---
title: "Pay as you go: no monthly fee"
description: "Pay 8 dollars per team member, with a small monthly minimum, instead of a subscription."
url: "https://bookatu.com/en-nz/help/pay-as-you-go"
language: "en"
section: "Help"
category: "Your account"
published: "2026-06-26"
updated: "2026-07-25"
---

# Pay as you go: no monthly fee

Pay 8 dollars per team member, with a small monthly minimum, instead of a subscription.

## What it is

An alternative to a monthly plan. Instead of a fixed fee, you pay 8 dollars per team member each month, with a five dollar minimum in any month you have staff. A month with no team costs nothing. It follows the size of your team, not how busy you are.

## Why it helps

It removes the risk of paying a subscription before the bookings are coming in, which suits new, seasonal or quiet-some-months businesses, and the price only moves when you add or remove a team member.

![The pay-as-you-go estimator on the pricing page, showing what pay-as-you-go costs for a given team size](https://bookatu.com/help/payg-estimator.png)

*The live estimator: drag the slider to see what pay-as-you-go would cost for the size of your team.*

## How to use it

1. See the pricing page and the live estimator to work out what it would cost for the size of your team.
2. Text-message reminders and large photo galleries are optional paid add-ons, not part of the base rate.
3. Once your team settles, a monthly plan usually works out cheaper, and we tell you when to switch so you never overpay.