Mercury adds Payroll add-on at $100/mo plus $50 per person, waived to 2026
What happened
Between the Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 captures of Mercury's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Added Mercury Payroll add-on at $100/mo plus $50 per person paid per month, waived until Dec 31, 2026, alongside the existing Mercury Books add-on. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new add-on) with an upward direction. The current page lists Mercury Plus at $29.9, Mercury Pro at $299 and Mercury Personal at $20.
It lands 11 days after Mercury's previous change, "Mercury adds Priority Support to Plus and Pro plans at no extra cost" (Oct 15, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Mercury drops $100 Amazon gift card from Plus and Pro Xero offer" (Oct 5, 2026), "Mercury drops $100 Amazon gift card and free Xero perk from Plus and Pro" (Oct 2, 2026) and "Mercury sweetens Xero bonus with $100 gift card, drops Invoicing API from paid plans" (Sep 7, 2026). Mercury has been tracked since 2026-05-12.
In the same window Stripe and Squarespace also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Mercury · Add-onAdded
BeforeNo Mercury Payroll add-on
AfterMercury Payroll add-on
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Add-on | No Mercury Payroll add-on | Mercury Payroll add-on | Added |
Values as written on Mercury'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 Mercury's pricing page (mercury.com) from Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Mercury Payroll add-on now appears.
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Mercury, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingMercury adds Payroll add-on at $100/mo plus $50 per person, waived to 2026 · this change
- Oct 15, 2026improvedMercury adds Priority Support to Plus and Pro plans at no extra cost
- Oct 5, 2026packagingMercury drops $100 Amazon gift card from Plus and Pro Xero offer
- Oct 2, 2026packagingMercury drops $100 Amazon gift card and free Xero perk from Plus and Pro
- Sep 7, 2026packagingMercury sweetens Xero bonus with $100 gift card, drops Invoicing API from paid plans
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- StripeOct 19Stripe Data Pipeline adds Postgres database sync tier
- SquarespaceAug 11Squarespace: Premium tier now lists specific benefits (CSM, SSO/SOC2 Type II)
- StripeOct 14Stripe Data Pipeline adds real-time Postgres sync at $0.0025 per row
- StripeOct 5Stripe adds card cashback to Treasury, launches $329 Reader T600
- StripeOct 1Stripe adds $329 Reader T600 to Terminal lineup, revamps Treasury perks
Questions about this change
Did Mercury raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new add-on.
What changed on Mercury's pricing page between Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026?
Mercury add-on: No Mercury Payroll add-on → Mercury Payroll add-on, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Mercury change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Mercury in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Mercury adds Priority Support to Plus and Pro plans at no extra cost" on Oct 15, 2026; Mercury has been tracked since 2026-05-12.