Black Friday Deals 2026Software, Hosting and Online Tools
I know how hard it is to tell a real Black Friday deal from an old coupon that’s still online. Buy the wrong one and you can end up paying more at renewal than you saved on day one.
My advice is simple. I’d pick the plan I need first and then compare Black Friday deals for it. That’s why I list the offers dated 2026 first and label earlier promotions by year.
Launch price, no coupon: $99 lifetime instead of $399 later, or $39 a year instead of $69 later. Subscriptions, licensing, payments, multi-currency and invoices for WooCommerce in one plugin. Today's price already matches, so waiting won't save more.
Launch price, no coupon: $99 lifetime instead of $399 later, or $39 a year instead of $69 later. Subscriptions, licensing, payments, multi-currency and invoices for Easy Digital Downloads in one plugin. Today's price already matches, so waiting won't save more.
40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY or BLACKFRIDAY40 from November 20 to December 1: the 25-site lifetime license is $119.40 instead of $199, and the first year of the 10-site and 20-site yearly plans is $41.40 instead of $69 or $59.40 instead of $99. Unlimited agents on every plan, with a 14-day refund.
40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY or BLACKFRIDAY40 from November 20 to December 1: lifetime is $149.40 instead of $249, or $35.40 for the first year instead of $59. Every premium form feature, payments included, on unlimited sites.
40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY or BLACKFRIDAY40 from November 20 to December 1: lifetime is $59.40 instead of $99, or $23.40 for the first year instead of $39. Turn one dataset into searchable tables and charts, with CSV import and Google Sheets refresh.
40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY or BLACKFRIDAY40 from November 20 to December 1: lifetime is $59.40 instead of $99, or $23.40 for the first year instead of $39. Take appointments, group sessions and recurring bookings, with every booking stored on your own site.
40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY or BLACKFRIDAY40 from November 20 to December 1: lifetime is $59.40 instead of $99, or $23.40 for the first year instead of $39, for unlimited sites.
40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY or BLACKFRIDAY40 from November 20 to December 1: lifetime for 10 sites is $119.40 instead of $199, or $35.40 for the first year instead of $59 for 3 sites. A store theme for FluentCart and WooCommerce shops that sell clothing, shoes and accessories, with GT Extensions or Stackless included.
Up to 85% off: Premium $1.99/mo, Unlimited $2.79/mo and Cloud Startup $7.99/mo on 48 months, 2x AI credits, .com for $0.01 in year 1 and VPS from $6.49/mo. Code BLACKFRIDAY takes an extra 10% off at checkout.
80% off for 2 months plus unlimited migrations on all products with code BFCM802. New customers only, and the normal monthly price applies from month 3.
Up to 78% off 2-year plans plus 3 extra months, from $3.49/mo. From November 24 to December 1, the Basic 2-year plan drops to $2.99/mo. Percentages vary by country.
Entry Cloud up to 72% off, from $11.21/mo, and Managed Cloud up to 71% off, with Build #1 at $22.46/mo. Build #1 renews at $54.95/mo. The sale covers cloud plans only, not shared hosting.
Up to 60% off, applied automatically. 3-year licenses are 60% off: Single works out to $1.95 a month, Plus $3.91 and Multi $9.79, billed upfront for 3 years. 1-year licenses are 40% off, so Single is $35.97, Plus $71.97 and Multi $179.97 for the first year. Rocket Insights is included free.
Site-wide buy more, save more sale: 15% off 1 eligible product, 20% off 2 and 25% off 3 or more in one order, applied automatically. Covers shared hosting, VPS, the AI Website Builder and AI Store, on the first 12-month term only.
Shared hosting from $1.49/mo on 12-month plans, applied automatically, for new customers. Code BLACKFRIDAY adds an extra 5% off; Hosting.com says some codes stack with the sale. Managed WordPress, VPS, reseller and dedicated aren't discounted.
Early bird sale: an extra 15% off 1 eligible product, or an extra 20% off 2 bought together, on top of the regular discount. Covers shared hosting, Snappy VPS and the AI All-Access Pack on 1-year terms. Hatchling comes to $4.21/mo and renews at $13.19/mo.
Shared and WordPress hosting up to 88% off and from $1.49/mo on 36-month plans, or from $2.95/mo on 12-month plans. Managed WordPress gets 6 months free on annual plans. No code. Plans renew at the regular rate after the first term.
87% off every plan, applied automatically: cloud storage plus antivirus, cleaner, VPN, Meet and Mail, on annual and lifetime plans. New customers only. Annual plans renew at the regular price, so lifetime is the one to look at.
Individual 2-year plan 53% off plus 3 months, from $1.39/mo. Family 2-year plan 58% off plus 3 months, from $2.49/mo. 1-year plans run $1.99/mo and $3.69/mo.
