Issuu pricing,
every plan explained.

Issuu's plans and prices

From issuu.com/pricing, checked November 2026. Issuu bills in US dollars and says annual billing saves 30%. It doesn't show yearly totals, so those are our math (12 times the monthly figure).

Is Issuu still free?

Yes. As of November 2026, Basic costs nothing, with tight limits:

• 5 published documents.
• 10 pages per upload and 50 MB per file, so most catalogs and magazines won't fit.
• No embedding on your own website. That starts at Starter.
• Issuu's third-party ads stay on until Unlimited.

Basic does include adding web and shopping links and YouTube or Vimeo videos in an overlay, the same as the paid plans. For a short flyer or a one-page menu shared by link, it can be enough.

What each paid plan adds

Starter: $21 a month yearly, $31 monthly

Unlimited published documents of up to 500 pages and 100 MB, website embedding, and up to 5 unlisted (private) flipbooks. Stats are the basic 30-day version on every plan below Unlimited. Ads and the "Powered by Issuu" line on embeds stay.

Unlimited: $188 a month yearly, $269 monthly

This is where most business features start: no third-party ads, no "Powered by Issuu" on embeds, your logo in full screen sharing, a lead generation form, links detected automatically from your PDF, embeds with autoplay video, letting readers download, and Digital Sales for selling flipbooks. Stats become all-time, with individual page stats, average read time and locations. Unlimited pages, file size and unlisted flipbooks. It has a 7-day free trial.

Teams: from $417 a month yearly, $595 monthly

Multiple users with access controls, SSO, and removal of Issuu's branding and logo. The price scales with a members and workspaces selector. The starting price shows 3 members and 2 workspaces. No per-seat price is printed.

What people notice after signing up

• Branding until Unlimited. Third-party ads show on Basic and Starter, and Starter embeds carry "Powered by Issuu". Removing them is $188 a month on yearly billing, and removing Issuu's logo fully is a Teams feature.
• No password, no own domain. Neither is listed on any plan. Privacy means unlisted flipbooks: 5 on Starter, unlimited from Unlimited.
• Auto-renewal. Section 4.1 of Issuu's terms says plans "will automatically renew at the then-current Subscription Fee."
• No refunds. Section 4.2 says that on cancellation you "will not receive a refund or credit," and section 4.8 says "all fees and taxes are non-refundable." Set a reminder before your renewal date if you might leave.
• A big jump in the middle. Starter is $21 and the next plan is $188. If you need just one Unlimited feature, such as the lead form, you pay for all of them.

Issuu's pricing page names Bending Spoons Operations S.p.A. as the operator.

Issuu alternatives and what they cost

If the step from Starter to Unlimited is the problem, compare where other makers drop their branding and add lead forms. As of November 2026, on yearly billing:

Prices in US dollars per month on yearly billing, from each company's pricing page, checked November 2026.

• For free publishing with longer documents, Heyzine's free plan has unlimited pages, and Flipsnack's allows 15 pages per flipbook.
• For a low budget, Heyzine and FlipHTML5 drop their branding for less than Issuu Starter costs.
• FlipWild removes its badge on Plus ($32) and adds email forms, video, photo galleries, Accept and sign and your own domain on Pro ($74). It has no free publishing plan, and password protection is Business only ($149). FlipWild doesn't sell flipbooks to readers, so if you use Issuu's Digital Sales, stay.

For a side-by-side switch plan, see the Issuu alternative page. For every maker's full price list, see flipbook pricing compared, and FlipWild pricing for our own plans.