How Much Does GoHighLevel Cost Per Month? Get Your Real Number
The sticker price is $97, $297 or $497 a month. The surprise is the second bill for texts, calls, email and phone numbers. Plug in how you work and see both, using HighLevel’s own published rates.
Short answer: the plan is $97 a month (Starter), $297 (Unlimited) or $497 (Founder, which some HighLevel pages still call Pro). Usage is extra on every plan: $0.00747 per text segment plus carrier fees, $0.675 per 1,000 emails, and $1.15 a month per local number. Our hypothetical solo contractor lands at $120.25 a month, not $97.
GoHighLevel monthly cost calculator
Pick a starting point, then change anything that doesn’t fit. The total updates as you type. (The three starting points are made-up examples, not real customers or averages.)
Showing a hypothetical scenario. Change any field to make it yours.
What the bill is made of
| Item | Official rate |
|---|---|
| Plan | $97 Starter, $297 Unlimited, $497 Founder (per month) |
| Phone numbers | $1.15/mo local, $2.15/mo toll-free |
| Text (SMS), sent or received | $0.00747 per segment + carrier fee of $0.0025 to $0.0100 |
| Picture text (MMS) | $0.022 sent, $0.0165 received, + carrier fee |
| A2P 10DLC campaign | Sole prop: up to $2.10/mo + $22.50 once. Low volume: $1.50 to $10.50/mo + $22.50 once. High volume: $10.50/mo + $64 once. |
| Calls | $0.0166/min out, $0.01165 in (app), $0.02 forwarded, $0.0198 toll-free in, + $0.0018 per person per min conference leg |
| $0.675 per 1,000 (sent and received), verification $2.50 per 1,000 |
Two things trip people up. Every call rounds up to a full minute, so ten 61-second calls bill as 20 minutes. And A2P fees start when you submit, even if the campaign gets rejected. “Unlimited” means unlimited contacts and users, not free texting.
We fixed the 5,000 free emails mistake
The old version of this page treated your first 5,000 emails as free. HighLevel’s official pages don’t show that. Starter plus 5,000 emails: $97 + (5,000 × $0.675 ÷ 1,000) = $100.38, not $97.00.
Three hypothetical bills
Made-up usage, real math. Carrier fees use the high end of HighLevel’s table.
| Hypothetical scenario | Monthly | First month | Over plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo contractor, Starter $97 | $120.25 | $142.75 | $23.25 |
| Small service business, Starter $97 + AI Employee Growth | $257.76 | $280.26 | $160.76 |
| Agency, Unlimited $297, 8 clients | $1,126.06 | $1,306.06 | $829.06 |
With heavy texting, usage can cost more than the plan.
Where HighLevel’s own pages disagree
- Forwarded calls show $0.02 a minute, but the listed parts add up to $0.02025.
- The top plan is called Founder in the header and Pro in the FAQ, both at $497.
- Workflow Pro is listed per sub-account in one table and per agency in the text.
- Some carrier fee cells show a dash. We don’t treat a dash as $0.
Sources, read Nov 11, 2026: S1 GoHighLevel pricing page (gohighlevel.com/pricing); S2 HighLevel Pricing Guide (updated Oct 29, 2026); S3 Phone System Pricing & Billing Guide (updated Oct 12, 2026); S4 What is LC Email? (updated Aug 20, 2026). If your invoice shows a different rate, type that rate in.
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GoHighLevel cost FAQs
How much does GoHighLevel cost per month?
The plan is $97 a month for Starter, $297 for Unlimited or $497 for Founder, per HighLevel’s pricing page on November 11, 2026. Texts, calls, phone numbers and emails are billed by use on every plan, so your real bill is higher. Our hypothetical solo scenario lands at $120.25. A business that texts a lot can add hundreds.
Does GoHighLevel charge for emails?
Yes. LC Email costs $0.675 per 1,000 emails on all plans, and HighLevel says incoming and outgoing emails both count. Verification is $2.50 per 1,000 checks. We did not find a free 5,000 email allowance on the official pages. 150,000 emails a month comes to $101.25.
How much does texting cost in GoHighLevel?
A US text is $0.00747 per segment, sent or received. Carrier fees of $0.0025 to $0.0100 per segment come on top. Picture messages cost $0.022 per segment sent and $0.0165 received. A long text can be two or more segments, and each one is billed.
What is A2P 10DLC, and what does it cost?
It’s the registration system for business texting from regular 10-digit US numbers. A sole proprietor campaign is $22.50 once and up to $2.10 a month. Low volume is $22.50 once and $1.50 to $10.50 a month. High volume is $64.00 once and $10.50 a month. Fees start when you submit, even if the campaign is rejected.
Why does call rounding matter?
HighLevel rounds each call up to the next full minute. Ten calls of 61 seconds are 10.2 minutes of talk, but they bill as 20 minutes. The rounding helper in section 5 does this math and can drop the billed minutes into the calculator for you.
Will I be charged during the free trial?
Possibly. HighLevel’s pricing page says phone and other third-party usage fees may apply during the trial, and plan billing starts when the trial ends unless you cancel. Check the current trial terms on HighLevel’s site before you sign up.
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About the author: Jay Orban has worked in digital marketing, SEO and website publishing for about 20 years. He doesn’t have inside access to HighLevel’s billing, so if your invoice disagrees, trust the invoice.
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