Joist revamps plan cards: Contracts on Pro, Reports on Elite, Payments on Basics
What happened
Between the Jan 19, 2026 and Jan 27, 2026 captures of Joist's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: All three plan card feature bullet points updated. Pro now highlights Contracts & eSignatures; Elite now highlights Sales & revenue reports; Basics now explicitly lists payment types and financing options. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Basics at $8.34, Pro at $14.17, Elite at $26.67, Run at $58.33 and AI Receptionist at $49.
Joist's previous recorded change was "Joist Pro Plan Monthly Price Increased by 7.1% from $14 to $15" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Joist Removes 1st Priority Support Features from Elite Plan, Impacting Customer Experience" (Q4 2024), "Joist Basics Plan Transitions from Free to Paid Subscription at $8/Month" (Q3 2024) and "Joist Introduces Project Templates Feature Across All Tiers to Enhance Collaboration" (Q2 2024). Joist has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Jobber and Workiz also changed their Business Operations pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro, Elite, Basics · FeatureFeature change
All three plan card feature bullet points updated. Pro now highlights Contracts & eSignatures; Elite now highlights Sales & revenue reports; Basics now explicitly lists payment types and financing options.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro, Elite, Basics | Feature | All three plan card feature bullet points updated. Pro now highlights Contracts & eSignatures; Elite now highlights Sales & revenue reports; Basics now explicitly lists payment types and financing options. | Feature change | |
Values as written on Joist'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 Joist's pricing page (joist.com) from Jan 19, 2026 and Jan 27, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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Joist, pricing history
Full history- Mar 4, 2026improvedJoist adds client fee processing and social integrations for better comparisons.
- Feb 16, 2026improvedJoist upgrades Pro tier with work orders and client tracking
- Week 7, 2026improvedJoist adds Contracts & eSignatures to Pro, reshuffles Elite features
- Week 5, 2026improvedJoist revamps plan cards: Contracts on Pro, Reports on Elite, Payments on Basics · this change
- Q3 2025increaseJoist Pro Plan Monthly Price Increased by 7.1% from $14 to $15
- Q4 2024packagingJoist Removes 1st Priority Support Features from Elite Plan, Impacting Customer Experience
- Q3 2024increaseJoist Basics Plan Transitions from Free to Paid Subscription at $8/Month
- Q2 2024improvedJoist Introduces Project Templates Feature Across All Tiers to Enhance Collaboration
Across Business Operations in the same window
All Business Operations changes- JobberApr 13Jobber Teams hikes annual plan prices up to 54% as spring promo expires
- WorkizApr 7Workiz switches pricing page default from annual to monthly billing
- JobberApr 6Jobber Teams hikes monthly prices up to 69% across all plans
- JobberApr 6Jobber hikes monthly plans up to 69% while launching new promo tiers
- JobberMar 26Jobber Teams launches March flash sale with up to $1,225 off all plans
Questions about this change
Did Joist raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 19, 2026 and Jan 27, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Joist's pricing page between Jan 19, 2026 and Jan 27, 2026?
All three plan card feature bullet points updated. Pro now highlights Contracts & eSignatures; Elite now highlights Sales & revenue reports; Basics now explicitly lists payment types and financing options. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 19, 2026 and Jan 27, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Joist change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Joist in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Joist Pro Plan Monthly Price Increased by 7.1% from $14 to $15" in Q3 2025; Joist has been tracked since 2024-10-01.