Deputy: Onboarding restructured across Lite and Core plans
What happened
Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Deputy's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Deputy removed Personalized Onboarding from the Core plan and added Self-serve Onboarding to Lite, with a new footnote clarifying that paid onboarding remains available on annual plans. In detail: Onboarding restructured: 'Personalized Onboarding' removed from Core plan; 'Self-serve Onboarding' added to Lite plan. Footnote updated to clarify paid onboarding remains available on annual plans. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral 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.
It lands 31 days after Deputy's previous change, "Deputy adds Paycor payroll at $8/employee + $49/month" (Mar 3, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Deputy renames onboarding to Self-serve, limits to annual plans" (Week 2, 2026) and "Deputy Introduces Messaging+ Add-On at $1.95/User/Month for Enhanced Team Communication and Role-Based Permissions" (Jan 11, 2026). Deputy has been tracked since 2023-12-07.
In the same window BambooHR, Toast and 7shifts also changed their Workforce Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Core, Lite · FeatureRemoved
Before'Personalized Onboarding'
AfterNo 'Personalized Onboarding'
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core, Lite | Feature | 'Personalized Onboarding' | No 'Personalized Onboarding' | Removed |
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 Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the 'Personalized Onboarding' no longer appears.
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Deputy, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026packagingDeputy doubles promo to 6 months free on WFM and Payroll bundles until Nov 30
- Sep 21, 2026improvedDeputy adds AI to every plan, revamps compare-plans with new Reporting & Anal...
- Sep 14, 2026packagingDeputy offers 3 free months on WFM + Payroll before Nov 30
- Apr 3, 2026improvedDeputy: Onboarding restructured across Lite and Core plans · this change
- 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
Across Workforce Management in the same window
All Workforce Management changes- BambooHRMar 16BambooHR reveals Pro and Elite plan pricing
- ToastJan 20Toast Introduces New Customer Promotion: Buy 1 Get 2 Free Handheld POS with Enhanced All-in-One Functionality
- 7shiftsJan 107shifts Introduces Per-Employee Pricing in Premium Plan, Reducing Flat Rate While Increasing Costs for Essentials and Pro Plans
Questions about this change
Did Deputy raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Deputy's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026?
Core, Lite feature: 'Personalized Onboarding' → No 'Personalized Onboarding', removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Deputy change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Deputy in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Deputy adds Paycor payroll at $8/employee + $49/month" on Mar 3, 2026; Deputy has been tracked since 2023-12-07.