By the ClientBrief Team · Last updated September 2026
Jetpack Workflow costs $40 per user per month on Starter and $50 per user per month on Premium when billed annually. Monthly billing adds $9 per user per month to each, making them $49 and $59. Annualized, that's $480 per user per year on Starter and $600 per user per year on Premium. There's a 14-day free trial and no credit card is required to start it.
Jetpack Workflow prices per user per month with a flat $9 per user per month discount for paying annually — an unusually simple structure in this category, where most vendors vary the discount by tier. There's no free plan and no published seat minimum. Both tiers include unlimited projects and unlimited clients, so cost scales with headcount only, never with client count. The real question isn't which tier, it's whether task management alone covers you: Jetpack Workflow has no client portal, no client document collection, and no billing.
Annual or monthly
Unlimited projects and clients, unlimited templates with customizable automation, team collaboration and change management, and live chat plus email support. This is the full workflow engine — recurring work, deadlines, checklists and templates.
Annual or monthly
Everything in Starter plus time tracking, Budget vs Actual reporting for staff and services, and capacity management reporting. The step up is entirely about measurement: where time went, whether jobs were profitable, and who has room for more work.
| Annual vs monthly | Annual billing saves $9 per user per month on both tiers |
| Onboarding packages | Optional 'Kickstarter' and 'Done for You' setup services — priced on request, not published |
| Training | Included — up to five 30-minute sessions for accounts with three or more users |
| Firm setup | Annual cost |
|---|---|
| Solo, Starter (annual) | $480 / year |
| Solo, Premium (annual) | $600 / year |
| 3-person firm, Starter (annual) | $1,440 / year |
| 5-person firm, Premium (annual) | $3,000 / year |
| 10-person firm, Premium (annual) | $6,000 / year |
Jetpack Workflow is the cheapest credible practice management tool in this comparison — $480 per user per year against $708 for Karbon Team and $800 for TaxDome Essentials — and it's cheap for an honest reason: it does less. It tracks recurring work and deadlines very well and stops there. If your firm's problem is jobs slipping through the cracks, it's well priced. If your problem is clients not sending documents, it doesn't address that at all, and you'll be buying a second tool regardless.
Comparing against ClientBrief: ClientBrief is $7.99/month flat — no per-user pricing, no seat minimums, no annual commitment, and unlimited clients and checklists. It covers document collection only: send a checklist, clients upload without an account, reminders go out automatically. It is not a replacement for Jetpack Workflow's wider feature set, and firms often run both.
How much does Jetpack Workflow cost?
$40 per user per month on Starter and $50 per user per month on Premium, both billed annually. On monthly billing they're $49 and $59 per user per month. That works out to $480 and $600 per user per year.
What's the difference between Jetpack Workflow Starter and Premium?
Premium adds time tracking, Budget vs Actual reporting for staff and services, and capacity management reporting. Everything else — unlimited projects, unlimited clients, unlimited templates, automation, collaboration — is already in Starter. The $10 per user per month step up buys measurement, not capability.
Does Jetpack Workflow have a free trial?
Yes — 14 days, and no credit card is required to start. You can add payment details during the trial without being charged; billing begins only when the trial ends if a card is on file.
Does Jetpack Workflow have a free plan?
No. There's a 14-day free trial but no permanent free tier.
Does Jetpack Workflow have a minimum number of users?
Jetpack Workflow's published pricing doesn't state a seat minimum for either plan, so a solo practitioner can buy a single seat at $40 per month on annual billing. Confirm directly with Jetpack before budgeting.
How much does Jetpack Workflow cost for a firm of 5?
Five users on Starter annual billing is $200 per month, or $2,400 a year. On Premium it's $250 per month, or $3,000 a year. Paying monthly instead raises those to $245 and $295 per month — $2,940 and $3,540 a year.
How much do you save on Jetpack Workflow annual billing?
$9 per user per month on either tier. For a five-person firm that's $540 a year. Unlike most competitors, the discount is a flat amount rather than a percentage, so it's proportionally more valuable on the cheaper Starter plan.
Does Jetpack Workflow include a client portal?
No. Jetpack Workflow is internal workflow and task management — it tracks what your team owes clients, not what clients owe you. There's no client-facing portal, no document request system and no client document collection. Firms typically pair it with a separate portal or document collection tool.
Is Jetpack Workflow cheaper than Karbon?
Yes, at every tier. Jetpack Starter is $480 per user per year against $708 for Karbon Team, and Jetpack Premium is $600 against $1,068 for Karbon Business. The gap reflects scope: Karbon includes a shared team email inbox and a client portal, neither of which Jetpack has.
Are there hidden costs with Jetpack Workflow?
No surprise fees in the pricing itself — it's one of the more transparent structures in the category. The real cost is architectural: because there's no client portal or document collection, most firms end up paying for a second tool alongside it. Budget the stack, not the line item.
What is the cheapest alternative to Jetpack Workflow?
Financial Cents at $19 per month for a solo practitioner is cheaper and covers recurring bookkeeping workflow with a client portal included. SuiteDash starts at $19 per month per workspace with unlimited users, though it's a much broader and steeper platform. If all you need is to stop chasing clients for documents rather than manage internal workflow, ClientBrief is $7.99 per month flat with unlimited clients.
Pricing checked against the vendor's public pricing page in August–September 2026. Software vendors change prices, tier names, and included features regularly — always confirm current numbers directly with the vendor before signing.