Pricing
One-Time Purchase. Not a Subscription.
Luxii isn't a photo editor — it writes metadata, not pixels. The license works the same way the product does: pay once, and it's yours — no monthly fee, no seat to renew, nothing to cancel if a slow season means Lightroom sits untouched for a few weeks. Below is exactly what that $39 covers, how credits work, and what a subscription-model plugin would cost over the same three years.
- →Luxii plug-in for Lightroom Classic
- →500 image credits included — no API key to set up
- →First 25 images free before you buy, no card
- →19 IPTC fields: title, headline, caption, alt text, keywords & more
- →RAW, DNG, JPEG & TIFF · macOS today, Windows shortly
credit packs top you up whenever — credits never expire
What's included
What Your One-Time Purchase Includes
The $39 license covers the plugin itself, activation, and your first 500 image credits — there's no separate free “core” tier underneath it. Every photo tagged — all five fields, written in one call — costs exactly 1 credit, and the $39 one-time license includes 500 credits to start, enough to tag a 500-photo wedding gallery in a single purchase.
Works on up to 3 machines at once — a desktop and a laptop, or a studio computer and a home office, at no extra cost. Seats free up automatically after 30 days of inactivity.
Installs into any modern release of Lightroom Classic on macOS 12 Monterey or later — not the cloud version of Lightroom, and not Windows yet.
Reads RAW, DNG, JPEG, and TIFF files — whatever's already sitting in your Lightroom Classic catalog.
Credit packs beyond your first 500 — those are separate, optional purchases whenever you need more.
Credits, explained
Credits, Explained
A credit is spent once per photo, never once per field. Running Tag Selected Photos on a single image writes title, headline, caption, alt text, and keywords together, in the same call — and that whole call costs exactly 1 credit. There's no way to buy just keywords, or just alt text, on their own; a credit always buys the complete five-field set, whether the photo is a portrait or a product shot.
Here's what that looks like at real volume: tagging a 500-photo wedding gallery in full costs exactly 500 credits — one credit per photo, five fields each, in a single pass through Tag Selected Photos. The $39 license's 500 included credits cover that entire gallery on their own, with nothing left to plan around. Run out mid-project, and credit packs start at $15 for 1,000 images — since credits never expire, buying ahead of a busy season never costs you anything if some go unused that month.
The mechanic doesn't change based on file type or resolution — a 45-megapixel RAW and a compressed JPEG both cost the same 1 credit, because the cost is per photo tagged, not per pixel processed.
The real cost
Luxii vs. a Subscription Plugin: The Real Cost Over Time
This isn't a fight with any specific competitor — it's a comparison of two pricing models. Most Lightroom AI metadata plugins bill monthly or annually; Luxii bills once, ever. Here's what that difference actually adds up to over three years:
A typical subscription-model metadata plugin runs $99–$180 for the year, billed monthly or annually, whether you tag ten photos or ten thousand.
$39, plus a credit pack or two if you tag past your first 500 images — realistically $50–$80 total for most photographers' first year.
Another $200–$500+, because the subscription meter resets every billing cycle no matter how much you actually used.
Often $0 more — unused credits from year 1 roll forward and never expire, so a slow year doesn't cost anything extra.
The plugin typically stops working the day the subscription lapses — even on photos you already tagged before.
Nothing changes. The plugin keeps working, and any credits still in your account stay usable whenever you come back to it.
Try before you buy
Try Before You Buy
There's no formal refund policy on the $39 license — the free trial exists instead, so you find out whether Luxii works for you before spending anything at all. New accounts get 25 images tagged free on the web, no credit card required: run it on your own photos, in your own catalog, and see the actual title, headline, caption, alt text, and keywords it writes before buying anything. Buy the license once you've seen the result on your own work, not before.
Start free — 25 imagesPayment & Security
Checkout runs entirely on Stripe's own hosted payment page — a PCI-compliant processor used by millions of businesses — so card details are entered directly into Stripe's form, never typed into or stored on Luxii's own servers. Stripe accepts major credit and debit cards, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay where available. Pricing is listed in US dollars; Stripe calculates any local sales tax or VAT automatically at checkout, based on your billing location.
Before You Buy: Compatibility Check
Luxii requires a modern release of Lightroom Classic and macOS 12 Monterey or later — it doesn't run inside cloud Lightroom, and there's no Windows download yet. Worth a quick check before you buy, especially if you're not sure which Lightroom you have.
See full requirements on DownloadFAQ
Questions about pricing and billing
Is Luxii a subscription?+
No. Luxii is a $39 one-time purchase — the license and 500 image credits included, paid once. There's no monthly fee, no recurring billing, and nothing to cancel. If you need more images later, credit packs start at $15 for 1,000 images, bought individually whenever you want — never on a recurring schedule.
What are credits used for, and do I need them to use Luxii at all?+
Every photo tagged — all five fields, written in one call — costs exactly 1 credit, and the $39 one-time license includes 500 credits to start. Yes, you need credits to use Luxii at all — there's no separate free “core” tier; credits are the mechanic behind every tag, from the first photo on. The one exception is the 25-image web trial, which doesn't require a purchase or a card.
Do credits expire? What happens when I run out?+
No, credits never expire — buy them whenever, use them whenever. When your balance hits zero, Tag Selected Photos simply stops working until you buy more; nothing you've already tagged is affected, and there's no charge or penalty for running out. Packs start at $15 for 1,000 images.
Can I use Luxii on more than one computer?+
Yes — your license works on up to 3 machines simultaneously. Seats free up automatically after 30 days of inactivity, so you never need to manually deactivate an old computer.
Is there a free trial or demo?+
Yes — 25 images free on web signup, no credit card required. It's the fastest way to see exactly what Luxii writes on your own photos before buying the $39 one-time license.
What's your refund policy?+
There's no formal refund policy on the $39 license. Instead of a refund window, Luxii offers a free trial upfront: 25 images tagged on the web, no card required, so you can see exactly what it writes on your own photos before you ever pay. That trial is the honest, risk-free step — buy only once you've seen the result for yourself.
What payment methods do you accept, and is checkout secure?+
Checkout is hosted entirely by Stripe, a PCI-compliant payment processor — Luxii never sees or stores your card details. Stripe accepts major credit and debit cards, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay where available.
Does price change by country — is tax/VAT included?+
Pricing is listed in US dollars. Stripe calculates any sales tax or VAT owed for your location automatically at checkout and adds it to the total — you'll see the exact amount before you confirm payment.