An information providing method of providing information to a user includes the steps of receiving a providing request of first information from the user, acquiring contents of the first information from a database, presenting to the user a charge which the user bears when the first information is provided in each of a plurality of information providing forms of the first information, receiving an information providing form selected by the user, and processing the contents of the first information and providing the contents to the user in accordance with the selected information providing form.