How much does a digital legacy cost?
A clear, honest look at what digital legacy and memory-keeping services charge across the category, plus exactly what Afterlife AI costs.
Pricing for a digital legacy varies more than almost any other product category, because "digital legacy" can mean very different things. Before you compare a price, it helps to understand what actually drives the cost.
Four factors shape what you pay:
One-off versus subscription. Some services charge a single fee (often a printed keepsake or a fixed project), while others charge monthly or annually for ongoing access and storage.
Book versus interactive. A bound memory book is a finished object with a fixed price. An interactive legacy you can actually talk to is software, so it is usually priced as an ongoing service.
Whether voice is included. Preserving and later listening to a real voice is a distinct, more involved capability, and it is usually priced separately from text memories.
Who can access it, and for how long. Cost rises with how many people can use it, how long it is kept, and whether your family inherits access after you are gone.
Keep those four levers in mind and most pricing differences across the category start to make sense.
Typical pricing across the category
The figures below are honest, public-facing ranges as we understand them. Pricing changes often, so always verify current pricing directly with each provider before you buy.
Memory books and printed keepsakes
Services like StoryWorth send weekly prompts by email for a year and then compile the answers into a printed book. These are typically billed as an annual subscription, often in the region of roughly 100 to 130 USD, with extra printed copies costing more. The result is a beautiful physical artefact, but it is fixed: once printed, it does not grow and you cannot interact with it. Verify current pricing, as plans and print costs change.
Recorded story and phone-prompt services
Services such as Storii focus on capturing stories over time, often via scheduled phone calls or prompts, and saving the recordings. These tend to be subscription-based, commonly billed monthly or annually. Pricing in this category is generally modest per month but ongoing, so the lifetime cost depends on how long you keep the subscription active. Always verify current pricing.
Interactive and conversational legacies
Services like HereAfter AI build an interactive profile from recorded interviews that loved ones can later ask questions of. These are usually subscription products, sometimes with a free tier and paid plans above it. Because they involve ongoing storage and access, expect recurring rather than one-off pricing. Confirm current tiers directly, as this part of the market changes quickly.
Avatar, video, and "talking" experiences
Services like StoryFile have offered recorded video experiences where viewers can ask questions and hear answers drawn from filmed responses. These tend to sit at the higher, more bespoke end and have historically used a mix of consumer and project-based pricing. Treat any number you see as indicative only and verify current pricing before committing.
Estate, document, and end-of-life planning tools
Services like GoodTrust bundle digital legacy alongside wills, document storage, and account-after-death management. These are typically annual subscriptions, with the price reflecting the legal and document features rather than interactive memories. Verify current pricing, since estate features and plan structures are updated regularly.
The takeaway: a printed book is a one-time spend, while anything interactive or voice-enabled is almost always an ongoing service. Compare like with like, and always check the provider's own pricing page for today's figures.
Afterlife AI pricing
We believe pricing should be simple to read and easy to predict. Here is exactly what Afterlife AI costs, with no asterisks.
Start free, and your free build never expires. Your free build gives you 60 memories and 100 conversations to create your Persona, with no card required and no time limit. It also includes one Trusted Contact and Executor Lock setup, free and kept. This is a one-time build budget, not a trial or a countdown: there is no monthly reset and nothing disappears.
When you are ready for ongoing access, there are two paid tiers:
Legacy: $14.99/mo. The everyday plan for keeping your Persona growing and accessible, and the tier where listening to a preserved voice becomes available.
Eternal: $29.99/mo. For people who want the fullest ongoing experience and headroom for a richer legacy over time.
A note on voice, because it is the part people ask about most. With Afterlife AI, the voice is created free for everyone. It is consent-based voice preservation of yourself while you are alive, and that consent explicitly covers playback after you are gone, locked at Executor Lock and never changed afterwards. Creating the voice costs nothing. Listening is the paid experience, available from Legacy ($14.99+). Your family inherits the time you have paid for, so the access you fund now carries forward to the people who matter.
Afterlife AI is an Australian company with Australian-hosted storage, and your voice is treated as sensitive personal information under Australian privacy law.
Is it worth it, and how to choose
The right answer depends on what you actually want to leave behind.
If you want a finished physical keepsake, a printed memory book is a lovely one-time purchase and may be all you need.
If you want something living that loved ones can ask questions of, an interactive legacy is worth the ongoing cost, because it keeps growing and stays accessible rather than sitting on a shelf.
If a real, preserved voice matters to you, prioritise a service that treats voice as consent-based and governed, and check who can listen and for how long.
If estate and document handling is your priority, an estate-focused tool may serve you better than a memory-first product.
A practical way to choose: start with the free option wherever one exists, build something real, and only pay once you can feel the value. With Afterlife AI you can do exactly that, because the free build never expires and you only pay when you want ongoing access and listening.