npm pricing
npm starts at $7/mo and has a free tier, with self-serve signup.
Last checked 2026-08-25. Verify on the vendor's own page before you commit spend.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Unlimited public packages |
| Pro | $7/mo | Unlimited public packages, Unlimited private packages, Package-based permissions |
| Teams | $7/user/mo | Unlimited public packages, Unlimited private packages, Team-based permissions |
The Free plan at $0 covers Unlimited public packages, which is where an agent would start.
Can an agent buy this on its own?
A price is only half the question. The other half is whether software can get from landing on the site to making a paid call without a person, which is what the AgentReady measures under adopt.
For npm, it can create an account itself; no sales call stands in the way.
Against that, the signup flow assumes a human at a browser; credentials must be minted by hand in a dashboard. Each of those is a point where an unattended run stops and waits for a human.
That works out to 80/100 on adopt, against 57/100 overall.
What you are paying for
npm is the package manager for JavaScript and the world's largest software registry, owned by GitHub. It provides the npm Registry and npm CLI for free to the community, with premium offerings for developers and teams.
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