Koala Implements Significant Price Increases Across All Plans, Boost Plan Now $79/Month
What happened
Between the Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025 captures of Koala's pricing page, Pulse recorded 7 changes: Boost plan increased from $59/month to $79/month (34% increase on annual pricing); Professional plan increased from $29/month to $39/month (34% increase on annual pricing); New Essentials plan added at $7/month ($84/year annually) with 180,000 words/year and 3,000 messages/year; Black Friday promotional discount of 40% off annual plans removed; Extended credit validity period (annual plans only) feature removed from Professional plan; Annual billing discount reduced from 40% to 20%; Starter plan increased from $15/month to $20/month (33% increase on annual pricing). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase, new plan, discount removed, feature removed, discount change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Starter at $20, Professional at $39, Boost at $79, Growth at $143 and Elite at $280.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Koala. Koala has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Notion and Bearly AI also changed their Collaboration & Productivity pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Boost · Price+34%$59/month$79/month
- Professional · Price+34%$29/month$39/month
- New Essentials · PlanAddedNo Essentials planEssentials plan
- — · DiscountRemoved
BeforeBlack Friday promotional discount of 40% off annual plans
AfterNot listed
- Professional · FeatureFeature removed
Extended credit validity period (annual plans only) feature removed from Professional plan
- — · Discount−50%40%20%
- Starter · Price+33%$15/month$20/month
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost | Price | $59/month | $79/month | +34% |
| Professional | Price | $29/month | $39/month | +34% |
| New Essentials | Plan | No Essentials plan | Essentials plan | Added |
| — | Discount | Black Friday promotional discount of 40% off annual plans | Not listed | Removed |
| Professional | Feature | Extended credit validity period (annual plans only) feature removed from Professional plan | Feature removed | |
| — | Discount | 40% | 20% | −50% |
| Starter | Price | $15/month | $20/month | +33% |
Values as written on Koala'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 Koala's pricing page (koala.sh) from Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where boost price reads $59/month and then $79/month.
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Koala, pricing history
Full history- Q3 2025improvedKoala Upgrades to GPT-5 AI Model Across All Plans, Enhancing Performance and User Experience
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- Q1 2025improvedKoala Introduces 3x Faster Bulk Article Creation for Scale I+ Plans, Enhancing Content Production Efficiency
- Dec 2024increaseKoala Implements Significant Price Increases Across All Plans, Boost Plan Now $79/Month · this change
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Questions about this change
Did Koala raise prices in January 2025?
Yes. Pulse captured Koala's pricing page on Nov 17, 2024 and again on Jan 3, 2025 and recorded 3 price increases: Boost: $59/month → $79/month (+34%); Professional: $29/month → $39/month (+34%); Starter: $15/month → $20/month (+33%).
What changed on Koala's pricing page between Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025?
Boost price: $59/month → $79/month (+34%); Professional price: $29/month → $39/month (+34%); New Essentials plan: No Essentials plan → Essentials plan, added; discount: Black Friday promotional discount of 40% off annual plans → Not listed, removed; Extended credit validity period (annual plans only) feature removed from Professional plan; discount: 40% → 20% (−50%); Starter price: $15/month → $20/month (+33%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 17, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Koala change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Koala in the 90 days before this one; Koala has been tracked since 2024-11-17.