Aftership cuts plan prices up to 18% and switches to annual shipment quotas
What happened
Between the Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026 captures of Aftership's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Base plan prices decreased across all paid tiers: Essentials $11 → $9/month, Pro $119 → $99/month, Premium $239 → $199/month. All plans reduced by ~17-18%; Shipment quota billing model changed from monthly to annual across all plans; slider default shifted from '100 shipments/month' to '1,200 shipments/year'; Pro and Premium quotas changed from 2,000/month to 24,000/year. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease, package change) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jul 27, 2026) lists Essentials at $29, Premium at $59 and Team at $10.
It lands 7 days after Aftership's previous change, "Aftership Feed swaps $1 trial banner for free returns promo" (Apr 13, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Aftership reveals per-shipment overage fees on plan cards" (Apr 2, 2026), "Aftership Feed adds per-order pricing across Basic and Scale plans" (Apr 1, 2026) and "Aftership Returns adds per-return fees across all plan tiers" (Apr 1, 2026). Aftership has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Shippo and EasyPost also changed their Business Operations pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Essentials, Premium · Price−18%$11$9/month
- Premium · Packaging—2,000/month24,000/year
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials, Premium | Price | $11 | $9/month | −18% |
| Premium | Packaging | 2,000/month | 24,000/year | — |
Values as written on Aftership's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Aftership's pricing page (aftership.com) from Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where essentials, premium price reads $11 and then $9/month.
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Aftership, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 2, 2026improvedAfterShip: Tracking plans cut 4→3, Pro renamed Premium at $59/mo + 1 more change
- Jul 2, 2026improvedAfterShip Returns: Premium gains Warranty/POS; Enterprise carriers now unlimited
- Jun 15, 2026packagingAftership Returns Premium price slashed 50% to $99 as Pro tier axed
- Apr 20, 2026decreaseAftership cuts plan prices up to 18% and switches to annual shipment quotas · this change
- Apr 13, 2026packagingAftership Feed swaps $1 trial banner for free returns promo
- Apr 2, 2026packagingAftership reveals per-shipment overage fees on plan cards
- Apr 1, 2026packagingAftership Feed adds per-order pricing across Basic and Scale plans
- Apr 1, 2026packagingAftership Returns adds per-return fees across all plan tiers
- Apr 6, 2026improvedAftership overhauls plan features, drops SMS from Essentials tier
- Apr 4, 2026packagingAftership Returns segments plans by brand size and return volume
Across Business Operations in the same window
All Business Operations changes- ShippoApr 9Shippo clarifies API billing rates for non-label calls in plan comparison
- ShippoApr 3Shippo rebrands Pro Plan tier and updates branded tracking features
- ShippoOct 19Shippo Pro adds pick lists and scan-to-print for faster pick and pack
- EasyPostOct 19EasyPost renames GlobalShip to EasyPost Pro (no pricing change)
- EasyPostJul 13EasyPost launches Nexus: free carrier labels or BYOCA at $20/mo
Questions about this change
Did Aftership raise prices in April 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026 Aftership's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Essentials, Premium: $11 → $9/month (−18%).
What changed on Aftership's pricing page between Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026?
Essentials, Premium price: $11 → $9/month (−18%); Premium packaging: 2,000/month → 24,000/year. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 20, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Aftership change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 12 other pricing-page changes for Aftership in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Aftership Feed swaps $1 trial banner for free returns promo" on Apr 13, 2026; Aftership has been tracked since 2024-10-01.