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Branch App pricing
Branch App publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the payroll tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Branch App pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free for employers, fee-free standard access for workers
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Branch App plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branch | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Branch App stops being free
Branch, Free
- No employer subscription cost
- Fee-free earned wage access to the Branch Wallet
- Instant transfer to external accounts may carry a fee
No paid tier on record
Branch App lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Branch App feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- On-demand pay
- Branch Wallet
- Branch Card
- Branch Embedded
- Cashless tips and mileage tracking
- Automatic savings
People bring Branch App in for a healthcare, retail or hospitality employer wanting fee-free earned wage access for shift workers, a gig or shift-scheduling platform wanting to embed pay features under its own brand via branch embedded, an employer wanting cashless tipping and mileage tracking bundled with wage access, a worker who wants a dedicated pay-focused wallet and debit card rather than routing advances to a personal bank account. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Branch App are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Payroll
Too few payroll tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch App (this page) | Free | Free for employers, fee-free standard access for workers | - | |
| Rain Instant Pay | On request | quote | - | vs Branch App |
| Clair | On request | quote | - | vs Branch App |
| Openwage | On request | Per-transfer fee, paid by the employee | - | vs Branch App |
| Refyne | On request | quote | - | vs Branch App |
| Hastee | On request | quote | - | vs Branch App |
| Wagestream | On request | quote | - | vs Branch App |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Branch App badges page.
Before you pay for Branch App
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Branch App runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Branch Messenger of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The full record is on the Branch App review, and the rest of the category is under best payroll tools.
Branch App pricing questions
- How much does Branch App cost?
- Branch App publishes a single tier, Branch, at Free.
- Does Branch App have a free plan?
- Yes. The Branch tier costs nothing and covers no employer subscription cost, fee-free earned wage access to the branch wallet, instant transfer to external accounts may carry a fee.
- Which payroll tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 payroll tools listed alongside Branch App have a free tier: Payactiv.
- What am I actually paying for with Branch App?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a healthcare, retail or hospitality employer wanting fee-free earned wage access for shift workers, a gig or shift-scheduling platform wanting to embed pay features under its own brand via branch embedded, an employer wanting cashless tipping and mileage tracking bundled with wage access.
- Does Branch App charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Branch App prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Branch App against before paying?
- The closest payroll tools in this directory are Rain Instant Pay, Clair, Openwage, Refyne. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Branch App covering price, platforms and features.