Sage: Payroll per-employee overage price increase ($3.50→$4.50 + more)
What happened
Between the Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026 captures of Sage's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Per-employee overage price increased on all 3 Payroll plans — Essentials $3.50→$4.50/employee/mo, Standard $11→$12/employee/mo, Premium $17→$18/employee/mo. In detail: Per-employee overage price increased on all 3 Payroll plans: Essentials $3.50→$4.50, Standard $11→$12, Premium $17→$18 per additional employee/month. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 31, 2026) lists Payroll Premium at CAD 18, Payroll Essentials at $24.5, Payroll Standard at $32, Performance at CAD 4.25 and Shift planning at CAD 4.25.
It lands 13 days after Sage's previous change, "Sage Payroll: free-trial promo cut from 2 months to 1 month" (Aug 11, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Sage hikes Payroll prices across all plans, trims free trial to 2 months" (Jul 6, 2026) and "Sage Payroll: promo switched from 90% off/5mo to 3 months free" (Jul 4, 2026). Sage has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Xero, Microsoft, Freshbooks and SAP SE also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Payroll · Price+29%$3.50$4.50
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll | Price | $3.50 | $4.50 | +29% |
Values as written on Sage'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 Sage's pricing page (sage.com) from Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where payroll price reads $3.50 and then $4.50.
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Sage, the last 90 days
Full history- Aug 31, 2026packagingSage Payroll: intro promo changed to 75% off 6 months
- Aug 24, 2026increaseSage: Payroll per-employee overage price increase ($3.50→$4.50 + more) · this change
- Aug 11, 2026packagingSage Payroll: free-trial promo cut from 2 months to 1 month
- Jul 6, 2026increaseSage hikes Payroll prices across all plans, trims free trial to 2 months
- Jul 4, 2026packagingSage Payroll: promo switched from 90% off/5mo to 3 months free
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- XeroAug 17Xero graduates AI auto-reconcile from Beta to full release
- MicrosoftAug 10Microsoft Copilot 365 Copilot: 1-month free trial added to Business plans
- FreshbooksAug 3FreshBooks: 90% off promo shortened from 6 to 3 months
- SAP SEJun 2SAP SE scraps HCM pricing plans, replaces with generic ERP quote page
Questions about this change
Did Sage raise prices in August 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Sage's pricing page on Aug 17, 2026 and again on Aug 24, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: Payroll: $3.50 → $4.50 (+29%).
What changed on Sage's pricing page between Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026?
Payroll price: $3.50 → $4.50 (+29%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 17, 2026 and Aug 24, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Sage change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Sage in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Sage Payroll: free-trial promo cut from 2 months to 1 month" on Aug 11, 2026; Sage has been tracked since 2024-10-01.