Photobucket Removes 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Now Requires Immediate Purchase
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025 captures of Photobucket's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Group Buckets plan: 7-day free trial removed - now requires immediate purchase. Pulse files it as a packaging change (trial change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 12, 2026) lists Group Buckets at $8 and Hosting at $13.
Photobucket's previous recorded change was "Photobucket Introduces New $13/Month Hosting Plan with Enhanced Sharing and Editing Features" (Q4 2024). 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 · TrialRemoved
Before- now requires immediate purchase
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Buckets | Trial | - now requires immediate purchase | Not listed | Removed |
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 comparedFull-page captures of Photobucket's pricing page (photobucket.com) from Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the - now requires immediate purchase no longer appears.
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Photobucket, the last 90 days
Full history- Q4 2025packagingPhotobucket Discontinues My Bucket Plan, Introduces Free Plan for New Users
- Q3 2025improvedPhotobucket Introduces Unlimited Invites and Enhanced Integration Features for Group Buckets and Hosting Plans
- Q2 2025packagingPhotobucket Introduces 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
- Q1 2025packagingPhotobucket Removes 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Now Requires Immediate Purchase · this change
- Q4 2024packagingPhotobucket Introduces New $13/Month Hosting Plan with Enhanced Sharing and Editing Features
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changes- SmugmugJan 13Smugmug Introduces New Seller and Enterprise Plans, Renames Power Plan to Personal
- DropboxJan 11Dropbox Introduces End-to-End Encryption in Business Plus Plan
- SmugmugJan 13Smugmug Simplifies Pricing by Removing All Plans Except Portfolio and Pro
- SmugmugJan 13Smugmug Removes Proof Delay Feature from Pro Plan, Impacting Photographers' Control Over Order Timing
- 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 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: trial change.
What changed on Photobucket's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025?
Group Buckets trial: - now requires immediate purchase → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 13, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Photobucket change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Photobucket in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Photobucket Introduces New $13/Month Hosting Plan with Enhanced Sharing and Editing Features" in Q4 2024; Photobucket has been tracked since 2024-10-01.