AltText.ai review (2026): is it worth $5 a month?
AI alt text for images, with WordPress and Shopify plugins
AltText.ai report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for AI alt text for large image libraries
AltText.ai writes alt text for your images with AI, in 130+ languages, through a WordPress plugin, a Shopify app, browser extensions or an API. It's paid by the image, though: the 25 free credits are one-off, $5 a month buys 100, and extra languages and formats such as AVIF cost extra credits.
Who AltText.ai is for
- Fits if your store or blog has hundreds of images with no alt text
- Works for multilingual sites that need alt text in several languages
Who AltText.ai is not for
- Tight if you're just looking, as the 25 free credits are one-off and packs cost $3 for 50
- Pricey if you have lots of images, as 2,000 a month is $59 and 10,000 is $229
- Watch out: AVIF, HEIC, SVG and TIFF cost 2 credits and need a paid plan, and each extra language is 1 more
- Watch out: changing plans forfeits that period's unused credits, and used credits are usually not refunded
- Too light for your whole SEO setup, as it only writes alt text
Why AltText.ai gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyBronze is $5 a month for 100 images, or $49 a year for 1,200, inside this category's cheaper quarter. But it's paid per image: 500 a month is $19 and 2,000 is $59, and each extra language costs another credit.
- CFree plan and trial25 free credits on sign-up with no card, so 25 images. They don't renew, and after that it's a plan or credit packs at $3 for 50.
- CFeaturesAlt text in 130+ languages with target keywords worked in, your own Final Pass prompt, bulk tools, CSV import and export, and plugins for WordPress and Shopify. It does alt text fully, but that's a smaller job than a full SEO plugin.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. The WordPress plugin writes alt text for new uploads, but you set up an account, pick a plan and run the bulk updater for older images.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus Chrome and Firefox extensions, with no desktop or phone app. It plugs into WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Contentful, Webflow and Zapier, and has an API and an MCP server.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AltText.ai's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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AltText.ai's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 33 of the 78 other SEO plugins and apps we grade, and level with 15.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 43 of 78) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $9.99 for the category: 8 of the 58 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 79 SEO plugins and apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. AltText.ai’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 43 of 78, level with 9
- CFree plan and trialAbove 8 of 78, level with 38
- CFeaturesAbove 9 of 78, level with 43
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 78, level with 59
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 31 of 78, level with 47
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 70 SEO plugins and apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep AltText.ai, or make your own?
Your call
AltText.ai sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $60 a year.
What you could make
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, WordPress, Shopify and WooCommerce among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. AltText.ai’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is AltText.ai?
AltText.ai writes alt text for images with AI, for screen readers and image search. It works through a WordPress plugin, a Shopify app, other CMS and e-commerce integrations, Chrome and Firefox extensions, an API and an MCP server, and can work target keywords into the text in more than 130 languages. Plans are monthly or yearly allowances of credits, one credit per image.
Worth knowing
- The 25 free credits are one-time; after them you need a plan or credit packs, sold at $3 for 50 credits.
- AVIF, HEIC, SVG, TIFF and other advanced formats cost 2 credits and need a paid plan; each extra language costs 1 more credit.
- Changing plans forfeits the current period's unused plan credits; credits roll over only on a normal renewal.
- Refunds are handled case by case, and used credits are usually not refunded.
Key features
- AI alt text
- Describes each image in 130+ languages, with a choice of writing styles and character limits, for screen readers and search engines.
- SEO keywords
- Give it a page's target keywords and it works the relevant ones into the alt text, leaving out those that do not fit the image.
- Final Pass prompt
- A prompt of your own runs on every alt text after it is written, set for the whole account or per image, at no extra cost.
- WordPress and Shopify
- The WordPress plugin writes alt text for new uploads and has a bulk updater for old ones; the Shopify app and WooCommerce and Magento add product data.
- Bulk tools
- A web interface with a page scraper, CSV import and export, and imports from Dropbox and Pinterest for large image libraries.
- API, MCP and connectors
- A developer API, an MCP server, Zapier, Pabbly, Albato and SureTriggers connectors, and browser extensions for sites such as Squarespace.
AltText.ai pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, AltText.ai is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $5 per month for 100 credits, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 25 free credits (25 images) when you sign up, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | $5per month for 100 credits, billed monthly | 1 credit = alt text for 1 image. $49 a year with yearly billing, for 1,200 credits. Unused credits roll over at renewal. |
| Silver | $19per month for 500 credits, billed monthly | For growing sites and small businesses. $189 a year with yearly billing, for 6,000 credits. |
| Gold | $59per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly | For stores and content teams. $489 a year with yearly billing, for 24,000 credits. |
| Titanium | $119per month for 5,000 credits, billed monthly | For agencies with several clients. $1,179 a year with yearly billing, for 60,000 credits. |
| Platinum | $229per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly | For large publishers. $2,199 a year with yearly billing, for 120,000 credits. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom pricing above 120,000 credits a year, with volume pricing and dedicated support. |
Read from alttext.ai on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AltText.ai before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 17% to 31% with yearly billing
The pricing page lists yearly plans at 17% to 31% less than monthly, with Gold saving the most at $489 a year against $59 a month.
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Common questions
Does AltText.ai have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. AltText.ai is listed for Web.
Does AltText.ai have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. AltText.ai is listed for Web.
Is AltText.ai open source?
AltText.ai is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does AltText.ai have an API?
Yes. AltText.ai offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.