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I’ve followed software and SaaS Black Friday deals long enough to know that the badge tells you very little. Last November, Adobe’s sale saved $420 in the first year. ElevenLabs’ sale saved $4 on the first month of Starter, and the same $1 first month is on its pricing page today.
So if you buy from the banners, you’ll overpay on some tools and miss the one or two that matter. Kit’s 2025 deal cost $397.80 over 12 months, while plain yearly billing cost $390 with no sale at all.
My plan for this month is short. I’d wait for Adobe, QuickBooks, Norton and Grammarly, because those had the big cuts last year, and I’d move the rest of your stack to yearly billing now. HubSpot Starter is the one I’d buy today, since its current 65% off already beats last November.
No vendor here has published a 2026 Black Friday price yet, so the tables below show what each one did last year and what it charges today. The prices are US dollars, and they can differ where you live.
Best Black Friday Software Deals
These are the Black Friday software deals on the desktop and consumer apps people ask about most. Find yours, then read the last column before you decide to wait.
| Software | Black Friday 2025 | Today | My call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Creative Cloud Pro | $34.97/mo for the first year | $34.99/mo for 3 months, then $69.99/mo | Wait |
| Norton 360 Deluxe | $29.99 for the first year | $49.99 for the first year, renews at $124.99 | Wait |
| Malwarebytes Standard | $29.99 a year | $59.99 a year | Wait |
| Parallels Desktop Standard | $49.99 a year | $64.99 a year | Wait if you can |
| CleanMyMac Basic | $28.14 a year, November 28 to December 1 | About $40 a year | Wait, or ask for the switch discount |
| Camtasia Essentials | 50% off on Cyber Monday | $179.88 a year | Wait for Cyber Monday |
| Bitdefender Total Security | $50 a year | $59.99 for the first year | Small gap, buy when you need it |
| Wondershare Filmora | Same US price plus an extra 10% | $49.99 a year or $79.99 once, plus an extra 10% | Buy when you need it |
| Microsoft 365 | No discount from Microsoft | $99.99 a year, or $129.99 for Family | Buy when you need it |
| Setapp | No discount | $8.99/mo billed yearly, down from $13.49 | Buy when you need it |
| Affinity | Already free | Free with a Canva account | No sale needed |
SaaS Black Friday Deals at a Glance
Black Friday SaaS deals work differently, because most of them are for new customers and cover the first few months. Many of the best-known tools don’t discount at all, so a SaaS Black Friday plan starts with knowing which ones.
| SaaS tool | Black Friday 2025 | Today | My call |
|---|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks Online Plus | 70% off for 3 months, $34.50/mo | 50% off for 3 months, $70/mo, then $140/mo | Wait |
| Grammarly Pro | $72 for the first year | $144 a year | Wait |
| HubSpot Starter | Up to 55% off, $9/mo | Up to 65% off, $7/mo | Buy now |
| Kit Creator | 60% off for 3 months | $390 a year | Yearly is the better deal |
| Canva Pro | 50% off for 3 months, new customers | Regular price | Wait |
| Semrush SEO | Deal sites disagree | $117.33/mo billed yearly | Yearly saves $260 |
| MailerLite | 25% off annual plans, November 18 to December 16 | 10% off annual plans | Wait |
| beehiiv | Reported at 20% off annual plans | $49/mo billed yearly on Lite | Wait if you’re starting a paid plan |
| ElevenLabs | $1 Starter, $11 Creator, first month | The same first-month prices | No reason to wait |
| Descript | Bonus credits, no price cut | $24/mo billed yearly | No reason to wait |
| Ahrefs | No discount | Lite $129/mo, up to 17% off yearly | No reason to wait |
| Notion | No discount | Plus $10/mo billed yearly | No reason to wait |
| ClickUp | No discount | Unlimited $7/mo billed yearly | No reason to wait |
| monday.com | No discount | Standard $12 per seat billed yearly | No reason to wait |
| Todoist | No sale found | Pro $60 a year | No reason to wait |
My Black Friday AI deals guide covers the AI apps, most of which never discount.
