Deputy Introduces Messaging+ Add-On at $1.95/User/Month for Enhanced Team Communication and Role-Based Permissions
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Deputy's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Messaging+ add-on introduced at $1.95/user/month with shift-aware actions, role-based permissions, and enhanced team communication features. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Lite at $5, Core at $6.5, Pro at $9, Deputy Payroll enabled by Paycor at $8 and HR at $2.
Deputy's previous recorded change was "Deputy Discontinues Key Plans: Time & Attendance, Scheduling, and Premium Plans Removed in Major Pricing Restructure" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Deputy Introduces Analytics+ Add-On at $1.50/User/Month, Enhancing Reporting with Enterprise-Grade Features" (Q2 2025), "Deputy Discontinues Free Starter Plan, Shifts to 31-Day Trial Access for All Features" (Q1 2025) and "Deputy Introduces 25% Discount on Premium Annual Plan for New Customers with 50+ Users, Ending Dec 31, 2024" (Q4 2024). Deputy has been tracked since 2023-12-07.
In the same window 7shifts also changed their Workforce Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Messaging+ · Add-onAddedNo Messaging+ add-onMessaging+ add-on
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messaging+ | Add-on | No Messaging+ add-on | Messaging+ add-on | Added |
Values as written on Deputy'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 Deputy's pricing page (deputy.com) from Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked on the page, where Messaging+ add-on now appears.
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Deputy, pricing history
Full history- Apr 3, 2026improvedDeputy: Onboarding restructured across Lite and Core plans
- Mar 3, 2026packagingDeputy adds Paycor payroll at $8/employee + $49/month
- Week 2, 2026improvedDeputy renames onboarding to Self-serve, limits to annual plans
- Jan 11, 2026packagingDeputy Introduces Messaging+ Add-On at $1.95/User/Month for Enhanced Team Communication and Role-Based Permissions · this change
- Q3 2025packagingDeputy Discontinues Key Plans: Time & Attendance, Scheduling, and Premium Plans Removed in Major Pricing Restructure
- Q2 2025packagingDeputy Introduces Analytics+ Add-On at $1.50/User/Month, Enhancing Reporting with Enterprise-Grade Features
- Q1 2025packagingDeputy Discontinues Free Starter Plan, Shifts to 31-Day Trial Access for All Features
- Q4 2024packagingDeputy Introduces 25% Discount on Premium Annual Plan for New Customers with 50+ Users, Ending Dec 31, 2024
- Q3 2024packagingDeputy Launches HR Add-On at $2/User/Month, Enhancing Workforce Management with Career Hub and Onboarding Tools
Across Workforce Management in the same window
All Workforce Management changes- 7shiftsJan 107shifts Introduces Per-Employee Pricing in Premium Plan, Reducing Flat Rate While Increasing Costs for Essentials and Pro Plans
- 7shiftsJan 107shifts Reduces Free Plan Employee Limit from 30 to 20, Impacting Smaller Businesses
- 7shiftsJan 107shifts Removes Payroll Add-on Pricing from Public Disclosure, Impacting Transparency for Users
- 7shiftsJan 107shifts Introduces Payroll Add-on at $39.99/month/location Plus $5/month per Employee
- 7shiftsJan 107shifts Introduces 17% Discount on Entrée Plan, Now Available for $29.99 from Original Price of $34.99
Questions about this change
Did Deputy raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on.
What changed on Deputy's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
Messaging+ add-on: No Messaging+ add-on → Messaging+ add-on, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Deputy change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Deputy in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Deputy Discontinues Key Plans: Time & Attendance, Scheduling, and Premium Plans Removed in Major Pricing Restructure" in Q3 2025; Deputy has been tracked since 2023-12-07.