BONKT Pro vs Unleashed: How to Work Out Which Team Plan You Actually Need

The question every team manager eventually asks

You have decided digital business cards make sense for your team. Now you are looking at two plan names — Pro and Unleashed — and wondering whether the difference is meaningful or just marketing. This guide gives you the arithmetic and the feature comparison so you can make the call without guesswork.

The short version: the BONKT Pro vs Unleashed team plan decision comes down to headcount. Once you know how many people need a card, the right answer usually becomes obvious within a minute of reading this.

What each plan actually costs

BONKT Pro is priced at AUD $14.99 per user, per month (GST inclusive), or AUD $149 per user per year if you pay annually. It covers teams of 1 to 49 people. You choose the number of seats at checkout and can add more later, paying only the difference.

BONKT Unleashed is priced at AUD $11.99 per user, per month, billed yearly — that works out to AUD $143.88 per user per year. It requires a minimum of 50 users, which means the floor price is AUD $7,194 a year. To get started on Unleashed, you contact the BONKT sales team directly.

One thing worth noting: Pro offers a monthly billing option, which gives you flexibility if your headcount is in flux. Unleashed is annual-only, so it suits organisations that know their team size and are planning ahead.

The per-user cost at a glance

• Pro monthly: $14.99 per user
• Pro yearly: $149 per user per year ($12.42 per user per month equivalent)
• Unleashed yearly: $143.88 per user per year ($11.99 per user per month equivalent)

On a per-user basis, Unleashed is cheaper than Pro yearly by about $5 per person per year. For a team of 50, that is roughly $250 a year. For a team of 100, it is around $500. Whether that saving justifies the minimum commitment and the annual-only billing is a judgement call for your organisation.

Where the crossover actually sits

The notes for this post suggest the crossover is around 35 seats. Let us check that against the published prices.

At 35 users on Pro yearly: 35 × $149 = $5,215 per year.
At 50 users on Unleashed (the minimum): 50 × $143.88 = $7,194 per year.

Unleashed does not become available below 50 users, so there is no direct crossover below that threshold. If you have fewer than 50 people, Pro is your only option regardless of price. If you have exactly 50 or more, Unleashed gives you a lower per-user rate and is worth the comparison.

The real question at 50-plus users is whether you want the flexibility of monthly billing (Pro) or the lower per-seat cost of an annual commitment (Unleashed). Both plans include the same core feature set.

Features: what is the same, and what is different

Both Pro and Unleashed include the full BONKT feature set. That means every team member gets:

• Up to 3 digital business cards per person, shareable by NFC tap, QR code or link — NFC read and write is included on both plans.
• VOX, the AI assistant on every card, at 300 chats per card per month.
• 100 AI scans per user per month (paper business cards and receipts share this allowance).
• Full analytics, CRM connections and the integrations page for sending contacts to your tools automatically.
• Bulk card creation — upload a spreadsheet and BONKT generates every card from your company template.
• Team management, brand controls, reusable seats and personal onboarding.

The one feature that Unleashed adds, which Pro does not include, is team analytics: views, taps, saves and leads aggregated across the whole team, not just per card. For a sales manager or marketing director who wants a single dashboard view of how the whole team is performing in the field, that is a meaningful addition. Card analytics are available on both plans at the individual level; the team-wide view is Unleashed only.

The operational case for each plan

When Pro makes sense

Pro is the right choice for most teams under 50 people. It gives you full functionality, the option to pay monthly while your team is growing, and the ability to add seats incrementally. If you are rolling out cards to a sales team, a trades crew or a professional services firm and you are not yet certain of your final headcount, starting on Pro monthly keeps your options open.

You can always upgrade your plan later. Moving from Pro to Unleashed when you hit 50 users is a straightforward conversation with the BONKT team.

When Unleashed makes sense

Unleashed suits larger organisations that know they need 50 or more seats, want the lowest per-user price, and are comfortable committing annually. The team analytics feature makes it particularly useful for companies that run regular networking events, trade shows or field sales programmes, where a manager needs to see activity across the whole group in one place — including event mode, which tags every contact collected during a specific event and produces a results report when it ends.

Unleashed also suits companies that want a single contract and invoice rather than a per-user monthly charge. The setup process — contacting sales, agreeing on seat count, onboarding the team — is designed for that kind of structured rollout. See what the platform offers teams of this scale.

A practical checklist before you decide

Work through these four questions and the answer will usually be clear:

1. How many people need a card right now? Under 50: Pro is your only option. 50 or more: both plans are available.
2. Is your headcount stable or growing? Growing: monthly Pro billing gives you flexibility. Stable: annual billing on either plan saves money.
3. Do you need team-wide analytics? If a manager needs to see aggregate performance across the team, Unleashed includes it. Pro does not.
4. Do you want a structured rollout with sales support? Unleashed starts with a direct conversation with the BONKT team, which suits organisations that want guided onboarding at scale. Pro includes personal onboarding too, but the process is self-serve at checkout.

One thing neither plan changes

Whichever plan you choose, the person receiving a card never needs to download anything or create an account. They tap or scan, your team member’s card opens in their browser, and they can save the contact in one tap. That is the same on Free, Pro and Unleashed. The plan decision is about what your team gets on the management side — it does not affect the experience for the people you meet.

Next steps

If you are under 50 people and ready to start, you can explore the full feature set and then get in touch to discuss your rollout. If you are at 50 or more and want to talk through Unleashed, contact the BONKT sales team directly by email at [email protected] or on WhatsApp at +66 82 665 8519 — they run guided team demos for groups of 10 or more.

Not ready to commit? The 30-day Trial unlocks every Pro feature at no cost and with no credit card, so you can test the platform with a small group before you roll it out to the whole team. Full details are in the BONKT knowledge base.