Pricing
Ghost Inspector pricing, explained
By Sergei Pustovalov, 10 years in QA, ex-Wallester. Last reviewed June 2026.
What Ghost Inspector actually costs, why the bill tends to grow, and the flat-priced alternatives small teams move to. Written by a team in the same space, with no interest in misrepresenting a competitor.
The short version
Ghost Inspector charges by test-run volume across tiers, with no permanent free plan, starting in the low-to-mid hundreds of dollars per month for a small team. The exact numbers change, so confirm them at ghostinspector.com/pricing. The thing to understand is the shape: your bill rises as you add flows and run them more often.
How Ghost Inspector prices
The model is run-metered and tiered. Each tier includes a monthly allowance of test runs, and you move up a tier (and a price) as you consume more. Higher tiers add things like more frequent scheduling, more users, and longer result retention. There is a trial but not a permanent free tier, so once the trial ends you are on a paid plan to keep anything running.
This is a perfectly normal pricing model. It is predictable when your run volume is steady. It gets harder to predict when your coverage is growing, which for most teams is exactly what you want to be doing.
Why the bill grows
A regression suite earns its keep by running often: on every staging deploy, plus a nightly or weekly sweep. The more value you get, the more runs you consume. With run-metered pricing, that means the bill climbs in step with how useful the tool has become. Teams that start with three flows on a low tier and expand to twenty flows on every deploy often find themselves two or three tiers up within a couple of quarters. None of that is hidden, it is just the arithmetic of per-run pricing, and it is the most common reason teams start shopping for alternatives.
Pricing models compared
Approximate and qualitative, since every vendor updates numbers. Always confirm on the vendor page before committing.
| Tool | Pricing model | Free tier | Rough starting point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Inspector | Per test run, tiered | Trial only | Low-to-mid hundreds/mo |
| Regresco | Flat monthly, run caps | Yes (20 runs, no card) | $99/mo Pro, $299/mo Business |
| Reflect | Tiered | Yes | From around $50/mo |
| BugBug | Freemium, tiered | Yes | Low three figures/mo |
| Mabl | Enterprise, sales-led | No | Mid four figures/yr+ |
| TestRigor | Tiered | No | Mid three figures/mo+ |
Regresco numbers are exact. The others are approximate, gathered from public pages that change over time.
If the run-based bill is the problem
The flat-priced option in the no-code category is Regresco: a permanent free plan with 20 runs a month and no card, then $99 a month for 200 runs and $299 a month for 1000 runs, with every feature on every tier. You point it at your staging URL, it drafts your flows, classifies failures as a real regression, a flaky test, or a broken locator, and heals broken selectors at runtime. If you mostly liked Ghost Inspector and just want the record-and-play feel cheaper, BugBug is the closest match. If you want a free starting point with a visual editor, Reflect fits. The full landscape is in our Ghost Inspector alternatives roundup.
Questions we get a lot
How much does Ghost Inspector cost?
Ghost Inspector is paid, with tiers priced mainly by how many test runs you use per month, starting in the low-to-mid hundreds of dollars per month for a small team and rising from there as your run volume grows. There is no permanent free tier, only a time-boxed trial. Vendors update pricing often, so check ghostinspector.com/pricing for the exact current numbers before you commit.
Does Ghost Inspector have a free plan?
No permanent free plan, only a time-limited trial. If a permanent free tier matters to you, Regresco offers 20 runs a month with no credit card, and Reflect and BugBug have free tiers too. A free trial is fine for evaluation, but a free tier lets you keep a few critical flows running at no cost indefinitely.
Why does the Ghost Inspector bill grow over time?
Because pricing scales with test-run volume. The more flows you add and the more often you run them (say, on every deploy plus a nightly schedule), the more runs you consume, and the higher the tier you need. This is normal for run-metered tools, but it surprises teams that start small and then expand coverage, since the bill climbs exactly as the tool becomes more useful.
What is the cheapest alternative to Ghost Inspector?
If you can run it yourself, Playwright and Selenium are free and open source, but you write and maintain the tests. Among managed no-code tools, the cheapest reasonable starting points are Regresco's free tier (20 runs a month, no card, then $99 a month for Pro) and Reflect's free tier. BugBug is freemium and Chrome-only. Mabl and TestRigor are priced for larger teams.
Is Ghost Inspector worth the price?
For marketing teams or non-engineers who want a polished record-and-play workflow with cross-browser and visual-diff checks, it is a reliable, mature tool. It becomes less attractive when the run-based bill outgrows the value, or when the real frustration is maintaining recorded tests by hand as the UI changes, which is where AI-drafting and self-healing tools aim to help.
Flat pricing, permanent free plan
Regresco is $0 for 20 runs a month (no card), then $99 or $299 a month with run counts you can predict. Point it at your staging URL and see a regression sweep in about 10 minutes.