Harvest Lifts Some Bills 1500% After Bending Spoons Overhaul

2 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 20

$130 became $2,110 a month for one UK consultancy after Harvest renewed under a new pricing model, with other users reporting jumps such as $2,800 to $23,000 a year.
The increase followed Harvest's 2025 acquisition by Bending Spoons and a 2026 shift from per-user fees to usage-based charges tied to projects, clients, tasks and invoiced revenue.
Harvest offered that customer a one-year discounted rate of $1,309 if paid upfront, but he said he plans to switch providers because the rise would otherwise double his annual IT spending.
Pricing consultants told the BBC the structure fails a transparency test because customers may not know their costs until billed, while users online described 10-fold increases as unacceptable.
Bending Spoons, which has bought more than 50 tech companies since 2013, has previously raised prices or tightened free tiers at Evernote, WeTransfer and Vimeo.