Quickbooks Launches Free Plan With Limited Invoicing and Banking
What happened
Between the Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 21, 2026 captures of Quickbooks's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: New free plan introduced at $0/mo with 1 user, no accountant access, limited to 2 invoices/month, 1 bank connection, and basic income/expense tracking. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Simple Start at $38, Essentials at $85, Plus at $140 and Advanced at $340.
Quickbooks's previous recorded change was "Quickbooks Essentials and Advanced Plans See Significant Price Hikes Amid New AI Features and Increased Promotional Discounts" (Q2 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Quickbooks Introduces AI-Powered Automation for Faster Payments, While Banking APY Drops from 5% to 3%" (Q4 2024), "Quickbooks Advanced Plan Price Surge: 17.5% Increase to $235/mo Amid Other Pricing Changes" (Q3 2024) and "Quickbooks Offers 70% Off for First 3 Months in Independence Day Sale and Rebrands Live Assisted Bookkeeping with Free 30-Day Trial" (Q2 2024). Quickbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Zoho, Xero, Microsoft, Sage 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.
- — · PlanAddedNo free planfree plan
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Plan | No free plan | free plan | Added |
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 Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 21, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where free plan now appears.
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Quickbooks, pricing history
Full history- 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
- Apr 24, 2026packagingQuickbooks Launches Free Plan With Limited Invoicing and Banking · this change
- Q2 2025increaseQuickbooks Essentials and Advanced Plans See Significant Price Hikes Amid New AI Features and Increased Promotional Discounts
- Q4 2024packagingQuickbooks Introduces AI-Powered Automation for Faster Payments, While Banking APY Drops from 5% to 3%
- Q3 2024increaseQuickbooks Advanced Plan Price Surge: 17.5% Increase to $235/mo Amid Other Pricing Changes
- Q2 2024improvedQuickbooks Offers 70% Off for First 3 Months in Independence Day Sale and Rebrands Live Assisted Bookkeeping with Free 30-Day Trial
- Q1 2024improvedQuickbooks Introduces Expert Tax Help Across All Plans and Adds Multiple Currencies to Essentials and Plus
- Dec 2023improvedQuickbooks Introduces 5.00% APY Banking Feature Across All Plans, Boosting Savings with 70x U.S. Average Interest Rate
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- ZohoApr 19Zoho Sprints Expands to 5 Tiers With New Free and Enterprise Plans
- XeroApr 9Xero cuts promo discount to 80% off for 3 months, adds QuickBooks comparison
- MicrosoftApr 7Microsoft Copilot softens AI usage promises, tightens renewal terms
- SageApr 3Sage Slashes Introductory Discount Duration from 10 Months to 5
- FreshbooksApr 2Freshbooks Hikes Canadian Prices 20% While Boosting Promos to 70% Off
Questions about this change
Did Quickbooks raise prices in April 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 21, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan.
What changed on Quickbooks's pricing page between Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 21, 2026?
Plan: No free plan → free plan, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 13, 2026 and Apr 21, 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; the previous change was "Quickbooks Essentials and Advanced Plans See Significant Price Hikes Amid New AI Features and Increased Promotional Discounts" in Q2 2025; Quickbooks has been tracked since 2023-11-14.