# osTicket Pricing 2026 | Capterra > Learn more about osTicket pricing plans including starting price, free versions and trials. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/125118/osTicket/pricing --- # Pricing for osTicket [4.3 (75)](https://www.capterra.com/p/125118/osTicket/reviews/) Write a Review! ## [osTicket](https://www.capterra.com/p/125118/osTicket/) has **3** pricing plans - No free trial - Yes, has free version **Credit Card Required:** Not provided by vendor **Discount:** Information not available ### Open Source **Pricing Model:** Other Open Source plan includes: - Email Integration - Free to Use - Open Source ### Cloud-hosted $12 **Pricing Model:** Per User **Payment Frequency:** Per Month Cloud-hosted plan includes: - Daily Backups - Dedicated Training - Email Integration - Guranteed Uptime - Phone Ongoing Support ### Virtual Appliance Custom Quote Available **Pricing Model:** Other Virtual Appliance plan includes: - Customized Solutions - Daily Backups - Dedicated Training - Email Integration - Guranteed Uptime ## Popular alternatives to [osTicket](https://www.capterra.com/p/125118/osTicket/) Looking to learn more about Help Desk software similar to osTicket? 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Pricing Rating $ $ $ $ $ Value For Money[4.7(75)](https://www.capterra.com/p/125118/osTicket/reviews/) Pros Cons [Read All 75 Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/125118/osTicket/reviews/) Read Full Reviews Below Verified Reviewer CTO Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 5,001-10,000 employees Used the software for: 1-2 years ** Overall Rating 3.0 ** Ease of Use 3.0 Customer Service 1.0 Features 4.0 Value for Money 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 30% 3/10 Reviewer Source Source: Capterra June 9, 2025 "Pretty Decent, but..." **Overall:** The experience I had with osTicket as a company was extremely poor, they are arrogant, condescending and want to send invoices without doing a needs analysis. Their prices are way out of market (wanting more then Freshdesk which is a far more established ticket system). When you reach out for assistance on their Github, you are met with ridicule. Overall, if you self host it and have time to figure out nitty gritty issues, this is a good system. Had I been forced to engage with the people of osTicket, I would rather use alternate software. **Pros:** The ease of customization for creating various help topics, the ability to auto assign certain tickets to certain people, the ability to create customer organizations on the account. **Cons:** The experience of optimizing it is extremely painful. After about a month of trying to figure it out, I found that the wrong version of PHP was installed. This is not mentioned anywhere in the install docs. The UI is pretty old school and not visually appealing. **Alternatives Considered:** [Freshdesk](https://www.capterra.com/p/124981/Freshdesk/) **Reasons for Choosing osTicket:** The ability to self host and to customize the software to my needs. Verified Reviewer CTO Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 5,001-10,000 employees Used the software for: 1-2 years ** Overall Rating 3.0 ** Ease of Use 3.0 Customer Service 1.0 Features 4.0 Value for Money 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 30% 3/10 Reviewer Source Source: Capterra June 9, 2025 "Pretty Decent, but..." **Overall:** The experience I had with osTicket as a company was extremely poor, they are arrogant, condescending and want to send invoices without doing a needs analysis. Their prices are way out of market (wanting more then Freshdesk which is a far more established ticket system). When you reach out for assistance on their Github, you are met with ridicule. Overall, if you self host it and have time to figure out nitty gritty issues, this is a good system. Had I been forced to engage with the people of osTicket, I would rather use alternate software. **Pros:** The ease of customization for creating various help topics, the ability to auto assign certain tickets to certain people, the ability to create customer organizations on the account. **Cons:** The experience of optimizing it is extremely painful. After about a month of trying to figure it out, I found that the wrong version of PHP was installed. This is not mentioned anywhere in the install docs. The UI is pretty old school and not visually appealing. **Alternatives Considered:** [Freshdesk](https://www.capterra.com/p/124981/Freshdesk/) **Reasons for Choosing osTicket:** The ability to self host and to customize the software to my needs. [Read All 75 Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/125118/osTicket/reviews/) ## How should I be thinking about software pricing? 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