WizeHire drops Essentials tier as pricing shakeup hikes add-ons, Growth cost
What happened
Between the Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026 captures of WizeHire's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Essentials tier discontinued (4->3 plans); new Monthly/Annual toggle added; Growth price moved $449/mo annual to $549/mo monthly; location add-on rose $249->$349/mo; new $99/mo & $249/mo add-ons added; Career page builder and Wizehire Academy access moved from Essentials-only to Quickstart; free pause benefit dropped from Quickstart; Concierge gained new Personalized onboarding feature. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 2026) lists Quickstart at $209, Growth at $449, Additional jobs at $99, Additional locations at $349 and Reactivations at $249.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for WizeHire. WizeHire has been tracked since 2026-07-06.
In the same window Greenhouse, Workable, Bullhorn, BambooHR and Jazzhr also changed their Workforce Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Growth · Packaging−25%43
- Quickstart · FeatureChangedEssentials-onlyQuickstart
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth | Packaging | 4 | 3 | −25% |
| Quickstart | Feature | Essentials-only | Quickstart | Changed |
Values as written on WizeHire'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 WizeHire's pricing page (wizehire.com) from Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where growth packaging reads 4 and then 3.
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WizeHire, pricing history
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingWizeHire renames Concierge plan to Scale, targets multi-location growth
- Sep 21, 2026improvedWizeHire: Coaching benefit renamed, per-tier session counts removed
- Aug 17, 2026packagingWizeHire drops Essentials tier as pricing shakeup hikes add-ons, Growth cost · this change
Across Workforce Management in the same window
All Workforce Management changes- GreenhouseAug 10Greenhouse: AI Notetaker added to Core plan
- WorkableJul 13Workable: Agent free credits tripled to 3,000; billing shifts per-action
- BullhornJul 13Bullhorn: Starter plan agency-size restriction removed
- BambooHRJul 6BambooHR renames EOR add-on to Global Employment, swaps in Contractor Management
- JazzhrJul 3JazzHR: Pro plan price revealed at $5,508/yr (was Contact Sales)
Questions about this change
Did WizeHire raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, feature change.
What changed on WizeHire's pricing page between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026?
Growth packaging: 4 → 3 (−25%); Quickstart feature: Essentials-only → Quickstart, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does WizeHire change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for WizeHire in the 90 days before this one; WizeHire has been tracked since 2026-07-06.