Ceros pricing in 2026: the numbers Ceros doesn't publish, and the self-serve alternative
Last updated: October 17, 2026 · Enterprise interactive-content platform sold by demo
Ceros pricing in 2026
Ceros publishes no prices. Its pricing page on October 17, 2026 shows a free Starter tier, a Growth tier behind "Talk to sales" and a custom Enterprise tier. What companies actually pay is visible in buyer-side data: Vendr, which records real contracts, lists a median of $45,000 a year across 84 purchases; SpendHound reports an average of $11,555 a year for small and mid-sized buyers and $110,171 for enterprises.
| Ceros plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $0 | 1 Creator, 3 Editors, unlimited Reviewers, 1 workspace, unlimited publishing, Ceros branding |
| Growth | Talk to sales | 3 Creators, 10 Editors, SSO |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom seats and workspaces |
| What buyers report paying | Median $45,000/yr; range $21,690 to $55,770 (Vendr, Feb 2026) | Small teams $15k to $35k, mid-market $40k to $80k, enterprise $80k to $150k+ (Vendr); SMB average $11,555/yr (SpendHound, Oct 2026) |
Is Ceros free? There is a free Starter account with one Creator seat and unlimited publishing, which is real and worth trying. Everything beyond one designer, SSO, more workspaces, is a sales conversation, and the contracts above are what that conversation ends in. Prices checked on October 17, 2026 on ceros.com/pricing, Vendr (Feb 2026) and SpendHound (Oct 2026).
Ceros vs Scrollytelling.ai: what each one is
Ceros is a design canvas for interactive marketing content: landing pages, product demos, interactive reports, pitch decks, with a freeform editor that designers love and a sales organisation of several dozen people selling it to enterprise marketing teams. Its customers are Fortune 500 brands, and its pricing reflects that.
Scrollytelling.ai is the opposite motion: no demo, prices on the page, a free story to judge the output, and AI that builds the first draft from a prompt, a URL or a PDF. It is not a freeform canvas; it is a scroll-driven page builder with a visual editor, which is what most people searching for a Ceros alternative actually need.
Side by side
| Feature | Scrollytelling.ai | Ceros |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan; Starter $12/mo ($10 yearly); Pro $29 ($24 yearly); Pro+ $59 ($49 yearly) | No public prices; buyer data median $45,000/yr (Vendr), SMB average $11,555/yr (SpendHound) |
| Free plan | Yes: 60 monthly credits, 1 published story on a scrollytelling.ai link | Starter: 1 Creator, 3 Editors, unlimited publishing, Ceros branding |
| Scrollytelling | Core of the product: scroll-scrubbed hero video, stacking cards, split scroll, reveals, scenes | Possible on the freeform canvas, built by a designer |
| AI generation | Full story from a prompt, a URL or an uploaded PDF, images and hero video included | Flex AI and Gemma assist inside the canvas |
| Hosting and domain | Hosted; custom domain on every paid plan; WordPress and Shopify embeds | Hosted; embed-first; custom domains on paid tiers |
| Editing | Visual editor, free manual edits; AI edits use credits | Freeform design canvas |
| Export | .zip of the story and HD PDF on every plan, Free included | Content export on all tiers |
| Team | Invite members on Pro and Pro+ | Seats, workspaces, reviewers, SSO on Growth+ |
What Ceros does better
Ceros is better at freeform design. If a designer wants to place every element by hand, choreograph animation triggers and build an interactive experience that looks like nothing else, Ceros's canvas is the better tool, and its Educate programme teaches people to use it. It is better for large marketing teams: seats, workspaces, reviewers, SSO and integrations with Adobe, HubSpot and Marketo. And its free Starter tier is a fair way to find out whether you are that kind of team.
Where Ceros falls short, and who should look elsewhere
Price and process. A small team cannot buy Ceros without a sales cycle, and the contracts buyers report start where most marketing budgets end. The freeform canvas is also a double-edged thing: it needs a designer's hours, and the company's own positioning is "designers and design-curious marketers". A founder with a product page to ship by Friday is not that audience.
Ceros has added AI (Flex, Gemma), but it assists inside the canvas rather than generating a finished scroll story from a brief, and the headcount and review data suggest a company in transition rather than a product you would adopt lightly as a small customer.
If you are coming from Ceros
Try the output first. Paste the URL of a page you built in Ceros, or describe it, and compare the generated scroll story to what you have. You can build one on the free plan.
Expect templates, not a blank canvas. Sections, widgets and scroll effects are chosen and edited, not drawn freehand. Most marketing pages fit; a bespoke interactive experience does not.
What you lose: freeform layout, enterprise integrations and a reviewer workflow. What you gain is a published page in minutes at $10 to $49 a month, editable by whoever owns it.
Verdict
Choose Ceros if you have designers, an enterprise budget and content that has to be freeform and bespoke, and you want a vendor with an account team.
Choose Scrollytelling.ai if you want scroll-driven pages without a sales call, generated by AI and edited by you, from a free plan to $49 a month.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Ceros cost?
Ceros does not publish prices. Buyer-side data (Vendr, February 2026) shows a median contract of $45,000 a year with a range of $21,690 to $55,770; SpendHound (October 2026) reports an average of $11,555 a year for small and mid-sized buyers and $110,171 for enterprises.
Is Ceros free?
There is a free Starter account with one Creator seat, three Editors and unlimited publishing. Growth and Enterprise are sold by sales.
What is the best Ceros alternative for small teams?
Scrollytelling.ai for scroll-driven pages without a sales cycle ($0 to $49 a month). Vev and Foleon are the other common alternatives, both quote-led; Shorthand sells by demo too.
Ceros vs Vev, Foleon or Turtl: which is cheaper?
None publish prices. Buyer data puts Foleon at a $21,000 median contract and Ceros at $45,000; Vev moved to quote-only plans in December 2025. For a self-serve price, Scrollytelling.ai, Pageflow and Genially are the tools with public price lists.
What kind of teams use Ceros?
Marketing and design teams at mid-to-large enterprises: the company names NBC, McKinsey, Pfizer and Condé Nast among its customers, and its own positioning targets designers and design-curious marketers.
Does Scrollytelling.ai integrate with HubSpot or Marketo like Ceros?
No. Stories embed into WordPress and Shopify and any site via an iframe or the downloaded .zip, and the form widget emails submissions, but there are no CRM integrations.
Try the $0 plan before you decide
Build your story free, no card. To publish it, Starter is $10 a month billed yearly.
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