Biggest First-Year Savings Last Black Friday
I find this the most useful way to rank these sales, because a percentage on 3 months and a percentage on 12 months aren’t the same thing. Each figure below is against that tool’s regular price at the time:
| Tool | What it saved in year 1 | What that covered |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Creative Cloud Pro | $420.24 | 12 months at half price |
| QuickBooks Online Plus | $241.50 | 3 months at 70% off |
| Norton 360 Deluxe | $95 | Year 1 against the renewal price |
| Grammarly Pro | $72 | Year 1 at half price |
| Kit Creator | $70.20 | 3 months at 60% off monthly billing |
| Parallels Desktop Standard | $50 | Year 1, or $15 against today’s $64.99 |
| Malwarebytes Standard | $30 | Year 1 at half price |
| MailerLite Growing Business | $30 | Year 1 on 500 subscribers |
| CleanMyMac Basic | $12.06 | Year 1 at 30% off |
| ElevenLabs Starter | $4 | The first month |
So a sale on Adobe is worth waiting weeks for, and a sale on ElevenLabs isn’t worth a calendar reminder.
Software Deals Worth Waiting For
Black Friday software is worth timing when last year’s price sat far below today’s, and these are the apps where it did.
Adobe Creative Cloud Pro
Adobe is the biggest reason to wait on this page. Last year it cut the whole first year in half, and today’s offer covers only 3 months.
- Black Friday 2025: $34.97/mo for the first year, from November 13 to 28, and about $35/mo reported until December 7
- Today: $34.99/mo for 3 months, then $69.99/mo, for new subscribers
- The difference: $420.24 saved last year against $105 today, so about $315
- Conditions: a 12-month commitment, and no education or volume licenses
Adobe hasn’t announced its 2026 offer, so that $315 depends on a repeat. If you can hold off until mid-November, I’d hold off. Students had a separate $19.99/mo price last year.
Norton 360
Norton’s sale price isn’t a once-a-year event. The $29.99 from last Black Friday came back until about September 29 this year, so you should treat it as the price to wait for.
- Black Friday 2025: Deluxe with 5 devices at $29.99 for the first year, through December 2
- Today: Deluxe at $49.99 for the first year
- Renews at: $124.99 a year
- Refund: 60 days
That renewal is more than 4 times the sale price. It is wise to turn off auto-renewal the day you buy, and to look at the Black Friday price again next year.
Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes halved its Standard and Plus plans last year, and that sale ran past Cyber Monday. It’s the simpler pick if all you want is antivirus and malware removal.
- Black Friday 2025: Standard $29.99, Plus $39.99 and Ultimate $139.99, through December 7
- Today: Standard $59.99 and Plus $79.99 for 3 devices, with Ultimate still at $139.99
- Refund: 60 days
Ultimate’s “Save 50%” badge was already there last November, so that plan is not one to wait for.
Parallels Desktop
Parallels runs Windows on a Mac, and its sale ended before Cyber Monday last year. The saving against today’s price is small, so I wouldn’t delay real work for it.
- Black Friday 2025: Standard $49.99 a year and Pro $59.99 a year, through about November 30
- Today: Standard $64.99 a year and Pro $77.99 a year
- One-time license: $219.99, with no discount last year
- Refund: 30 days
CleanMyMac
CleanMyMac has a smaller sale than its badge suggests, and a standing offer that may beat it. Its store lists 40% off by request if you already use another Mac cleaner or antivirus.
- Black Friday 2025: 30% off from November 28 to December 1, Basic at $28.14 a year and $83.96 once
- Today: Basic from $3.33/mo billed yearly
- Refund: 30 days
Camtasia
Camtasia is the one app here that got better on Cyber Monday. It showed no discount on November 22 last year, then 50% off with code CYBER50 appeared on December 1.
- Essentials today: $179.88 a year
- At 50% off: $89.94 for the first year
- Other plans: Starter $39 a year, Create $249 a year and Pro $599 a year
SaaS Deals Worth Waiting For
Most of these SaaS deals on Black Friday are for new customers. So they matter when you’re adding a tool, and rarely when you’re already paying for one.
QuickBooks Online
QuickBooks had one of the deepest SaaS Black Friday deals last year, and its prices have gone up since. Waiting makes sense if you can start your books in late November.
- Black Friday 2025: 70% off for 3 months, Plus at $34.50/mo and Simple Start at $11.40/mo
- Cyber Monday 2025: the same prices, with the end date moved from November 30 to December 5
- Today: 50% off for 3 months, Plus at $70/mo and Simple Start at $19/mo
- Since August 1: Plus rose from $115 to $140, Essentials from $75 to $85 and Advanced from $275 to $340. Simple Start stayed at $38
If the 70% returns on today’s Plus price, it saves $294 against $210 today. The new Free plan is worth a look first if your books are simple.
