Photobucket Introduces 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
What happened
Between the Apr 13, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Photobucket's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Group Buckets plan now offers a 7-day free trial (previously no trial, direct purchase required). 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 Removes 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Now Requires Immediate Purchase" (Q1 2025). 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 · TrialAddedNo 7-day free trial7-day free trial
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Buckets | Trial | No 7-day free trial | 7-day free trial | Added |
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 Apr 13, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where 7-day free trial now 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 · this change
- Q1 2025packagingPhotobucket Removes 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Now Requires Immediate Purchase
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 July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 13, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: trial change.
What changed on Photobucket's pricing page between Apr 13, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
Group Buckets trial: No 7-day free trial → 7-day free trial, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 13, 2025 and Jul 6, 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 Removes 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Now Requires Immediate Purchase" in Q1 2025; Photobucket has been tracked since 2024-10-01.