Every WHMCS self-hosted and Cloud price for 2026, what the 1 January increase added, and what 250, 500 and 1,000 clients cost a year — read from whmcs.com on 25 September 2026.
Mario Marin6 min readWHMCS costs $34.95 a month for up to 250 active clients, $54.95 for 500 and $84.95 for 1,000 on a self-hosted licence in 2026, and $9.99, $25 or $75 a month on WHMCS Cloud, plus $0.25 to $0.40 for every client above the tier. Those self-hosted prices took effect on 1 January 2026 and were 16.7% to 22.2% higher than in 2025 — the third January increase in a row. This page lists every published tier, what the increase added, and what 250, 500 and 1,000 clients cost a year on each option.
How this was sourced. FluxBilling publishes this page and sells a product that competes with WHMCS. Every 2026 WHMCS figure was read from whmcs.com/pricing on 25 September 2026; the 2025 prices come from the webhosting.today report of 17 October 2025. Prices are quoted in the currency each vendor publishes and no exchange rate is applied anywhere. Sources are listed at the end. List price is not always the price you are quoted, so check WHMCS before you buy.
Part of the FluxBilling guide to WHMCS alternatives for hosting providers.
Self-hosted WHMCS is a monthly licence priced by the number of active clients, and you run it on your own server. The public pricing page lists three tiers:
| Tier | Active clients | 2025 | 2026 | Change | Extra per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus | 250 | $29.95/mo | $34.95/mo | +16.7% | +$60.00 |
| Professional | 500 | $44.95/mo | $54.95/mo | +22.2% | +$120.00 |
| Business | 1,000 | $69.95/mo | $84.95/mo | +21.4% | +$180.00 |
Larger Business tiers — 2,500, 5,000 and 10,000 clients, plus new 100,000-client and unlimited tiers — were reported at $179.95 to $1,999.95 a month for 2026. They were not shown on the public pricing page on 25 September 2026, so get a quote from WHMCS before relying on any of them.
What users complained about in the threads that followed the announcement is consistent: increases every year, tiers counted by active clients that push a growing host up a tier, and a feeling that the price rises faster than the product changes. WHMCS’s answer is version 9.0, released in December 2025 with credit notes and Peppol e-invoicing, and supported until the end of 2026.
WHMCS Cloud became generally available on 10 March 2026. It is WHMCS hosted and managed for you, priced per client above each tier rather than in fixed steps:
| Tier | Price | Clients included | Each extra client |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $9.99/mo | 25 | $0.40 (up to 50 clients) |
| Growth | $25.00/mo | 100 | $0.25 |
| Expansion | $75.00/mo | 300 | $0.25 |
Growth includes one premium add-on, Project Management or Software Licensing; Expansion includes both. Above 300 clients the two tiers cost the same — $25 plus $0.25 per client over 100 equals $75 plus $0.25 per client over 300 — so the choice between them comes down to the add-ons.
Monthly list prices, before tax, for the cheapest tier that covers each client count:
| Active clients | Self-hosted licence | WHMCS Cloud | Cloud per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | $34.95 (Plus) | $25.00 (Growth) | $300.00 |
| 250 | $34.95 (Plus) | $62.50 (Growth + 150 × $0.25) | $750.00 |
| 500 | $54.95 (Professional) | $125.00 | $1,500.00 |
| 1,000 | $84.95 (Business) | $250.00 | $3,000.00 |
The self-hosted licence is the cheaper WHMCS from about 140 clients up, but it is only the software: the server, backups, updates and security of the install are yours. Cloud includes the hosting and grows linearly with the client count.
The 2026 increase was reported in October 2025 and took effect on 1 January 2026, following the same January pattern as the two years before it. If that holds, 2027 prices would be announced in the next few weeks and apply from January — the moment to decide whether to renew or move is before the new price lands, not after. We will add the 2027 figures here when WHMCS publishes them.
The other platforms hosting providers shortlist, at the prices their vendors publish:
| Platform | Published price | Model |
|---|---|---|
| Blesta | $17.95/mo branded, unlimited clients; owned from $350 | Self-hosted. Its first price rise since 2013 was announced in November 2025. |
| Clientexec | $16.95/mo branded, $19.95 unbranded | Self-hosted lease. Owned licences stopped selling in December 2025; existing ones stay valid. |
| HostBill | $599, $999, $1,599 or $5,999 one-time | Self-hosted, no monthly plan. Colocation and IPAM sit in the upper editions. |
| Upmind | Free tier; paid tiers not published | Hosted SaaS. |
| Paymenter | Free, open source (MIT) | Self-hosted; you maintain it. |
| FluxBilling | €4.95 to €44.95/mo; US accounts $5.95 to $49.95/mo | Managed SaaS; self-hosting on Business for a one-time €50 ($59). |
Where FluxBilling sits, in its own terms: managed plans run €24.95 a month for 250 clients, €34.95 for 500 and €44.95 for unlimited clients — for accounts in the United States, $29.95, $39.95 and $49.95. Those are set price points, not conversions. Against WHMCS Cloud, which is the like-for-like managed comparison, that is $29.95 against $62.50 at 250 clients and $49.95 against $250.00 at 1,000. Billing, DCIM, IPAM and the provider plugins are included on every tier.
Where WHMCS wins, plainly: at 250 clients a self-hosted Plus licence at $34.95 is cheaper than self-hosting FluxBilling, which is only available on the Business tier at $49.95 a month plus a one-time $59. Blesta and Clientexec cost less than FluxBilling Business for unlimited clients if you are happy to run the software yourself. And WHMCS’s module ecosystem is far larger than FluxBilling’s six provider plugins and fifteen payment gateways — if a niche module is load-bearing for your business, check it exists before you plan a move.
For the full side-by-side, see FluxBilling vs WHMCS, and every hosting billing vendor’s published prices in one table. Moving across is covered in the WHMCS migration guide: the importer reads your WHMCS database and never writes back to it.
WHMCS, Blesta, Clientexec, HostBill, Upmind and Paymenter are trademarks of their respective owners. FluxBilling is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Third-party prices are as published by each vendor on the dates above and may have changed since.
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