Grammarly
Grammarly cut its yearly plan in half last year, and I expect a new-customer offer again. The company now goes by Superhuman, but the Grammarly product and name remain.
- Black Friday 2025: $72 for the first year instead of $144, ending December 6
- Today: $144 a year or $30 a month
- Free: a free plan, plus a Pro trial
If you’re paying monthly, yearly billing already saves $216 a year, so you should switch whether or not a sale comes.
HubSpot Starter
HubSpot Starter is the rare tool where today beats last November. It isn’t labeled a Black Friday deal, and it’s for new customers.
- Today: up to 65% off, $7/mo billed yearly or $10/mo billed monthly, against a $20 list price
- Last November: up to 55% off, $9/mo billed yearly
- Free: the free CRM covers up to 2 users
That’s $156 saved in year 1 on one seat. This discount moved from 55% to 40% and then to 65% within a year, so I wouldn’t assume it stays.
Kit
Kit, the email platform formerly called ConvertKit, aims its Black Friday offer at creators paying monthly. If you plan to stay a year, its yearly price was the better deal.
- Black Friday 2025: 60% off Creator for 3 months, $15.60/mo at 1,000 subscribers, November 20 to December 2
- 12 months on that deal: $397.80
- 12 months on yearly billing: $390, with no sale
- Today: Creator at $390 a year, and an extra 25% off Pro’s first year
- Free: up to 10,000 subscribers
Canva Pro
Canva’s last offer was generous but narrow, and it ran later than almost anything else on this page.
- Black Friday 2025: 50% off Pro or Business for the first 3 months, until December 19
- Who could use it: new customers, with nobody on a paid plan in the last 30 days
- Not available in: India, China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines
Existing subscribers rarely get a discount, so I’d plan around yearly billing there. My Canva Black Friday page has the plan details.
Semrush
Semrush is worth watching, but you should plan your budget around the saving you can count on. Adobe finished buying Semrush on April 28, so last year’s pattern may not tell you much. My Semrush Black Friday guide has plan-by-plan details.
- Today: SEO at $139/mo, Starter at $199/mo and Pro+ at $299/mo
- Yearly billing: SEO drops to $117.33/mo, which saves about $260 a year
- Trial: 7 days free, plus a free plan
Software and SaaS That Don’t Discount
Waiting for these only delays your work. Their pricing pages showed the same prices through last year’s sale weeks, so I’d take the everyday saving instead:
- Ahrefs: up to 17% off for paying yearly
- Notion: up to 20% off for paying yearly, and Plus is free for students and educators
- ClickUp: up to 30% off for paying yearly. Some visitors now see a new plan grid with different prices
- monday.com: 18% off for paying yearly, and free for up to 2 seats
- Todoist: $60 a year against $84 paid monthly. It raised Pro from $48 on December 10 last year
- Descript: up to 35% off for paying yearly. Last year’s offer was bonus credits, with no price cut
- Setapp: up to 40% off for paying yearly, up from 10% last November
- Microsoft 365: no discount from Microsoft, though retailers may bundle it. Office Home 2024 rose from $149.99 to $179.99
Cyber Monday Software Deals
Cyber Monday software deals are mostly the Black Friday deals with a new banner. Only a few tools changed anything last year, and this year’s Cyber Monday is November 30:
- Better: Camtasia, with 50% off and code CYBER50
- Same price, longer window: QuickBooks until December 5 and Adobe until December 7
- Same offer, still running: Norton to December 2, Kit to December 2, Grammarly to December 6, Malwarebytes to December 7, MailerLite to December 16 and Canva to December 19
- Worse or over: Parallels ended around November 30, and ElevenLabs’ $1 Starter was gone by December 2
So you can use Cyber Monday as a second chance on most of these, and I wouldn’t count on a better price. Cyber Monday SaaS deals follow the same pattern, since those sales usually run as one window through the weekend.
Yearly Billing Beats Most SaaS Deals
For SaaS you’ll keep all year, yearly billing usually saves more than a first-month discount. Here’s a worked example with Semrush’s SEO plan:
- Monthly: $139 x 12 = $1,668 a year
- Yearly: $117.33 x 12 = about $1,408 a year
- Saving: about $260 a year, every year, with no sale needed
A Black Friday deal wins only when its total saving beats that number. A 50% cut on the first month alone would save about $70, so the yearly plan still comes out ahead. If you already pay for a tool, moving to yearly at your next renewal is the realistic saving.
