- Printify's free plan includes the full 2,000+ product catalog, unlimited designs, and 5 connected stores at standard pricing — no discount, no subscription needed.
- Premium costs $39/month (or a yearly commitment advertised from $24.99/month, ~ $24.99/mo) and mainly buys up to a 20% discount on the catalog (33% on new products), not new core features.
- Illustrative break-even at $2.40 saved per order: 17 orders for the $39 monthly fee, or 11 for the advertised $24.99 annual-billing monthly equivalent.
- Shipping costs vary by print provider and aren't broken out on Printify's pricing page — check rates for your specific product mix before committing to volume.
- Printful's comparable Growth plan is cheaper at $24.99/month and waives automatically at $12k/year in sales; Printify has no equivalent auto-waiver.
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Known Printify monthly cost
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- Free subscription: $0.00
- Production, shipping, taxes, and provider-specific charges vary by item and destination.
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Printify pricing · price observations: 2026-08-17, 2026-09-14
Printify is free to install, and Free covers many new stores. Premium starts at $39/month, or an advertised $24.99/month equivalent billed yearly. Its discounts justify the fee only when your actual savings exceed the subscription. Free supports five connected stores and unlimited designs; Premium supports ten stores and publishes discounts of up to 20% across products and up to 33% on new products. The worked example below is a scenario, not a universal order threshold.
Commercial terms checked September 16, 2026 UTC (September 17 in Warsaw). App Store ratings, review counts, and category samples retained below are historical snapshots from 2026-07-23, unless a different observation date is stated; they are not current rankings.
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| Free plan | $0/month — standard catalog pricing, 5 connected stores |
| Premium plan | $39/month, or a yearly commitment advertised from $24.99/month (~ $24.99/mo) |
| What Premium buys | Up to 20% off the catalog (33% on new products), 10 stores, priority support |
| Break-even | 17 / 11 orders at an assumed $2.40 saving per order; yearly commitment for the annual equivalent |
01 What Printify Costs: Free vs Premium Plan Breakdown
Printify runs on a two-tier structure: a genuinely usable free plan, and a $39/month Premium plan (or a yearly commitment advertised from $24.99/month, which works out to about $24.99/month and is marketed as a 36% savings). There's no per-order transaction fee or platform surcharge on top of either plan — Printify's own take comes from product margin, not a software cut of your sales. Printify's official pricing page and its live Shopify App Store listing both confirm $39/month as of mid-2026.
| Plan | Price | Connected stores |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | 5 |
| Premium | $39/month or a yearly commitment advertised from $24.99/month (~ $24.99/mo) | 10 |
02 Free Plan: What You Get at $0
The free plan isn't a stripped-down trial. It includes unlimited product designs, full access to Printify's 2,000+ product catalog, manual and automatic order routing to print providers, support for 5 connected stores, and 24/7 merchant support. The only thing you don't get is any discount off base product costs — every item is priced at Printify's standard catalog rate. For a new or lower-volume store, that's rarely a dealbreaker, since there's no subscription cost eating into thin early margins.
03 Premium Plan ($39/month): What Actually Changes
Premium's core value isn't new functionality — it's a discount. Subscribers get up to 20% off the entire catalog on every order, and up to 33% off newly launched products, plus 10 connected stores (up from 5), the "Printify Connect" order management tooling, 1:1 mentorship through Sellers Club Pro, and early access to new features like AI Mockups. Because the discount is the main event, the plan only makes financial sense once your order volume is high enough that the savings outrun the fee.
Illustrative break-even, not a catalog quote: if an identical basket costs $12 before a 20% discount, the saving is $2.40 per order. The $39 monthly membership then needs 17 orders to cover its fee. At the advertised annual-billing equivalent of $24.99/month, 11 orders cover the monthly equivalent, but the yearly commitment is paid under the annual plan terms. Replace the assumed $2.40 with your actual basket saving before deciding.
04 Hidden Costs: Base Product Prices, Shipping, and Fulfillment Fees
The subscription isn't necessarily where merchants get surprised — shipping is. Shipping rates vary by print provider and product type and aren't broken out on Printify's main pricing page, so multi-item orders and heavier products (posters, mugs, framed prints) can carry higher per-item shipping costs than a single-item order would suggest. Check the shipping rate for your specific provider and product combination before committing to volume.
Annual billing trades flexibility for a lower monthly equivalent. Read the annual charge and renewal date shown at checkout before choosing it; an advertised monthly equivalent is not permission to pay month by month.
05 Printify Pricing vs Printful: Which Is Cheaper?
Printful's comparable paid tier, Growth, costs $24.99/month per Printful's own pricing page, with a 14-day free trial — cheaper up front than Printify Premium's $39/month, and Printful waives the fee automatically once a store clears $12,000 in annual sales, which Printify has no equivalent for.
For most merchants, Printful is the better default pick on price: it starts cheaper, and the $12,000 annual-sales waiver means the fee can disappear entirely as a store scales — something Printify's flat subscription never does. That said, the right pick still depends on your specific product lineup and provider network, which is where the exceptions below apply.
- Choose Printful if you want the cheaper paid tier and the possibility of it becoming free at scale.
- Choose Printify if the specific print providers or catalog breadth in its 4.7-star, 4,211-review Shopify listing better match your product lineup — the subscription price shouldn't be the deciding factor on its own.
06 Who Should Upgrade to Premium — and Is Printify Worth It?
Stay on Free while testing products or when the actual monthly product savings would be below the membership fee. There is no universal order-count cutoff: expensive items and larger discounts break even earlier, while small discounts take longer. Monthly Premium limits the commitment while you measure savings; annual billing is a longer commitment whose monthly equivalent is lower.
Bottom line: install Printify free — it costs nothing and covers most new stores' needs in full. Move to Premium ($39/month) only once your order volume consistently clears the discount's break-even point, and budget separately for shipping, which is a bigger source of surprise costs than the subscription itself.
07 Frequently asked questions
- How much does Printify cost?
- Printify is free to install, with an optional Premium plan at $39/month (or a yearly commitment advertised from $24.99/month, about $24.99/month). There's no per-order transaction fee beyond that flat subscription.
- Is Printify Premium worth it?
- Only if actual basket savings exceed the subscription. At an assumed $2.40 saving per order, the $39 monthly fee needs 17 orders; the advertised $24.99 monthly equivalent billed yearly needs 11. Actual product discounts vary.
- What's included in Printify's free plan?
- The full 2,000+ product catalog, unlimited product designs, manual and automatic order routing, 5 connected stores, and 24/7 support — just without any discount on base product costs.
- Is Printify or Printful cheaper?
- Printful's paid Growth plan is cheaper at $24.99/month versus Printify Premium's $39/month, and Printful waives its fee automatically once a store hits $12,000 in annual sales — making it the cheaper default pick, though Printify may still be worth it depending on your provider network.
- Are there hidden fees with Printify?
- The subscription is flat with no per-order transaction fee, but shipping can be a real surprise cost — rates vary by print provider and product type and aren't broken out on the pricing page, so check them for your specific product mix before committing to volume.