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Best Memrise alternatives (2026)

6 alternatives to Memrise in language learning, ranked by entry price. Memrise starts at $0/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

  • Free alternatives: Busuu, Duolingo.
  • Closest by price: Busuu ($0/mo), Duolingo ($0/mo), Babbel ($8.45/mo).

Memrise alternatives compared

Ranked by entry price (lowest published self-serve plan, with the period it is charged on). Sourced per row.
#AlternativeEntry priceFreeHIPAABest forSource
1 Busuu STALE · 2026-09-02 $0/mo Yes — Learners who want human community feedback on their output busuu.com
2 Duolingo STALE · 2026-09-26 $0/mo Yes — Casual daily habit learners duoplanet.com
3 Babbel STALE · 2026-09-02 $8.45/mo No — Adults wanting structured, grammar-aware lessons fluentin3months.com
4 Babbel for Business STALE · 2026-09-05 $8.99/user/mo No — HR and L&D teams upskilling multilingual workforces shop.babbelforbusiness.com
5 Rosetta Stone STALE · 2026-09-02 $13.25/mo No — Learners preferring immersive no-translation method rosettastone.com
6 Pimsleur STALE · 2026-09-05 $19.95/mo No — Commuters and drivers who learn while on the go pimsleur.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. Every row above is marked — we flag rather than silently retain. Compare any two directly on the Language Learning index.