Monica Pricing: Plans & Cost Calculator 2026
From a free tier up to $99.90/mo Ultra, Monica's paid plans start at $9.90/mo. The advanced-credit pool, not the seat price, is the number that decides which tier you need.
Monica plans and pricing
Billing surface
Pick a plan, set your seat count and switch billing to see the running total. The full breakdown lives in the calculator below.
Free
Enough to see whether a browser-wide assistant fits how you work, with basic chat and a capped number of daily advanced responses
Pro
The tier most people want, at $9.90/mo
Max
$24.90/mo removes the basic-query cap and roughly triples the advanced-credit pool to 4,500
Ultra
$99.90/mo adds GPT-5.5 and a 20,000 advanced-credit pool, for people who genuinely burn through credits on heavy research and generation.
Monica pricing: the quick answer
Monica costs $9.90/mo for Pro, $24.90/mo for Max, and $99.90/mo for Ultra as of July 16, 2026, with a free tier capped at limited daily messages and advanced responses. Pro buys 5,000 basic queries and 1,500 advanced credits a month plus multi-model access to Claude 4.5 Haiku, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, and GPT-5.4 mini; Max removes the basic cap and gives 4,500 credits; Ultra adds GPT-5.5 and 20,000 credits. Those advanced credits are a separate pool that Deep Research and image generation draw from, and the free plan gets none. For most people Pro is the tier that earns its keep.
- FreeFree
- Pro$9.90/mo
- Max$24.90/mo
- Ultra$99.90/mo
At $9.90/mo to start, Monica sits 38% below the $16/mo median across 14 ai productivity tools we track.
Monica cost calculator
Monica Hidden Costs & Pitfalls
The sticker price only covers base-model chat. Anything labeled advanced runs on a second credit meter, and that is where a light user and a heavy user pay wildly different real prices.
Monica pricing, read against its live plans and category
Positioning
Monica prices aggressively. Pro runs $9.90/mo and Max $24.90/mo, set against the $16/mo/mo category median, with Ultra at $99.90/mo for people who burn through credits. The free tier gives you basic chat and a capped number of daily advanced responses, enough to test but not to work in. Pro is the sweet spot: it opens multi-model access to Claude 4.5 Haiku, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, and GPT-5.4 mini alongside 1,500 advanced credits. If you are paying for two or three separate AI subscriptions today, consolidating onto Monica Pro usually costs less than any one of them.
Cost drivers
- 1Advanced credits are a separate pool from base queries. Deep Research, image generation, and the browser operator all draw from it, so heavy users of those features hit the credit wall long before the base query cap.
- 2The 17% to 33% annual discount only applies if you pay a full year up front.
Watch-outs
Users report that support is slow to respond, which turns any billing or account dispute into a waiting game. The price is low, but if a charge goes wrong there is no fast way to reach a human.
Editor’s take
Budget-minded power users should take the $9.90/mo Pro plan for multi-model access without paying full price at each vendor. If you lean hard on Deep Research or image tools, step up to the $24.90/mo Max plan for its larger credit pool. For a search-first alternative, Perplexity AI at $20/mo is the sharper pick.
Oleh KemFounder & Lead AnalystMonica price history
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Sources & verification
| Source | What was checked | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Official Pricing Page | Source of verified tiers | July 16, 2026 |
| Official Website | Official vendor website | — |
| G2 | G2 verified user reviews · 4.3/5 · 30 reviews | — |
| Capterra | Capterra verified user reviews | — |
Every fact on this Monica pricing page is tied to a named source and a verification date. Freshness-sensitive figures trace to the sources above; verify against the vendor before relying on them.
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