MarkItDown Pricing
At a glance
Free and open-source under MIT license
Self-hosting cost
MarkItDown is open source under the MIT license — the software itself costs nothing to run. Your real cost is the infrastructure you run it on plus the time to operate it.
Free & cheaper Documentation & Knowledge
same category, free plan or open-source license
Scalaropen sourceFree $0; Pro $72/month; Enterprise customObsidianFree personal app / Commercial $50/user/year / Sync from $4/user/mo annualNotionFree $0/member/mo / Plus $12/member/mo / Business $24/member/mo / Enterprise custom pricingCodebase Memory MCPopen sourceFree MIT-licensed local MCP server; teams still pay for their chosen coding agent, model provider, hosted IDE, or compute environment.
FAQ
How much does MarkItDown cost?
Free and open-source under MIT license
Does MarkItDown have a free plan?
Yes — MarkItDown is open source and free to use.
Can you self-host MarkItDown for free?
MarkItDown is open source under the MIT license — the software itself is free to run; you only pay for your own infrastructure.
What are free or cheaper MarkItDown alternatives?
Scalar, Obsidian, Notion are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.
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