Bird: shifts to wallet-based billing, reveals Apple Messages pricing
What happened
Between the Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026 captures of Bird's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Email/SMS/WhatsApp/Voice/Realtime/Mailbox moved to a shared Bird balance wallet model; Apple Messages revealed $100/mo pricing and Mailbox gained a free tier (both were custom-quote only). In detail: Bird moved Email/SMS/WhatsApp/Voice/Realtime/Mailbox to a 'Bird balance' wallet model; Apple Messages revealed $100/mo pricing, Mailbox gained a free tier (both were custom-quote only). Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Startup at $15, Growth at $250 and Scale at $1,000.
It lands 14 days after Bird's previous change, "Bird halves US local number rental to $0.50 a month" (Oct 5, 2026). Bird has been tracked since 2026-03-01.
In the same window Bolt, X and Limelight Software also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · PackagingAddedNo free tierfree tier
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Packaging | No free tier | free tier | Added |
Values as written on Bird'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 Bird's pricing page (bird.com) from Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where free tier now appears.
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Bird, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026packagingBird: shifts to wallet-based billing, reveals Apple Messages pricing · this change
- Oct 5, 2026decreaseBird halves US local number rental to $0.50 a month
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changesQuestions about this change
Did Bird raise prices in October 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Bird's pricing page between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026?
Packaging: No free tier → free tier, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Bird change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Bird in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Bird halves US local number rental to $0.50 a month" on Oct 5, 2026; Bird has been tracked since 2026-03-01.