Photobucket Discontinues My Bucket Plan, Introduces Free Plan for New Users
What happened
Between the Oct 11, 2025 and Jan 19, 2026 captures of Photobucket's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: My Bucket plan ($5/month for 1TB storage) discontinued; Free plan introduced with $0/month pricing, offering 3 Buckets and 50 Images per Bucket (new sign-ups only); Group Buckets 7-day free trial removed. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan removed, new plan, trial change) with a downward 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 Unlimited Invites and Enhanced Integration Features for Group Buckets and Hosting Plans" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Photobucket Introduces 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Enhancing Accessibility for Users" (Q2 2025), "Photobucket Removes 7-Day Free Trial for Group Buckets Plan, Now Requires Immediate Purchase" (Q1 2025) and "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.
- My Bucket · PlanPlan removed
My Bucket plan ($5/month for 1TB storage) discontinued
- — · PlanAddedNo Free planFree plan
- Group Buckets · TrialRemoved
BeforeGroup Buckets 7-day free trial
AfterNo Group Buckets 7-day free trial
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Bucket | Plan | My Bucket plan ($5/month for 1TB storage) discontinued | Plan removed | |
| — | Plan | No Free plan | Free plan | Added |
| Group Buckets | Trial | Group Buckets 7-day free trial | No Group Buckets 7-day free trial | 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 Oct 11, 2025 and Jan 19, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Free plan now appears.
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Photobucket, pricing history
Full history- Jan 21, 2026packagingPhotobucket Discontinues My Bucket Plan, Introduces Free Plan for New Users · this change
- 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
- Q4 2024packagingPhotobucket Introduces New $13/Month Hosting Plan with Enhanced Sharing and Editing Features
- Q3 2024improvedPhotobucket Introduces Embed Links for Hosting in Group Buckets and My Bucket Plans
- Q1 2024packagingPhotobucket Introduces Free 7-Day Trial for Group Buckets Plan
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 January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 11, 2025 and Jan 19, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan removed, new plan, trial change.
What changed on Photobucket's pricing page between Oct 11, 2025 and Jan 19, 2026?
My Bucket plan ($5/month for 1TB storage) discontinued; plan: No Free plan → Free plan, added; Group Buckets trial: Group Buckets 7-day free trial → No Group Buckets 7-day free trial, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 11, 2025 and Jan 19, 2026; 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; the previous change was "Photobucket Introduces Unlimited Invites and Enhanced Integration Features for Group Buckets and Hosting Plans" in Q3 2025; Photobucket has been tracked since 2024-10-01.