How much is Amazon Prime? Every Amazon subscription’s price in 2026
Amazon Prime is $14.99 a month or $139 a year, its price since February 18, 2022. Prime for Young Adults, for 18- to 24-year-olds and college students, is $7.49 or $69, and Prime Video on its own $8.99 a month. Audible starts at $8.99 a month, Kindle Unlimited is $11.99 and Music Unlimited $10.99 with Prime. The table gives each with the date its price last changed.
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Prime by the month or by the year
Twelve months of the monthly plan cost $179.88; the yearly fee is $139, $40.88 less, a 22% saving. It pays for itself if you would keep Prime for more than 9 months.
The monthly plan suits buying for one sale: Prime Day and Prime Big Deal Days prices are for members, and a monthly membership can be cancelled once the sale is over. Some states charge sales tax on Prime, on top of these prices.
When Prime went up
Prime launched at $79 a year in 2005. Amazon raised it to $99 in March 2014, to $119 on May 11, 2018, and to $139 on February 18, 2022. The monthly plan went from $10.99 to $12.99 on January 19, 2018, and to $14.99 in 2022.
The last two rises came four years apart. As of October 7, 2026, Amazon has announced none this year.
Prime Video with and without ads
Prime Video comes with Prime, with ads. Since April 10, 2026, watching without them is Prime Video Ultra, $4.99 a month or $45.99 a year on top of Prime. It replaced the $2.99 Ad Free option and adds 4K, Dolby Atmos and five streams at once; 4K left the standard plan. Prime Video alone, without the rest of Prime, is $8.99 a month.
Audible, Kindle Unlimited and Music Unlimited
Audible Standard, $8.99 a month since March 3, 2026, gives one audiobook a month from the whole catalog plus a library of others, and the books stay only while you subscribe. Premium Plus, $14.95 a month, gives a credit a month, and the books are yours to keep after you cancel. Paid by the year it is $149.50 for 12 credits, $12.46 a book, or $229.50 for 24, $9.56 a book.
Kindle Unlimited is $11.99 a month, its price since May 11, 2023; it was $9.99 from its launch in 2014. It lends e-books from its own catalog of more than five million titles, not every Kindle book, to any Kindle or the Kindle app.
Music Unlimited is $10.99 a month with Prime and $11.99 without, prices in force since January 29, 2025, and includes one Audible audiobook a month while you subscribe. Prime on its own includes ad-free Amazon Music with shuffle play.
Free trials, and how long each lasts
Prime’s free trial is 30 days and Prime for Young Adults’ is six months; both renew at the prices in the table unless cancelled. Prime for Young Adults also pays 5% cash back on badged items in five categories, for as long as Amazon runs the offer.
Kindle Unlimited offers a free trial to accounts Amazon deems eligible, shows its length at sign-up, and from time to time runs promotional trials. A Kindle bought with the three-months-of-Kindle-Unlimited option comes with three months, after which it renews at $11.99 a month; cancelling during those three months refunds nothing. Any Kindle Unlimited trial is cancelled at amazon.com/kucentral.
Music Unlimited and Audible change their trial offers with each sale, so the offer in force is the one on each program’s own page, linked under the table.
Every Amazon subscription, priced
As Amazon prices them on October 7, 2026, before any sales tax. A dash is a plan Amazon does not sell by the year, or a change we cannot date.
| Subscription | A month | A year | Last price change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Prime | $14.99 | $139 | Feb 18, 2022, from $12.99 / $119 |
| Prime for Young Adults (ages 18–24 and college students) | $7.49 | $69 | — |
| Prime Access (EBT, Medicaid, SNAP and other assistance) | $6.99 | — | — |
| Prime Video, without Prime | $8.99 | — | — |
| Prime Video Ultra (no ads and 4K, on top of Prime) | $4.99 | $45.99 | Apr 10, 2026, replacing $2.99 Ad Free |
| Audible Standard | $8.99 | — | New on Mar 3, 2026 |
| Audible Premium Plus | $14.95 | $149.50 | — |
| Kindle Unlimited | $11.99 | — | May 11, 2023, from $9.99 |
| Music Unlimited, with Prime | $10.99 | $109 | Jan 29, 2025, from $9.99 / $99 |
| Music Unlimited, without Prime | $11.99 | — | Jan 29, 2025, from $10.99 |
| Music Unlimited Family (up to six accounts) | $19.99 | $199 | Jan 29, 2025, from $16.99 / $169 |
Free trials, on Amazon: Prime · Prime for Young Adults · Audible Standard · Audible Premium Plus · Kindle Unlimited · Music Unlimited
Questions people ask
- How much is Amazon Prime a month?
- $14.99 a month, or $139 a year. Prime for Young Adults is $7.49 a month or $69 a year, and Prime Access, for people on EBT, Medicaid, SNAP and some other assistance, $6.99 a month.
- Is Amazon Prime cheaper by the year?
- Yes: $139 against $179.88 for twelve months of the monthly plan, a saving of $40.88 (22%).
- When did Amazon Prime last go up?
- On February 18, 2022, for new members: from $119 to $139 a year and from $12.99 to $14.99 a month. The rise before was in 2018, and the one before that in 2014.
- Is Amazon Prime going up in 2026?
- Amazon had announced no rise as of October 7, 2026. Its last two came four years apart, in 2018 and 2022.
- How much is Audible a month?
- Audible Standard is $8.99 a month and Premium Plus $14.95. Standard’s books stay only while you subscribe; Premium Plus books are yours to keep.
- How much is Kindle Unlimited a month?
- $11.99, since May 11, 2023. It was $9.99 from its launch in 2014.
- How long is the Amazon Prime free trial?
- 30 days, then $14.99 a month or $139 a year. For 18- to 24-year-olds and college students, Prime for Young Adults’ trial is six months, then $7.49 a month.
- Is there a free trial of Kindle Unlimited?
- Yes, for accounts Amazon deems eligible: it shows the length at sign-up and moves to $11.99 a month at the end. A Kindle bought with the three-month Kindle Unlimited option includes three months.
- How much is Amazon Music Unlimited?
- $10.99 a month or $109 a year with Prime, $11.99 a month without, and $19.99 a month for a family plan of up to six, since January 29, 2025.