Pricing Plans - Make Analytics optional on Ignite and Grow plans
I see that in Aus the starter plans in Xero are going up by 7-12% again this year (July 2025).
Part of the sales pitch appears to be access to analytics. Subscribers on this level are mum and dad businesses, maybe an employee or two (as restricted by Xero).
They need a simple system they can use, they don't need or want sophisticated analytics systems. There's nothing in their accounts to analyse. They barely have time or inclination to do a bank rec.
I find it odd that xero restrict basic functions and compliance features like invoicing, bills, payroll and super at these lower level plans, but then make it a mandatory feature of these plans to pay for higher level analytics functions these types of businesses are never going to use or need.
I suggest it makes more sense to keep the price of these plans steady and more competitive with more access to basic functionality, and make analytics optional rather than the current model of restricting what people need and making them pay for what they don't.
Craig Byron
shared this idea
Hi community, we appreciate feedback on how we could improve Xero plans to suit your business, and this has been shared with our teams internally. However, we will no longer accept ideas about Xero pricing plans or plan structures. There are many factors that contribute to these decisions, and we cannot make commitments to ideas of this nature.
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Bee Hesketh
commented
I agree. The analytics still don't take into account repeating invoices (offering any kind of forecasting) so they offer us no additional benefits at all, but we are being forced to pay for them. I wouldn't even go as far as to describe them as sophisticated to be honest.
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Dean Bicknell
commented
I completely agree with Craig! I have no need for these advanced analytics systems, and feel that we shouldn't have to pay for features that aren't needed or wanted.