For your budget planning, rates for the 2024 calendar subscription year are listed below and can be downloaded as a PDF here or in Excel here.
Institutions and Corporations: 2023 rates remain in effect until December 31, 2023. Fall 2023 renewals for the 2024 calendar year will be billed at the 2024 rate. 2024 rates are effective January 1, 2024.
Individuals and Groups: New rates are effective October 1, 2023.
Individual Subscriptions
Subscriptions to The Chicago Manual of Style Online include access to the full contents of the 17th and 16th editions. Click here to download the Individual Rate Sheet. Click here to sign up for a free 30-day trial subscription. Individual 30–day trials are intended for use by a single individual only.
- 1-year $44
- 2-year $79
- 3-year $112
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The Chicago Manual of Style Online + Book Bundle Offer
NEW individual subscribers to The Chicago Manual of Style Online qualify for a 50% discount on the print edition of The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (a $70 value for only $35).
- 1-year bundle $79
- 2-year bundle $114
- 3-year bundle $147
Small-Group Subscriptions
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is available to small businesses and user groups of 2 to 50 people by annual subscription. Pricing is per group member and determined by the total number of users. (If you have more than 50 users, please see the information below on Corporate Subscriptions.) Subscriptions include access to the full contents of the 17th and 16th editions. Click here to download the Small–Group and Corporate Rate Sheet.
Group Size |
1-year |
2-year |
3-year |
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Price Per Member |
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| 2–5 members | $44.00 | $79.00 | $112.00 |
| 6–10 members | $40.00 | $72.00 | $101.00 |
| 11–15 members | $38.00 | $67.00 | $95.00 |
| 16–20 members | $35.00 | $63.00 | $90.00 |
| 21–50 members | $33.00 | $59.00 | $84.00 |
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Institutional Subscriptions
CMOS Online is available to academic, private, and public libraries through annual IP-based subscriptions. Institutions will need to register an IP address or an IP range for user authentication.
Chicago's tiered pricing structure takes research output as the key criterion and is based on the Carnegie Classification System whenever possible. To check the classification of an institution, contact cmos@uchicago.edu. Short–term free trial subscriptions are also available for product testing purposes. Subscriptions include access to the full contents of the 17th and 16th editions.
Higher Education Institutions |
Annual Rate |
| Very Large | $1,796 |
| Large | $1,351 |
| Medium | $781 |
| Small | $393 |
| Very Small | $281 |
| Community College | $281 |
| Consortiums | Custom pricing |
Other Institutions |
Annual Rate |
| Primary and Secondary Schools K–12 | $159 |
| Museum | $281 |
| Public Library-Main branch | $199 |
| Public Library-Each additional branch | $139 |
| Government/Nonprofit-Small | $393 |
| Government/Nonprofit-Medium | $781 |
| Government/Nonprofit-Large | $1,172 |
| Government/Nonprofit-Very Large | Custom pricing |
To obtain a price quote, request a free trial, or to subscribe, please contact Customer Service at 1-877-705-1878 (toll–free within the US and Canada) or 1-773-753-3347 (rest of world), or email cmos@uchicago.edu. Click here to download the rate sheet.
Corporate Subscriptions
Enterprise site licenses are available to business corporations with more than 50 users. Tiered pricing is based on corporation size and the number of Full–Time Equivalents or FTEs. Subscribers receive unlimited access to The Chicago Manual of Style Online within the IP ranges they provide.
Size of Corporation |
Annual Rate |
| Corporate-Small | $1,737 |
| Corporate-Medium | $2,274 |
| Corporate-Large | $4,548 |
| Corporate-Very Large | Custom pricing |
To obtain a price quote, request a free trial, or to subscribe, please contact Customer Service at 1-877-705-1878 (toll–free within the US and Canada) or 1-773-753-3347 (rest of world), or email cmos@uchicago.edu. Subscriptions include access to the full contents of the 17th and 16th editions. Click here to download the rate sheet.
Payment Options
Payment must be in US dollars, and can be accepted by credit card, check, or wire transfer. Please visit the payment options page for details.
Published June 18, 2023. Individual and small-group prices effective October 1, 2023. Institutional prices effective January 1, 2024.