Price Range: $800 - $1,100+ (Per Section)
If you thought $500 was steep, look away now. Orchestral Tools sells their "Berlin Series" as separate modules. Berlin Strings, Berlin Woodwinds, Berlin Brass, and Berlin Percussion. To buy the complete symphonic package, you are looking at well over $3,000. Individually, each library sits firmly in the "most expensive" category.
Price Range: $499 (Vista) / $499 (Pacific) most expensive kontakt libraries top
Jasper Blunk, the wizard behind Performance Samples, has a cult following. His libraries are famous for one thing: Emotion. Vista (Strings) and Pacific (Ensemble) are expensive because they reject "perfect" sampling.
The most expensive single Kontakt library (non-bundle, non-Player edition) is arguably: Price Range: $800 - $1,100+ (Per Section) If
Spitfire Audio – Hans Zimmer Piano (at $699) or Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra ($999) — but Orchestral Tools’ Berlin Series bundles (when bought individually per instrument group) exceed $2,000 for the full orchestral set.
For a single product (not a bundle), Performance Samples – Pacific Ensemble Strings (~$549) or Pacific Brass (~$499) are up there, but still under $1k. but still under $1k. However
However, if you include third-party resellers/vintage libraries, some rare libraries (e.g., VSL’s discontinued Kontakt versions or old Sonic Implants libraries) have sold for $2,000+ on eBay or private sales.