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HoneyBook pricing 2026: plans, payment fees and what it costs
HoneyBook has three plans: Starter $36 a month, Essentials $59 and Premium $129, billed monthly, or $29, $49 and $109 a month billed yearly (as of November 2026). There's no free plan, and HoneyBook processes your client payments itself, at 2.9% + 25¢ per online card payment and 1.5% per bank transfer. Below: what each plan includes, what one business and three businesses cost a year, what the fees come to on $5,000 a month, and how Aventide compares. Checked November 13, 2026, on honeybook.com.
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Christian Quiver
Written November 13, 2026
SHORT ANSWER
HoneyBook costs $36 a month on Starter, $59 on Essentials and $129 on Premium, billed monthly, or $29, $49 and $109 a month billed yearly (as of November 2026, HoneyBook’s pricing page). There’s no free plan; a 30-day free trial needs no card and doesn’t turn into a paid plan by itself.
HoneyBook is also your payment processor: online card payments cost 2.9% + 25¢ each, bank transfers (ACH) 1.5%, and instant deposit 1% more ($5 minimum). You pay those fees unless you pass them to the client on an invoice, which HoneyBook allows since September 2026. Team members start on Essentials, and more than one business takes Premium. Aventide is $39 a month for every business you run, with unlimited team members, and takes 0% of client payments; Stripe’s or QuickBooks’ own fees still apply.
We make Aventide. HoneyBook's prices and plan limits come from its pricing page, read on November 13, 2026; its payments page, its help center and Stripe's fees from stripe.com were read on November 5, 2026, with links.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
HoneyBook's three plans in 2026
All three plans have unlimited clients and projects, invoices and payments, proposals, contracts, a client portal and HoneyBook’s AI. What changes with the price is team members, scheduling, automations and how many businesses you can run.
Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Team members | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Starter | $36/mo | $29/mo ($348 a year) | None | The basics; scheduler limited to 1 session type; 2 live lead forms |
Essentials | $59/mo | $49/mo ($588 a year) | Up to 2 | Unlimited session types, automations, QuickBooks Online and Zapier, SMS reminders, removes “Powered by HoneyBook” |
Premium | $129/mo | $109/mo ($1,308 a year) | Unlimited | Multiple companies, priority support, advanced reports, unlimited lead forms |
HoneyBook prices as of November 5, 2026, US site, standard prices (source).
The pricing page’s switch says yearly billing saves “up to 35%”; at the standard prices above it comes to 16% to 19% less than paying monthly. HoneyBook runs limited-time offers and referral discounts from time to time, so the price at checkout can be lower than these. Its help center also mentions billing every two years, with no two-year price on the pricing page. Every plan has a 30-day free trial with no card and a 60-day money-back guarantee.
WHAT IT COSTS
What HoneyBook costs for one business and for three
Here is the yearly cost of each way to run one or three businesses on HoneyBook, with Aventide’s plans for comparison. Monthly prices are times 12; yearly prices are what HoneyBook charges up front.
For one business on your own, HoneyBook Starter billed yearly ($348) costs $42 a year less than Aventide Starter billed yearly ($390). If you need a teammate or more than one session type, HoneyBook’s price moves to Essentials ($588 a year).
For three businesses in one HoneyBook account, you need Premium: $1,308 a year billed yearly. Some owners keep a separate HoneyBook account for each business instead (HoneyBook’s help center explains how to merge them); three Starter accounts come to $1,044 a year, with three logins and no team members. On Aventide, three businesses cost the same as one: $390 a year on Starter billed yearly.
Aventide’s two plans have the same features and differ in AI credits (40,000 a month on Starter, 120,000 on Pro) and storage (100 GB per business on Starter, 500 GB on Pro). Doing things yourself never uses credits. Only the AI’s work does. Extra credit packs start at $10. HoneyBook lists its AI on every plan and states no usage limit on its pricing page. Both of Aventide’s plans are on Aventide pricing.
PAYMENTS AND FEES
HoneyBook's payment fees, and who pays them
HoneyBook processes every card and bank payment your clients make through it; you can’t connect your own Stripe or Square account. You can still mark checks, Venmo or PayPal payments as paid by hand. These are its fees, the same on every plan (as of November 5, 2026, pricing page and payments page):
Online card payments: 2.9% + 25¢ each, including Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Tap to Pay in person (HoneyBook’s phone app): 2.7% + 10¢. The pricing page’s “Card fees start at 2.7% + 10¢” refers to this rate.
Bank transfers (ACH): 1.5%, with no cap stated.
Instant deposit: 1% ($5 minimum) on eligible card payments up to $5,000, optional. It’s free on card payments under $15,000 if you open a HoneyBook Balance checking account.
Disputes: $10 per dispute, charged by Stripe, HoneyBook’s own processor (glossary).
You pay these fees out of each payment unless you pass them on. Since September 2026 HoneyBook can move the processing fee onto the client’s invoice (product update posted October 9, 2026, read November 13, 2026). Check the card rules where you work before you do. Premium members who take over $500,000 a year may be offered lower card fees.
