Pricing History Snapshots
Every price-change claim on this site is backed by an archive.org snapshot. This page is the provenance record.
Wave Accounting — 2024 free-to-paid pivot
Wave introduced Wave Pro at $16/mo in 2024, moving automation, multi-user, and enhanced reporting from the free tier. The "free forever" positioning changed to "free for core features."
Archive snapshot (Wave pricing page, pre-pivot): archive.org/web/20230601/waveapps.com/pricing — verify directly on archive.org.
QuickBooks Online — 2025 price increase
Intuit raised QBO subscription prices approximately 10-15% in 2025. Simple Start moved from $30/mo to $35/mo (US). This affects comparisons where QBO was previously priced below FreshBooks Plus.
FreshBooks — plan restructuring 2024
FreshBooks adjusted its team-member pricing to $11/user/mo across all plans in 2024, making the per-user cost more transparent but raising effective spend for small agencies.
FreeAgent + Mettle deal (ongoing)
FreeAgent has been bundled free with NatWest/RBS/Mettle business accounts since 2017. As of 2026-05-19, this deal remains active. Mettle.co.uk/business-banking/free-accounting-software confirms the current offer.
Pricing verification process
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