Bonusly kills its Free plan, leaving Team + Bizy at $5/user/month
What happened
Between the Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026 captures of Bonusly's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Free plan ($0 forever, up to 8 users, peer recognition, Slack/Teams, mobile apps) removed; pricing page now offers only Team + Bizy ($5/user/mo, 30-day trial) and Organization + Bizy (custom); Organization plan adds Nominations, Incentives and Spot Bonuses, and External Recognition Programs to its feature list. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, freemium change) with an upward direction. The current page lists Team + Bizy AI at $4.17 and Bizy AI at $2.
It lands 122 days after Bonusly's previous change, "Bonusly: Team plan price to $5/user/month as Bizy AI bundled by default" (Jul 2, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Bonusly raises Team plan 67% as Bizy AI bundled into all tiers" (Jun 8, 2026). Bonusly has been tracked since 2026-04-15.
In the same window BambooHR, 15five and Qualtrics also changed their Workforce Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Organization · FeatureAddedNo NominationsNominations
- — · Free tierAddedNot listedonly Team + Bizy
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organization | Feature | No Nominations | Nominations | Added |
| — | Free tier | Not listed | only Team + Bizy | Added |
Values as written on Bonusly'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 Bonusly's pricing page (bonusly.com) from Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Nominations now appears.
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Bonusly, pricing history
Full history- Nov 2, 2026packagingBonusly kills its Free plan, leaving Team + Bizy at $5/user/month · this change
- Jul 2, 2026increaseBonusly: Team plan price to $5/user/month as Bizy AI bundled by default
- Jun 8, 2026increaseBonusly raises Team plan 67% as Bizy AI bundled into all tiers
Across Workforce Management in the same window
All Workforce Management changes- BambooHRJul 6BambooHR renames EOR add-on to Global Employment, swaps in Contractor Management
- BambooHRJul 3BambooHR: On-Demand Pay, Recognition & Rewards, Shift Scheduling added
- 15fiveJul 215five: New AI-powered "15Five Agents" feature added to Perform plan
- 15fiveJun 1515five adds Focus Briefs, AMAYA AI agents to Perform plan
- QualtricsJun 9Qualtrics rebrands entry CX tier as CX Foundational
Questions about this change
Did Bonusly raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, freemium change.
What changed on Bonusly's pricing page between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026?
Organization feature: No Nominations → Nominations, added; free tier: Not listed → only Team + Bizy, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Bonusly change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Bonusly in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Bonusly: Team plan price to $5/user/month as Bizy AI bundled by default" on Jul 2, 2026; Bonusly has been tracked since 2026-04-15.