Which costs less depends on how your clients pay. On cards, HoneyBook’s 2.9% + 25¢ comes out slightly below Stripe’s 2.9% + 30¢: $3 a year less in this example. On bank transfers, Stripe’s cap at $5 makes Aventide $600 a year cheaper. HoneyBook’s instant deposit (1%) also costs less than Stripe’s instant payouts (1.5%).
The difference with Aventide is where the money goes, not a lower card rate: payments land in your own Stripe or QuickBooks account, the same as if you sent the invoice yourself, and Aventide takes nothing of its own. If you invoice through QuickBooks with QuickBooks Payments on, QuickBooks sets its own fees.
FEATURE BY FEATURE
Where the price changes
A tick means the job is covered on the plan priced above. A circled dash means it is partly covered, on a higher plan or with a workaround. A cross means it is not available. Where a cell has words instead of a mark, the words say what you get. Partial marks are explained in the note under each feature.
WHY PEOPLE SWITCH
Who switches to Aventide
People who switch from HoneyBook to Aventide usually want one of these:
More than one business or a teammate. Every business and every team member is on the $39 plan, where HoneyBook needs Premium ($109 to $129 a month) for multiple companies and Essentials for a teammate.
Clients who pay by bank transfer. Stripe caps ACH at $5, and Aventide adds no fee on top.
Payments into your own Stripe account, with every feature on both plans.
Sidekick drafts proposals, follow-ups and invoices, and each one waits for your OK before it reaches a client.
METHOD
How we checked these prices
HoneyBook’s plans, prices and fees come from its pricing page, its payments page and its help center, on the US version of the site: the pricing page read on November 13, 2026, the payments page and help center on November 5, 2026, at standard prices without promotions. Where HoneyBook’s own pages word a fee two ways, as with “Card fees start at 2.7% + 10¢” and “2.9% + 25¢”, we say which is which. Stripe’s fees come from stripe.com/pricing, read on November 5, 2026. Aventide’s prices come from Aventide pricing.
The worked example assumes five $1,000 payments a month, US cards and bank accounts, no international cards and no taxes. Your fees will differ with invoice size and how clients pay. We recheck this page every month.
HoneyBook is a trademark of its owner. This page isn't affiliated with or endorsed by HoneyBook.
NEXT STEP
Comparing more than price
This page is about cost. To compare features, AI, payments and switching, read Aventide vs HoneyBook. To see six other tools priced the same way, including Dubsado, Plutio and Moxie, read the best HoneyBook alternatives in 2026.
If you move from HoneyBook to Aventide, the Switch Kit brings over your clients, projects, notes and past messages, with invoice and contract history as records marked HoneyBook; how the HoneyBook import works lists what comes over and what stays.
QUESTIONS
Questions about HoneyBook pricing
How much does HoneyBook cost?
HoneyBook has three plans: Starter $36 a month, Essentials $59 and Premium $129, billed monthly, or $29, $49 and $109 a month billed yearly (as of November 2026, HoneyBook's pricing page). Billed yearly, that's $348, $588 and $1,308 a year. On top, HoneyBook charges a processing fee on each client payment: 2.9% + 25¢ per online card payment and 1.5% per bank transfer.
How much is HoneyBook per month?
HoneyBook is $36 a month for Starter if you pay monthly, or $29 a month if you pay for a year up front ($348). Essentials is $59 a month, or $49 billed yearly; Premium is $129, or $109 billed yearly (as of November 2026). You need Essentials for a team member and Premium for more than one business.
Is HoneyBook free?
No, HoneyBook has no free plan. Its free trial lasts 30 days, needs no card and lets you try almost every feature; HoneyBook says it doesn't turn into a paid membership by itself. After that, plans start at $36 a month billed monthly, or $29 a month billed yearly (as of November 2026).
How much does HoneyBook take from payments?
HoneyBook processes your client payments itself, and its fee is its cut: 2.9% + 25¢ per online card payment, 2.7% + 10¢ for Tap to Pay in person, and 1.5% per bank transfer (ACH), on every plan (as of November 2026, HoneyBook's payments page). Instant deposit adds 1%, with a $5 minimum. On a $1,000 card payment, that's $29.25.
Does HoneyBook charge a credit card fee?
Yes. HoneyBook charges 2.9% + 25¢ per online card payment (as of November 13, 2026), and bank transfers cost 1.5%. Since September 2026 you can pass the processing fee to the client on an invoice; otherwise it comes out of your payment.
How much does HoneyBook cost for more than one business?
Multiple companies in one HoneyBook account are on Premium only: $129 a month billed monthly, or $109 a month billed yearly ($1,308 a year), as of November 2026. Three separate Starter accounts come to $1,044 a year billed yearly, with three logins and no team members. Aventide Starter is $39 a month for every business you run, with unlimited team members.
Is Aventide cheaper than HoneyBook?
For one business on your own, no: HoneyBook Starter is $348 a year billed yearly and Aventide Starter $390. For more than one business or a team, yes: Aventide is $390 a year for all of them, against $1,308 for HoneyBook Premium. On fees, Aventide takes 0% and you pay Stripe's standard fees, which cost less than HoneyBook's on bank transfers and slightly more on cards. We make Aventide.
