QuickBooks Pricing 2026
QuickBooks Online runs from free to $275 a month across six tiers. What decides your tier is rarely a feature. It is how many people need to log in.
Every tier
| Plan | Monthly | Users | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 | Very light use, invoicing only |
| Solopreneur | $20 | 1 | One-person business, no employees |
| Simple Start | $38 | 1 | Sole traders and single-van operations |
| Essentials | $75 | 3 | Small service teams, bills and time tracking |
| Plus | $115 | 5 | Inventory and project tracking |
| Advanced | $275 | 25 | Larger operations, 24/7 support included |
The user cap
Simple Start covers one user. Essentials covers three, Plus covers five, Advanced up to twenty-five. Add a bookkeeper and a partner and you are on Essentials at $75, whether or not you ever wanted bill management.
Your accountant does not count against the cap. Worth knowing before you buy a bigger tier for them.
The second subscription
Payroll is billed separately. $50/month plus $6.50 per employee for Workforce, $88 plus $10 for Premium, $134 plus $12 for Elite. A five-person crew on the basic tier is $82.50 a month, sitting on top of whatever your QuickBooks plan costs.
Plan, users, payroll
Start with the tier your user count forces on you. Add payroll if you run staff. Then add card processing on anything you collect through QuickBooks. A five-person service business typically lands near $200 a month all in, not the $38 on the pricing page.
The $9 line item that pays for itself
None of those tiers asks your customer for a Google review. Trophy Jar does it off the paid invoice, for $9 a month. That is less than the gap between two QuickBooks tiers. 100 texts a month are included on the $9 plan and 1,000 on the $19 plan, sent from your own local number, and we handle 10DLC registration for US businesses.