Deputy renames onboarding to Self-serve, limits to annual plans
What happened
Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026 captures of Deputy's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Core plan onboarding renamed from 'Personalized Onboarding' to 'Self-serve Onboarding'; footnote updated to explicitly state it is paid and 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.
Deputy's previous recorded change was "Deputy Introduces Messaging+ Add-On at $1.95/User/Month for Enhanced Team Communication and Role-Based Permissions" (Jan 11, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Deputy Discontinues Key Plans: Time & Attendance, Scheduling, and Premium Plans Removed in Major Pricing Restructure" (Q3 2025). Deputy has been tracked since 2023-12-07.
In the same window 7shifts, BambooHR and Toast also changed their Workforce Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Core · FeatureRewordedPersonalized OnboardingSelf-serve Onboarding
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Feature | Personalized Onboarding | Self-serve Onboarding | Reworded |
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 Jan 5, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Personalized Onboarding" becomes "Self-serve Onboarding".
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Deputy, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 14, 2026packagingDeputy offers 3 free months on WFM + Payroll before Nov 30
- 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 · this change
- Jan 11, 2026packagingDeputy Introduces Messaging+ Add-On at $1.95/User/Month for Enhanced Team Communication and Role-Based Permissions
- Q3 2025packagingDeputy Discontinues Key Plans: Time & Attendance, Scheduling, and Premium Plans Removed in Major Pricing Restructure
Across Workforce Management in the same window
All Workforce Management changesQuestions about this change
Did Deputy raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Deputy's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026?
Core feature: Personalized Onboarding → Self-serve Onboarding, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Deputy change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Deputy in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Deputy Introduces Messaging+ Add-On at $1.95/User/Month for Enhanced Team Communication and Role-Based Permissions" on Jan 11, 2026; Deputy has been tracked since 2023-12-07.