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HacktheboxPackaging change · Feature added · Plan renamed · Limit increase · Apr 1 → Jul 4, 2025

Hackthebox Discontinues ULTIMATE Plan, Renames LITE to Build (FOR TEAMS) and Expands Build Plan Labs to 700+ Scenarios

Verified Jan 10, 2026Cybersecurity & Identity ManagementDirection: up
The changeAdvanced reporting & analytics — added.
Before · Apr 1Not listed
After · Jul 4Advanced reporting & analytics
added
8 changes2 capturesApr 1, 2025 → Jul 4, 2025

What happened

Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025 captures of Hackthebox's pricing page, Pulse recorded 8 changes: Advanced reporting & analytics added to Build plan (upgrade from basic Reporting & analytics); PROFESSIONAL plan renamed to Scale (FOR ENTERPRISE); Build plan (formerly LITE) security labs expanded from 300+ recommended scenarios to 700+ offensive and defensive security labs; Customizable lab settings added to Build plan; Centralized user management added to Build plan; BASE plan renamed to Grow (FOR BUSINESS) with new 'MOST POPULAR' badge; ULTIMATE plan discontinued entirely from pricing page; LITE plan renamed to Build (FOR TEAMS) with positioning as entry-level team solution limited to 10 seats. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, plan renamed, limit increase, plan removed) with an upward direction.

Hackthebox's previous recorded change was "Hackthebox Transitions to Credit-Based System for CTF Events, Removing Time-Based Allocation Across All Plans" (Q4 2024). Before that Pulse recorded "Hackthebox Increases PROFESSIONAL Plan Scenarios from 750+ to 1,000+ for Enhanced Learning Experience" (Q3 2024), "Hackthebox Introduces Professional Plan with 10 Lab Limit and Reveals LITE Plan Pricing at $250/Seat/Month" (Q2 2024) and "Hackthebox Updates Ultimate Plan: CTF Events Transition from 'Unlimited' to 'Flexible'" (Dec 2023). Hackthebox has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

In the same window Udemy and INE also changed their Cybersecurity & Identity Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • Build · FeatureAdded

    BeforeNot listed

    AfterAdvanced reporting & analytics

  • Scale · PlanRenamed
    PROFESSIONAL planScale
  • Build · LimitChanged

    Before300+ recommended scenarios

    After700+ offensive and defensive security labs

  • Build · FeatureAdded

    BeforeNo Customizable lab settings

    AfterCustomizable lab settings

  • Build · FeatureAdded

    BeforeNo Centralized user management

    AfterCentralized user management

  • Grow · PlanRenamed
    BASE planGrow
  • ULTIMATE · PlanRemoved
    ULTIMATE planNo ULTIMATE plan
  • LITE · PlanRenamed
    LITE planBuild

Values as written on Hackthebox'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 compared

Full-page captures of Hackthebox's pricing page (hackthebox.com) from Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Advanced reporting & analytics now appears.

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Hackthebox, pricing history

Full history
  1. Jul 3, 2026packagingHackTheBox: Build self-serve plan discontinued
  2. Jun 22, 2026improvedHackthebox Grow plan adds 1,700+ labs, drops vague "Additional" tag
  3. Q3 2025packagingHackthebox Introduces 10,000 CTF Credits Kickstart for Annual Scale Plan, Enhancing Value for Subscribers
  4. Q2 2025packagingHackthebox Discontinues ULTIMATE Plan, Renames LITE to Build (FOR TEAMS) and Expands Build Plan Labs to 700+ Scenarios · this change
  5. Q4 2024packagingHackthebox Transitions to Credit-Based System for CTF Events, Removing Time-Based Allocation Across All Plans
  6. Q3 2024improvedHackthebox Increases PROFESSIONAL Plan Scenarios from 750+ to 1,000+ for Enhanced Learning Experience
  7. Q2 2024packagingHackthebox Introduces Professional Plan with 10 Lab Limit and Reveals LITE Plan Pricing at $250/Seat/Month
  8. Dec 2023improvedHackthebox Updates Ultimate Plan: CTF Events Transition from 'Unlimited' to 'Flexible'

Across Cybersecurity & Identity Management in the same window

All Cybersecurity & Identity Management changes
  1. UdemySep 28Udemy Team Plan promo ends, price jumps 43% to $360/user/year
  2. INESep 28INE bundles new eCDFP cert with 3 months Premium at $399 presale, cuts $200
  3. INESep 21INE gates standalone certification exam vouchers behind a subscription
  4. INESep 14INE strips "Subscription required" gating from all 12 exam cards
  5. INEAug 31INE: eIAMA bundle price jumps $399→$599 as presale ends + new $450 cert

Questions about this change

Did Hackthebox raise prices in July 2025?

No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, plan renamed, limit increase, plan removed.

What changed on Hackthebox's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025?

Build feature: Not listed → Advanced reporting & analytics, added; Scale plan: PROFESSIONAL plan → Scale, renamed; Build limit: 300+ recommended scenarios → 700+ offensive and defensive security labs, changed; Build feature: No Customizable lab settings → Customizable lab settings, added; Build feature: No Centralized user management → Centralized user management, added; Grow plan: BASE plan → Grow, renamed; ULTIMATE plan: ULTIMATE plan → No ULTIMATE plan, removed; LITE plan: LITE plan → Build, renamed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Hackthebox change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Hackthebox in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Hackthebox Transitions to Credit-Based System for CTF Events, Removing Time-Based Allocation Across All Plans" in Q4 2024; Hackthebox has been tracked since 2023-11-14.