Shared and Optimized WordPress hosting up to 90% off, from $1.25/mo. Managed WordPress from $9.95/mo, VPS from $4.45/mo and dedicated from $47.96/mo. Check the renewal line at checkout before you pick a term.
60% off the first year of any LifterLMS bundle with code BLACKFRIDAY26, plus bonus add-ons. On November 30 only, the Infinity Bundle lifetime license sells for $2,999.
58% off the Ecommerce Growth plan on a 12-month term, plus an extra 10% with code BLACKFRIDAY. Unlimited, the cheapest plan with a store, is $3.99/mo on 48 months and renews at $16.99/mo.
30% off domains and 50% off Google Workspace with code GETONLINENOW from November 9 to 23. From November 23 to December 7, code SITEWIDE30 takes 30% off sitewide, including the AI All Access Pack.
A flat 30% off FluentCart from November 16 to December 4, 2026, applied automatically with no code. FluentCart sells yearly plans only, since its lifetime license closed on October 30.
6 free months on 1-year plans for new customers, so Business is $179.94 for the year instead of $299.90 (Starter $107.94, Professional $359.94). Monthly plans get up to 90% off: Starter $1.80, Business $4.50. 2- to 5-year terms keep their usual free months.
26% off all MailerLite annual plans with code LITEFRIDAY26, for new sign-ups and for existing accounts moving to or upgrading an annual plan. Monthly plans aren't included.
$40 off any new Link Whisper license plus $60 in AI credits with code BFLW2026, so Starter is $57 instead of $97. Existing customers get bonus AI credits: $100 for $25 (BFLWC12026, single-site) or $500 for $100 (BFLWC22026, multi-site).
Lifetime is 50% off with code bfcroco2026, dropping from $999 to $499.50, but only 600 licenses are available and Crocoblock closes Lifetime to new buyers after this sale. All Inclusive Plus is 40% off, All Inclusive 30% and JetPlugins 20%.
50% extra hosting credits: pay $99 and get $150 with code BF99, $249 for $375 with BF249, $499 for $750 with BF499 or $999 for $1,500 with BF999. Migrations are free and credits never expire, but they're spent at standard rates.
Save up to 77% vs paying monthly. Includes the extra 25% Black Friday discount on annual and multi-year plans until December 1. First term only, renews at the standard price; monthly plans and renewals aren't included.
A flat 40% off Fluent Support from November 16 to December 4, 2026, applied automatically at checkout. Every plan includes unlimited agents and tickets.
Up to 60% off, applied at checkout with no code. Today's first-year prices are already 50% off: Growth for 1 site is $99.50 a year and the All Access Bundle is $249. Renewals are at full price.
50% off every license, applied at checkout with no code. That matches today's first-year price, so waiting saves nothing on year one: Growth for 1 site is $99.50 a year, down from $199, and renews at full price.
Up to 40% off every WPManageNinja plugin from November 16 to December 4, 2026, applied automatically. The sale covers FluentCart, Fluent Forms, FluentCRM, FluentCommunity, FluentBooking, Fluent Support, FluentAffiliate, FluentBoards, WP Social Ninja, Paymattic, Ninja Tables, AzonPress and FluentPlayer.
30% off yearly licenses with no coupon: Import Export Suite, Product, Order and Customer Import Export, Product Feed and the Starter Bundle. Product Import Export for 1 site drops from $69 to $48.30. The Starter Bundle already sells near that price.
40% off the first year of Elite annual plans, applied automatically: Personal $89.40, Developer $149.40, Agency $299.40. Renewals return to full price.
30% off every FlyingPress plan, as in 2025: about $41.30 for Starter, $76.30 for Pro, $160.30 for Business and $195.30 for Unlimited at today's prices.
XCloud's Black Friday page lists a lifetime deal and managed servers as coming soon. In 2025, the lifetime panel was $399 for 5 servers, live from mid-November into December.
Possibly 4 months free on new annual plans, as in 2024. 2025 terms are unconfirmed (WP Engine's plans page showed no Black Friday offer; deal sites reported 3 to 4 months free). Until then, WPE3FREE takes 25% off the first year.
No separate Black Friday sale. EWWW's holiday code SNH2026 takes 15% off any plan for life, and its last Black Friday code, in 2024, took 20% off for life.
Semrush hasn't announced a Black Friday offer, and no official 2025 offer was found. The 7-day free trial and yearly billing, up to 17% off, are the ways to save.
Rank Math's Black Friday prices aren't announced yet. Last year PRO dropped to $4.92 a month billed yearly from about November 19 into early December, with a 2-day $4.08 price on November 26 and 27.
Directorist is running Black Friday in 3 drops: yearly plans first, then lifetime licenses with an extra bonus for its email list, then a bundle on Cyber Monday. It hasn't published the discount yet.
