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PhotobucketPackaging change · Plan renamed · Trial change · Jan 5 → Apr 1, 2024

Photobucket Introduces Free 7-Day Trial for Group Buckets Plan

Verified Jan 21, 2026Marketing & ContentDirection: neutral
The changeGroup Bucket — reworded.
Before · Jan 5Group Bucket
After · Apr 1Group Buckets
reworded
2 changes2 capturesJan 5, 2024 → Apr 1, 2024

What happened

Between the Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 captures of Photobucket's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Plan renamed from 'Group Bucket' to 'Group Buckets'; Free 7-day trial added for Group Buckets plan. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed, trial change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 12, 2026) lists Group Buckets at $8 and Hosting at $13.

This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Photobucket. Photobucket has been tracked since 2024-10-01.

In the same window Smugmug and Dropbox also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • Group Buckets · PlanReworded
    Group BucketGroup Buckets
  • Group Buckets · TrialAdded
    No Free 7-day trialFree 7-day trial

Values as written on Photobucket'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 Photobucket's pricing page (photobucket.com) from Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "Group Bucket" becomes "Group Buckets".

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Photobucket, pricing history

Full history
  1. Q1 2025packagingPhotobucket Removes 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Now Requires Immediate Purchase
  2. Q4 2024packagingPhotobucket Introduces New $13/Month Hosting Plan with Enhanced Sharing and Editing Features
  3. Q3 2024improvedPhotobucket Introduces Embed Links for Hosting in Group Buckets and My Bucket Plans
  4. Q1 2024packagingPhotobucket Introduces Free 7-Day Trial for Group Buckets Plan · this change

Across Marketing & Content in the same window

All Marketing & Content changes
  1. SmugmugJan 13Smugmug Introduces New Seller and Enterprise Plans, Renames Power Plan to Personal
  2. DropboxJan 11Dropbox Introduces End-to-End Encryption in Business Plus Plan
  3. SmugmugJan 13Smugmug Simplifies Pricing by Removing All Plans Except Portfolio and Pro
  4. SmugmugJan 13Smugmug Removes Proof Delay Feature from Pro Plan, Impacting Photographers' Control Over Order Timing
  5. SmugmugJan 13Smugmug Implements Significant Price Increases Across Plans, with Pro Plan Rising 15.6% to $444/Year

Questions about this change

Did Photobucket raise prices in April 2024?

No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan renamed, trial change.

What changed on Photobucket's pricing page between Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024?

Group Buckets plan: Group Bucket → Group Buckets, reworded; Group Buckets trial: No Free 7-day trial → Free 7-day trial, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Photobucket change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Photobucket in the 90 days before this one; Photobucket has been tracked since 2024-10-01.