# AltText.ai review (2026): is it worth $5 a month? > AI alt text for images, with WordPress and Shopify plugins Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** SEO Plugins & Apps - **Made by:** Alt-Tab LLC - **Website:** https://alttext.ai - **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you're just looking, as the 25 free credits are one-off and packs cost $3 for 50. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## 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. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 25 free credits (25 images) when you sign up, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Bronze | $5 per 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 | $19 per month for 500 credits, billed monthly | For growing sites and small businesses. $189 a year with yearly billing, for 6,000 credits. | | Gold | $59 per month for 2,000 credits, billed monthly | For stores and content teams. $489 a year with yearly billing, for 24,000 credits. | | Titanium | $119 per month for 5,000 credits, billed monthly | For agencies with several clients. $1,179 a year with yearly billing, for 60,000 credits. | | Platinum | $229 per 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 https://alttext.ai/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AltText.ai before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 17% to 31% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://alttext.ai/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - Stores and blogs with large image libraries that lack alt text - Sites working toward WCAG and ADA accessibility - Multilingual sites that need alt text in several languages ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** Bronze 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 25 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. - **Features: C.** Alt 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No 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. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web 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. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among SEO plugins and apps - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-plugins ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress, Shopify and WooCommerce among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Contentful, Webflow, Zapier **Tags:** AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [TinySEO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tinyimg): Shopify app for image compression, page speed and SEO fixes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alttext-ai-vs-tinyimg) - [Booster AI SEO + AEO Optimizer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/booster-seo): Shopify app that audits and fixes store SEO and compresses images. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alttext-ai-vs-booster-seo) - [WP Meta SEO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wp-meta-seo): WordPress SEO plugin built around bulk meta and image editing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alttext-ai-vs-wp-meta-seo) - [SearchPie](https://toolgpa.com/tools/searchpie): Shopify SEO app for schema, meta tags, indexing and page speed. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alttext-ai-vs-searchpie) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://alttext.ai/pricing - https://alttext.ai/ - https://alttext.ai/solutions/seo - https://alttext.ai/terms Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/alttext-ai Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).