Freshbooks Increases Advanced Payments Add-on Price by 25% Amidst Other Changes
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Freshbooks's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Advanced Payments add-on price increased from $20/month to $25/month (25% increase); Payroll add-on rebranded from 'FreshBooks Payroll' to 'PaymentEvolution Payroll'; Team Members add-on price increased from $11/user/month to $13/user/month (18% increase); Promotional discount modified from 60% Off for 4 Months to 70% Off for 3 Months. Pulse files it as a pricing change (add-on change, discount change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Lite at $23, Plus at $43, Premium at $70, Advanced Payments at $20 and FreshBooks Payroll at $40.
Freshbooks's previous recorded change was "Freshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 70% to 60%, Impacting Customer Savings" (Q2 2024). Freshbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Zoho also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Advanced Payments · Add-on+25%$20/month$25/month
- FreshBooks Payroll · Add-onRewordedFreshBooks PayrollPaymentEvolution Payroll
- Team Members · Add-on+18%$11/user/month$13/user/month
- — · DiscountChanged60% Off for 4 Months70% Off
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Payments | Add-on | $20/month | $25/month | +25% |
| FreshBooks Payroll | Add-on | FreshBooks Payroll | PaymentEvolution Payroll | Reworded |
| Team Members | Add-on | $11/user/month | $13/user/month | +18% |
| — | Discount | 60% Off for 4 Months | 70% Off | Changed |
Values as written on Freshbooks'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 Freshbooks's pricing page (freshbooks.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where advanced payments add-on reads $20/month and then $25/month.
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Freshbooks, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025increaseFreshbooks Increases Plus Plan Price to $14 CAD/mo Amidst Reduced Discounts Across All Plans
- Q1 2025packagingFreshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 75% to 70% for 4 Months Across All Plans
- Q4 2024packagingFreshbooks Increases Promotional Discount to 75% Off for 3 Months While Reducing Free Trial Period to 7 Days
- Q3 2024packagingFreshbooks Increases Advanced Payments Add-on Price by 25% Amidst Other Changes · this change
- Q2 2024packagingFreshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 70% to 60%, Impacting Customer Savings
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Questions about this change
Did Freshbooks raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: add-on change, discount change.
What changed on Freshbooks's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Advanced Payments add-on: $20/month → $25/month (+25%); FreshBooks Payroll add-on: FreshBooks Payroll → PaymentEvolution Payroll, reworded; Team Members add-on: $11/user/month → $13/user/month (+18%); discount: 60% Off for 4 Months → 70% Off, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Freshbooks change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Freshbooks in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Freshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 70% to 60%, Impacting Customer Savings" in Q2 2024; Freshbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.