Software and SaaS Deals With Set Dates
These smaller sales have published dates and terms, and NordVPN and NordPass are already live. Each card goes live on its first day.
- 7 SaaS deals
- 3 live now
- 4 with a start date
- 87% biggest discount
Internxt
Business tools
Internxt is a privacy-focused cloud storage provider that encrypts your files client-side before they ever leave your device. Unlike mainstream…
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.
NordVPN
VPN and passwords
NordVPN is the VPN I pay for and run on my own machines. With around 9,000 servers across 130 countries,…
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.
NordPass
VPN and passwords
Password manager from the team behind NordVPN, with Individual, Family and Business plans.
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.
ZipWP
Business tools
AI website builder for WordPress that includes hosting, a domain and business email.
Up to 47% off with no coupon, plans from $79. Today's first-year prices start at $99 a year and renew at list price.
AlsoAsked
SEO
Maps Google's People Also Ask questions into trees, so you can see what searchers ask next and how Google groups…
An extra 20% off annual plans for new and existing users, so a year costs 40% less than paying monthly: Basic £81, Lite £155 and Pro £317 a year. The sale is announced in pounds; the pricing page also shows dollars.
TNC PDF FlipBook
Business tools
Hosted PDF flipbooks you can embed on a website.
Up to 50% off with code BF2026. Plans start at $10 a month before the code.
OptimizeCamp
SEO
Tracks whether ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude mention your brand, then suggests content fixes you can publish to…
30% off every plan with code BF2026, and the discount stays on every renewal. Solo drops from $19 to $13.30 a month, or $125.30 a year. There is no free plan, but first payments come with a 14-day refund.
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Software Black Friday Outlook
None of the big names above has announced a 2026 offer, so these calls rest on what each did last year and what has changed since:
- Likely: new-customer offers from Adobe, Grammarly, Kit, Canva and QuickBooks, plus first-year antivirus cuts from Norton and Malwarebytes
- Possible: a Semrush offer under Adobe, and a Parallels sale near last year’s $49.99
- Unlikely: any Black Friday price from Ahrefs, Notion, ClickUp or monday.com
More Black Friday Deal Guides
Each of these covers one corner of software in more detail:
- WordPress Black Friday deals on plugins, themes and builders
- Black Friday web hosting deals with renewal prices
- VPS Black Friday deals with 3-year costs
- Password manager Black Friday deals and which ones to skip
- Black Friday AI deals on chat, writing and voice tools
- Black Friday SEO deals on rank trackers and audit tools
- Cloud storage Black Friday deals and lifetime storage plans
- Black Friday lifetime deals for tools you’d rather pay for once
- AppSumo Black Friday deals on newer SaaS products
- VPN Black Friday deals for privacy tools
- Small business Black Friday guide for the rest of your stack
FAQs on Software and SaaS Black Friday Deals
What are the best Black Friday software deals?
Going by last year, Adobe Creative Cloud Pro saved the most at $420 in year 1, followed by QuickBooks Online Plus at $241.50 and Norton 360 at $95. HubSpot Starter is the best one you can buy today, at 65% off.
Do SaaS companies offer Black Friday deals?
Some do and many don’t. Kit, Canva, Grammarly and QuickBooks ran offers last year, while Ahrefs, Notion, ClickUp and monday.com kept their prices.
When do software Black Friday deals start?
Adobe started on November 13 last year and MailerLite on November 18. Kit started on November 20, and most others open in the week before Thanksgiving. Black Friday is November 27 this year.
Are Cyber Monday software deals better than Black Friday?
Rarely. Most tools kept the same price into Cyber Monday last year. Camtasia was the main exception, with 50% off only around Cyber Monday.
Is yearly billing better than a Black Friday SaaS deal?
Often, yes. Yearly billing saves 17% to 20% on most SaaS tools every year, while many Black Friday discounts cover only the first month or first few months.
Do Black Friday SaaS discounts apply to existing customers?
Rarely. Most offers, including Kit’s and Canva’s last year, were for new customers. Existing customers usually save more by moving to yearly billing.
Does Ahrefs have a Black Friday sale?
Ahrefs didn’t discount last year. Its pricing page offers up to 17% off for paying yearly, which is the saving to plan around.
Final Remarks
If you’re still wondering whether to hold off, I’d look at your last renewal email for each tool. For anything already on monthly billing, I’d switch it to yearly now.
Then I’d keep Black Friday for the 2 or 3 new tools you’ve been meaning to try, and check Adobe’s page first around November 13.
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