It depends on what you already pay for. I’d start with the tools that are about to renew, because a discount on something you use every day saves money. A discount on something new generally adds one more bill.
Anyone buying nowThe early Black Friday deals list the offers that are already live, with their codes, end dates and renewal prices, plus the gadget prices worth waiting for.
Website ownersHosting usually has the biggest gap between the first bill and the renewal, so I’d check the web hosting Black Friday deals first. If your site has outgrown shared hosting, the VPS deals are the next stop.
WordPress usersThe WordPress Black Friday deals cover plugins and themes. It is wise to buy only the licenses your site needs today.
StudentsThe student deals are worth a look, but you should check whether the regular student price already beats the sale.
Anyone tightening their securityThe VPN deals and password manager deals are mostly multi-year plans, so the renewal price matters more than the headline.
Long-term buyersThe lifetime deals and AppSumo deals make sense only when the product already does what you need.
When Is Black Friday 2026?
Black Friday 2026 is on Friday, November 27. It always falls on the day after US Thanksgiving, which is the fourth Thursday of November, so the date moves between November 23 and 29 each year.
ThanksgivingThe US holiday that sets the date. Many online sales are already running by now.
Black FridayThe main sale day, in stores and online.
Small Business SaturdayAmerican Express started it in 2010 to bring shoppers to local stores.
Cyber MondayThe biggest online spending day of the US holiday season.
When Do Black Friday Software Deals Start?
Earlier than most people expect. These are the patterns I see in the offers I list on this page:
Start: nearly every offer starts before Black Friday, generally about 2 weeks ahead, and the earliest ones start in October.
End: most keep running past Cyber Monday, and some continue well into December.
Exceptions: a few prices last for 1 day only, so the offer page is worth reading before you plan around a date.
So, you don’t have to wait for November 27. I wouldn’t hold off on a live offer at a price that works for you, unless the seller has announced a deeper discount for the day itself.
How Much Discount Do You Get on Black Friday?
For most software, expect 25% to 50% off. Hosting and VPN offers advertise much bigger numbers, because the discount applies to a first term and the renewal brings the price back up.
Typical Black Friday Discounts
WordPress plugins and SaaS tools: mostly 25% to 50% off, generally on the first year only.
Lifetime plans and bundles: sometimes 60% to 80% off, depending on the site and license limits.
Web hosting: often 70% to 90% off the first term, and then the renewal price applies.
VPNs and password managers: often 50% to 80% off, on plans of 2 years.
Retail goods: Adobe put the best 2025 holiday discounts at 30.9% off list for electronics, 29.8% for toys and 25.1% for apparel.
Why the Biggest Percentage Can Cost More
This example uses made-up prices for 2 plans that do the same job.
Detail
Plan A
Plan B
Regular price
$10 a month
$6 a month
Black Friday offer
80% off year 1
40% off 2 years
Year 1
$24
$43.20
Year 2
$120
$43.20
2-year total
$144
$86.40
Plan A has the headline but Plan B costs $57.60 less over 2 years. That is why I compare the total over the same period and ignore the percentage.
How to Compare Black Friday Deals
I recommend choosing the plan you need before comparing the discount. A cheaper first year can still lead to a more expensive renewal.
Total costCompare the initial payment, tax, required add-ons and renewal price over the same billing period.
License limitsCheck the number of sites, users, projects or servers included.
Lifetime termsConfirm which updates and support are included and which services require another subscription.
EligibilityA promotion may apply only to new customers, upgrades or a particular billing term.
ExpiryCheck the offer’s year, ending time and time zone. An older coupon can remain online after the promotion ends.
RefundsRead the seller’s current refund policy before paying.
A percentage discount only helps when the underlying price and plan are comparable. You should confirm the final checkout price on the seller’s site before buying.
How to Spot a Fake Black Friday Deal
The most common trick is a big discount off a list price that nobody pays. I covered how this works for plugins in fake discounts on WordPress plugins, and the same signs apply across online stores.
The list price went up: a price that rose just before the sale makes the discount look bigger. You should note today’s price now, so you have something to compare with in November.
The sale never ends: an offer that runs all year at the same price is the regular price with a new banner.
The coupon is old: coupon sites keep expired codes online for years, so the year on the offer matters.
The add-ons are hidden: setup fees, required add-ons and a pre-ticked longer term can wipe out the savings at checkout.
The price history doesn’t match: on Amazon, price trackers such as Keepa and CamelCamelCamel show what a product actually sold for in past months.
Countdown timers deserve the same doubt. If the timer resets when you come back the next morning, that sale must be having a very long last day.
Know What You Need?Start With This Year’s Offers.
I’d start with whatever renews next. Find its offer in the directory, compare the total over 2 years and buy it only if you would have paid for it anyway.