Freshbooks Introduces 60% Off for 3 Months and Adds Buy Now Pay Later with Affirm and Instant Payouts Features
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Freshbooks's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Buy Now Pay Later with Affirm payment option added to all plans; Promotional discount changed from 50% off for 6 months to 60% off for 3 months; Instant Payouts feature added to all plans. Pulse files it as a pricing change (feature added, discount change) with an upward 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 60% to 50% for Extended 6-Month Period" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Freshbooks Increases Plus Plan Price to $14 CAD/mo Amidst Reduced Discounts Across All Plans" (Q2 2025), "Freshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 75% to 70% for 4 Months Across All Plans" (Q1 2025) and "Freshbooks Increases Promotional Discount to 75% Off for 3 Months While Reducing Free Trial Period to 7 Days" (Q4 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.
- All plans · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterBuy Now Pay Later with Affirm payment option
- — · DiscountChanged50% off for 6 months60% off
- All plans · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Instant Payouts feature
AfterInstant Payouts feature
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All plans | Feature | Not listed | Buy Now Pay Later with Affirm payment option | Added |
| — | Discount | 50% off for 6 months | 60% off | Changed |
| All plans | Feature | No Instant Payouts feature | Instant Payouts feature | Added |
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 Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked on the page, where Buy Now Pay Later with Affirm payment option now appears.
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Freshbooks, pricing history
Full history- Jun 15, 2026packagingFreshbooks slashes intro discount to 90% off across all plans
- Apr 2, 2026increaseFreshbooks Hikes Canadian Prices 20% While Boosting Promos to 70% Off
- Mar 23, 2026packagingFreshbooks Boosts Tax-Time Discount to 70% Off for 4 Months
- Jan 10, 2026packagingFreshbooks Introduces 60% Off for 3 Months and Adds Buy Now Pay Later with Affirm and Instant Payouts Features · this change
- Q3 2025packagingFreshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 60% to 50% for Extended 6-Month Period
- 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
- Q2 2024packagingFreshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 70% to 60%, Impacting Customer Savings
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- ZohoJan 11Zoho Sprints Premier Plan Enhances Features with New Layout Rules Addition
- ZohoJan 11Zoho Sprints Elite Plan Now Offers Unlimited User Capacity
- ZohoJan 11Zoho Sprints Launches Enterprise Plan at $7.50/User/Month with Advanced Features and 250GB Storage
- ZohoJan 11Zoho Sprints Introduces Generative AI Integration to Starter Plan, Enhancing Accessibility and Functionality
Questions about this change
Did Freshbooks 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 pricing change: feature added, discount change.
What changed on Freshbooks's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
All plans feature: Not listed → Buy Now Pay Later with Affirm payment option, added; discount: 50% off for 6 months → 60% off, changed; All plans feature: No Instant Payouts feature → Instant Payouts feature, 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 Freshbooks change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Freshbooks in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Freshbooks Reduces Promotional Discount from 60% to 50% for Extended 6-Month Period" in Q3 2025; Freshbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.