QuickBooks Payroll: Summer promo jumps to 90% off (was 50%)
What happened
Between the Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026 captures of Quickbooks's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Summer Savings promo increased from 50% off to 90% off for 3 months on all Workforce bundles — Simple Start $44→$8.80/mo, Essentials $62.50→$12.50/mo, Plus $101.50→$20.30/mo (list prices $88/$125/$203 unchanged). New site-wide banner added, offer ends 8/27. In detail: Summer promo increased from 50% off to 90% off for 3 months, dropping effective monthly prices: Simple Start $44→$8.80/mo, Essentials $62.50→$12.50/mo, Plus $101.50→$20.30/mo (list prices $88/$125/$203 unchanged). New "SUMMER SAVINGS" banner added, offer ends 8/27. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount change) with a neutral 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.
It lands 14 days after Quickbooks's previous change, "Quickbooks Payroll: per-employee fee cut on all 3 plans" (Jul 27, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Quickbooks Payroll hikes per-employee fees up to 30% across all plans" (Jul 6, 2026). 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.
- — · Discount−80%$44$8.80/mo
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Discount | $44 | $8.80/mo | −80% |
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 Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where discount reads $44 and then $8.80/mo.
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Quickbooks, the last 90 days
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%) · this change
- 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
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- SageAug 11Sage Payroll: free-trial promo cut from 2 months to 1 month
- ZohoAug 11Zoho Recruitstaffing Recruit: pricing table prices became visible ($0/$25/$50/$75)
- XeroAug 11Xero: Intro promo deepened to 90% off, extended to 6 months
- MicrosoftAug 10Microsoft Copilot 365 Copilot: 1-month free trial added to Business plans
- FreshbooksAug 3FreshBooks: 90% off promo shortened from 6 to 3 months
Questions about this change
Did Quickbooks raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount change.
What changed on Quickbooks's pricing page between Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026?
Discount: $44 → $8.80/mo (−80%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Quickbooks change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Quickbooks in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Quickbooks Payroll: per-employee fee cut on all 3 plans" on Jul 27, 2026; Quickbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.