the fee is the lease fee listed at that time. That written-notice rule and the shop's cancel-anytime lines are both public. They are separate statements.
AI Credits have no price on these catalogs
ATLAS.ti describes AI coding and summaries in the product. Section 11 of the license terms says use of the AI features is counted in AI Credits, and that credits are sold from the current price list. The seat catalogs and the transcription catalog checked for this guide do not list an AI Credit price, so this page does not state one.