Did Sunsama Raise Its Prices? Yes — Here's the New Pricing (and Alternatives)
Yes — if your Sunsama renewal looked higher than you expected, you’re not misremembering. The daily planner raised its prices in early 2026, the first increase in roughly five years.
Here’s what the new pricing looks like, why it went up, and what to consider if it’s pushed past what you want to pay.
What changed
Sunsama held its price steady for about five years before raising it in 2026. Sunsama confirms the increase in its own pricing manifesto, framing it as a one-time update after “5 years of keeping the price steady and absorbing rising costs.”
For the specific before-and-after figures, Morgen’s breakdown of Sunsama’s pricing reports:
- Monthly went from $20 to $25 per month.
- Annual went from $16 to $20 per month — that’s roughly $192/year up to $240/year.
So it’s about a $5/month bump on either billing option. Note that Sunsama’s listed rate can vary slightly over time, so treat the exact dollar figures as approximate and check Sunsama’s pricing page for the current number before you commit.
There’s still just the one paid tier (Sunsama doesn’t offer a permanent free plan — only a trial), so the increase applies to essentially everyone who pays.
Is the new Sunsama price worth it?
That depends entirely on how much you live inside the daily-planning ritual Sunsama is built around — pulling tasks in from other tools, planning your day, and shutting down with a review. If that workflow is core to how you work, a few dollars more a month is probably noise.
If you mostly wanted “plan my day and time-block my tasks” and weren’t using the deeper planning features, the higher price is a fair prompt to ask whether you’re paying for more than you use.
What to use instead of Sunsama
If the increase nudged you to look around, the parts most people actually rely on — planning the day, blocking time for tasks, and a daily check-in — can come from an assistant rather than a planning app you have to sit down and operate.
Carly is an AI executive assistant that works over email and text, which changes the daily-planning model: instead of opening an app to plan, you tell Carly and it handles the calendar side.
- Daily planning and briefings. Carly can send you a morning rundown of what’s on your calendar and what’s due, over text or email.
- Task time-blocking. Ask Carly to time-block a to-do and it holds a slot on your calendar, so tasks get real time rather than living on a list.
- No app to babysit. Because it runs over messaging, there’s no daily ritual of opening a planner — you just tell Carly what changed.
Pricing starts at $35/month.
If you’d rather compare dedicated daily planners, we keep a full roundup of the best Sunsama alternatives, plus two head-to-head reads: Akiflow vs Sunsama and Motion vs Sunsama.
FAQ
Did Sunsama raise its prices? Yes. In early 2026 Sunsama raised prices for the first time in about five years, confirmed in its own pricing manifesto.
What is Sunsama’s new price? Per Morgen’s breakdown, monthly moved from $20 to $25 and annual moved from $16 to $20 per month (about $192/year to $240/year). Check Sunsama’s pricing page for the exact current figure, as it can change.
Why did Sunsama raise prices? Sunsama says it kept the price steady for five years while absorbing rising costs, and finally updated it in 2026 — framing it as a one-time correction rather than a regular increase.
Does Sunsama have a free plan? No. Sunsama offers a trial but not a permanent free tier, so the price increase effectively applies to all paying users.
What’s a cheaper or simpler alternative to Sunsama? If you mainly want daily planning, task time-blocking, and a daily briefing, an assistant like Carly handles those over text and email. For dedicated planners, see our Sunsama alternatives guide.
More on this: Sunsama alternatives · Akiflow vs Sunsama · Motion vs Sunsama
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