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Best Audible alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Audible in audiobook services, ranked by entry price. Audible starts at $7.95/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Audible: AudiobooksNow.
- Free alternatives: AudiobooksNow, Chirp.
- Closest by price: AudiobooksNow ($0/mo), Kobo Plus ($7.99/mo), Everand ($11.99/mo).
Audible alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AudiobooksNow STALE · 2026-09-02 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Per-book buyers who prefer owning titles outright | audiobooksnow.com |
| 2 | Kobo Plus STALE · 2026-09-05 | $7.99/mo | No | — | Kobo e-reader owners | kobo.com |
| 3 | Everand STALE · 2026-09-05 | $11.99/mo | No | — | Multi-format readers (ebooks + audiobooks + podcasts in one subscription) | everand.com |
| 4 | Downpour | $12.99/mo | No | — | DRM-free audiobook ownership advocates | downpour.com |
| 5 | Libro.fm STALE · 2026-09-05 | $14.17/mo | No | — | Independent bookstore supporters | libro.fm |
| 6 | Audiobooks.com STALE · 2026-09-02 | $14.95/mo | No | — | Podcast listeners who also want audiobooks | audiobooks.com |
| 7 | Chirp STALE · 2026-09-02 | not priced monthly | Yes | — | Budget-conscious listeners who buy selectively | chirpbooks.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 6 of 7 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Audiobook Services index.