Karbon pricing
Karbon pricing and what it adds up to
US$59 to US$99 a month per user, near US$26,700 a year for a 25-person team.
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The plans
What Karbon charges
Karbon bills by the seat, with a licence needed for every person who touches a client file. Team lists US$59 a user a month paid annually or US$79 billed monthly, and Business lists US$89 a user a month annually or US$99 monthly, with Enterprise quoted privately.
Team
US$59 per user/month (annual), US$79 (monthly)
Available to teams of four or more, on either an annual or monthly billing rate.
Business
US$89 per user/month (annual), US$99 (monthly)
Adds automatic client reminders and task automation on top of the Team features.
Enterprise
Quoted privately
Karbon's own package includes customisation and expanded reporting, priced case by case.
Add-ons (Email Insights, custom reporting)
Quoted privately
Sit outside the base subscription as paid extras in Karbon's plan comparison.
How the bill is built
A licence for every colleague
Karbon prices per user, so the bill grows with headcount rather than with the work done. Every partner, manager and assistant who needs to see a client file needs their own paid seat, on Team or Business.
Two different rates by billing term
Annual billing lists lower per-user prices than monthly billing. Team runs US$59 a month annually against US$79 monthly, and Business runs US$89 against US$99, so paying monthly costs more per person.
Automation locked behind the higher tier
Automatic client reminders and task automation sit in Business, not Team. A practice that wants these has to move every seat up to the more expensive plan, not just the people who use them.
Reporting sold as separate add-ons
Email Insights and custom reporting are not included in either published plan. They appear as paid add-ons in Karbon's own plan comparison, on top of whatever per-user rate the practice already pays.
A year of Karbon
What a Karbon subscription can add up to
An illustrative 25-user Karbon Business subscription works out to about US$26,700 a year at the published US$89 per user monthly rate on annual billing. This is a calculated scenario rather than a verified invoice, and it excludes implementation, tax, add-ons like Email Insights or custom reporting, and any Enterprise terms, which Karbon quotes privately.
Underneath the bill
What you are really paying for
A licence for every person on staff
The bill is built per user, so it rises every time the practice hires, regardless of how much of Karbon that person actually uses. Someone who only checks one client file costs the same seat as a partner using it all day.
Automation held back on the lower tier
Automatic client reminders and task automation only exist on Business, not Team. A practice on the cheaper tier is paying for a system that could do more, but has that capability withheld until every seat moves up.
Reporting priced as an extra, again
Email Insights and custom reporting sit outside both published plans as paid add-ons. Even after paying per user for Team or Business, a practice that wants to see more of its own reporting pays a further, separate charge for it.
The owned alternative
Your own practice record, run for you
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Questions
Karbon pricing, answered
Does Karbon charge more as our team grows? expand_more
Yes. Karbon is priced per user on Team or Business, so every new hire who needs access to client files adds another licence to the monthly bill, at US$59 to US$99 depending on plan and billing term, before any add-ons or Enterprise terms.
Is there a cheaper way to get Karbon's automation features? expand_more
Not within Karbon itself. Automatic client reminders and task automation are part of Business, not Team, so a practice on the cheaper tier has to move every seat up to Business to reach them, rather than upgrading only the people who need them.
What does a Karbon subscription actually cost across a year? expand_more
On the published rates, a 25-user Business subscription on annual billing works out to about US$26,700 a year, as a calculated scenario rather than a verified invoice. That figure excludes implementation, tax, paid add-ons such as Email Insights or custom reporting, and Enterprise terms, which Karbon quotes privately.
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