Does Bonsai offer a free plan or free trial?

Free-plan and free-trial availability for Bonsai isn't confirmed in our tracker yet.

What are all of Bonsai's pricing tiers?

Bonsai has 4 publicly-priced tiers as of September 17, 2026: • Basic — $15/mo ($9/mo billed annually). freelancers, invoicing + contracts + basic time tracking. • Essentials — $25/mo ($19/mo billed annually). + tax + integrations + workflows. • Premium — $39/mo ($29/mo billed annually). teams + subaccounts + advanced accounting. • Elite — $59/mo ($49/mo billed annually). agency scale + white-label + priority support, 3-user minimum.

Has Bonsai raised or lowered prices recently?

Bonsai's pricing has been stable since Sep 20, 2026. See full history at /tools/bonsai/price-history.

How does Bonsai pricing compare to other Finance & Accounting tools?

Bonsai is on the lower end of Finance & Accounting pricing. Of the 11 Finance & Accounting tools we track with published entry prices, Bonsai is among the 1 cheapest at $15/month. The cheapest option in this category is Wave at $19/month.

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Finance & AccountingPublicPrices verified September 17, 2026

Bonsai

Bonsai · Finance & Accounting

All-in-one business management for freelancers (contracts + invoicing + time tracking + CRM + tax). Positioned as the alternative to running Bonsai + QuickBooks + HelloSign separately. Distinctive for bundling the freelance stack into one subscription. Restructured to 4 tiers: Basic $15 / Essentials $25 / Premium $39 / Elite $59 per user/mo. Acquired by Zoom Nov 5, 2025 (closed Dec 2025); pricing held post-acquisition. Popular with independent consultants, designers, and creators who bill 3-20 clients but hate juggling separate tools for contracts, invoicing, and accounting.

In other words, Bonsai is the all-in-one back office for solo freelancers and small agencies (1-15 people) — proposals, contracts, invoicing, time tracking, and CRM bundled instead of stitching separate tools. Basic covers solo freelancers; Essentials adds workflows and integrations; Premium scales team accounting; Elite adds white-label and priority support. Very easy setup (30-minute onboarding realistic). Native integrations with Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks, Zapier. Downside: weaker on any single feature versus specialized tools (HelloSign for contracts, Harvest for time), and mobile app has recurring polish issues.

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Pricing summary

Starting price

$15/mo

$9/mo billed annually

Pricing model

Flat Rate

Both

Key limit

Features / 1 user

Main metered limit

Additional fees

Varies

CHECKED 2026-09-17 (daily refresh): NO MOVEMENT on any tier, and the 2026-08-19 annual-column correction is independently re-validated. All four tiers re-confirmed on BOTH columns: Basic $15 monthly / $9 annual, Essentials $25 / $19, Premium $39 / $29, Elite $59 / $49 per user (agencyhandy, assembly, taskip, checkthat, capterra, g2, raoura, hellobonsai.com/pricing). This is the second independent confirmation that the vendor's real annual rates are 9/19/29/49 rather than the flat-20%-off assumption (12/20/31/47) the record carried before Aug 19. Non-uniform annual discount re-confirmed: Basic 40%, Essentials 24%, Premium 26%, Elite 17%. The vendor's 'up to 4 months free' claim only holds on Basic, which is why Annual Discount % correctly stores the entry-tier figure of 40%. Elite's 3-user minimum re-confirmed ($147/mo annual floor). No free plan; 7-day trial re-confirmed. Feature mapping captured this run for the tool page: Basic covers time tracking, tasks, unlimited projects, CRM and service library; Essentials adds invoicing, contracts, proposals, scheduling and expenses; Premium adds Gantt, client portals, QuickBooks/Zapier integrations and profit reports; Elite adds custom permissions, staffing management and dedicated onboarding. Note one source frames Basic as including invoicing while another places invoicing at Essentials — a feature-boundary discrepancy, not a price one, so no action taken. Status stays Verified per the never-overwrite-Verified rule. --- PRIOR HISTORY --- 2026-08-19 auto-refresh: ANNUAL prices corrected across all four tiers. Stored annual values (12/20/31/47) were a flat 20%-off-monthly assumption; vendor's actual annual rates are 9/19/29/49 per user/mo, confirmed by 2 independent sources (agencyhandy.com, assembly.com) plus the vendor pricing page listing. Monthly prices UNCHANGED at 15/25/39/59 — a correction to the annual column, not a vendor price movement, so no Up/Down snapshot was written.

Free trial

7-day free trial

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Alternatives to consider

Bigger agency needing specialized team tools? Pick Harvest + HelloSign + FreshBooks separately. Freelancer just needing invoicing? Wave (free) or FreshBooks.

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Plan	Monthly	Annual	Key limit
BasicEntry tier	$15	$9Save 40%	freelancers, invoicing + contracts + basic time tracking
Essentials	$25	$19Save 24%	+ tax + integrations + workflows
Premium	$39	$29Save 26%	teams + subaccounts + advanced accounting
Elite	$59	$49Save 17%	agency scale + white-label + priority support, 3-user minimum

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Price history

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Common questions about Bonsai

Is Bonsai worth it?: Bonsai is the all-in-one back office for solo freelancers and small agencies (1-15 people) — proposals, contracts, invoicing, time tracking, and CRM bundled instead of stitching separate tools. Basic covers solo freelancers; Essentials adds workflows and integrations; Premium scales team accounting; Elite adds white-label and priority support.
What are the pricing tiers of Bonsai?: Bonsai has 4 plans: Basic ($15/mo), Essentials ($25/mo), Premium ($39/mo), Elite ($59/mo).
Does Bonsai offer annual discounts?: Yes. Paying annually brings the entry plan from $15/month down to $9/month — about 40% cheaper.

Frequently asked questions

About Bonsai pricing.

Bonsai pricing starts at $15/month on monthly billing, or $9/month if billed annually — a 40% saving. Bonsai offers 4 paid plans in total, ranging from $15 to $59/month. Enterprise pricing is custom-quoted.