Quickbooks Payroll hikes per-employee fees up to 30% across all plans
What happened
Between the Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026 captures of Quickbooks's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Per-employee payroll fee increased across all three Workforce bundle plans: Simple Start and Essentials rose $6.50 to $7/employee (+8%); Plus rose $10 to $13/employee (+30%). Base bundle prices unchanged. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 14, 2026) lists Workforce Payroll + Simple Start at $88, Workforce Payroll + Essentials at $135 and Workforce Premium + Plus at $228.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Quickbooks. Quickbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Sage, Zoho, Xero, Microsoft and Freshbooks also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Price+8%$6.50$7/employee
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Price | $6.50 | $7/employee | +8% |
Values as written on Quickbooks'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 Quickbooks's pricing page (quickbooks.com) from Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where price reads $6.50 and then $7/employee.
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Quickbooks, pricing history
Full history- Sep 14, 2026increaseQuickbooks Payroll: Workforce bundle prices increase ($125→$135, $203→$228)
- Aug 10, 2026packagingQuickbooks Payroll: Summer promo jumps to 90% off (was 50%)
- Jul 27, 2026decreaseQuickbooks Payroll: per-employee fee cut on all 3 plans
- Jul 6, 2026increaseQuickbooks Payroll hikes per-employee fees up to 30% across all plans · this change
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- SageJul 6Sage hikes Payroll prices across all plans, trims free trial to 2 months
- ZohoJul 6Zoho CRM: Free plan now supports 3 users (up from 1)
- XeroJul 6Xero shrinks new-customer discount, hikes intro pricing to $5/$11/$18
- MicrosoftJul 6Microsoft Copilot bundles Business Premium, Standard plans with Copilot access
- FreshbooksJun 29Freshbooks doubles free trial to 6 months, launches $40 Payroll
Questions about this change
Did Quickbooks raise prices in July 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Quickbooks's pricing page on Jun 29, 2026 and again on Jul 6, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: $6.50 → $7/employee (+8%).
What changed on Quickbooks's pricing page between Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026?
Price: $6.50 → $7/employee (+8%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Quickbooks change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Quickbooks in the 90 days before this one; Quickbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.