QuickBooks Payroll: Workforce bundle prices increase ($125→$135, $203→$228)
What happened
Between the Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026 captures of Quickbooks's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Workforce Payroll + Essentials list price increased from $125 to $135/mo + $7/employee (promo 50%-off price $62.50 to $67.50/mo); Workforce Premium + Plus list price increased from $203 to $228/mo + $13/employee (promo price $101.50 to $114/mo). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase) with an upward direction. The current page lists Workforce Payroll + Simple Start at $88, Workforce Payroll + Essentials at $135 and Workforce Premium + Plus at $228.
It lands 34 days after Quickbooks's previous change, "Quickbooks Payroll: Summer promo jumps to 90% off (was 50%)" (Aug 10, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Quickbooks Payroll: per-employee fee cut on all 3 plans" (Jul 27, 2026) and "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 Zoho, Xero, Sage, 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.
- Workforce Payroll + Essentials, Workforce Premium + Plus · Price+8%$125$135/mo
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce Payroll + Essentials, Workforce Premium + Plus | Price | $125 | $135/mo | +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 Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where workforce payroll + essentials, workforce premium + plus price reads $125 and then $135/mo.
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Quickbooks, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 14, 2026increaseQuickBooks Payroll: Workforce bundle prices increase ($125→$135, $203→$228) · this change
- 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
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- ZohoSep 14Zoho Expense Standard drops Multi-level approval, gains Zia AI suite
- XeroSep 14Xero swaps Syft branding for own Xero Analytics on pricing page
- SageAug 31Sage Payroll: intro promo changed to 75% off 6 months
- MicrosoftAug 31Microsoft Speech: Voice Live Pro Cached Input $40→$0.40; GPT Realtime 2 added
- FreshbooksAug 3FreshBooks: 90% off promo shortened from 6 to 3 months
Questions about this change
Did Quickbooks raise prices in September 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Quickbooks's pricing page on Sep 7, 2026 and again on Sep 14, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: Workforce Payroll + Essentials, Workforce Premium + Plus: $125 → $135/mo (+8%).
What changed on Quickbooks's pricing page between Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026?
Workforce Payroll + Essentials, Workforce Premium + Plus price: $125 → $135/mo (+8%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Quickbooks change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Quickbooks in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Quickbooks Payroll: Summer promo jumps to 90% off (was 50%)" on Aug 10, 2026; Quickbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.