Which Features are Free vs. Paid in the WordPress Jetpack Plugin?

I’ve been using the WordPress Jetpack plugin for so many years, I can never remember which features are free and which ones are paid.

A couple weeks ago, I searched the Jetpack site trying to find a page that lists all features as paid or free.

And I couldn’t find it.

I thought I must have overlooked a page or my search didn’t contain the correct terms. So I asked Jetpack support to point me to their features page listing both free and paid features.

Support told me the page doesn’t exist.

Instead, they offered a workaround to me: a Jetpack page listing all the features and another Jetpack page listing only paid features (in three different table columns).

Anything not on the second page is free.

Which gives me the info I need.

And they’re suggesting to their team a feature listing page identifying features as free vs. paid, I hope they post it!

Don’t Make Me Think

Support’s workaround is ok, it gives me the info I need.

But it requires me to do more work. Plus, features on the paid features page use different wording/labels than the page listing all features.

I’m a firm believer in making it easy for customers to find the info they need.

I’m not for flipping between two pages to figure out which of the 50+ Jetpack features are paid vs. free. And trying to figure out which labels refer to which features.

Wouldn’t it be easier to read one page that lists free vs. paid features?

Which is the reason for this post.

Jetpack Plugin Free vs. Paid Features

I debated what format to use to display the features. Given:

• As of October 10, 2022, there are 50+ Jetpack features
• More features will likely be added in the near future
• Several features offer free and paid options

I decided it was best to list features in two separate lists.

Here you go!

Free Jetpack Features

1. Activity Log (20 most recent site events)
2. Beautiful Math
3. Boost (manual critical CSS)
4. Brute force attack protection (former Protect)
5. Business Hours Block
6. Carousel
7. Comments
8. Comment Likes
9. Contact Info Block
10. Contact Form (Classic Editor) / Form block
11. Content Delivery Network
12. Custom CSS
13. Custom Content Types
14. Enhanced Distribution
15. Extra Sidebar Widgets.
16. Gif Block
17. Gravatar Hovercards
18. Infinite Scroll
19. JSON API
20. Jetpack Social (30 or less shares per month. Sharing to three social networks counts as 3 shares)
21. Lazy Images
22. Likes
23. Map Block
24. Markdown (Classic Editor) / Markdown Block
25. Monitor
26. Notifications
27. Pinterest Block
28. Plugin Management
29. Post by Email
30. Related Posts (Classic Editor) / Related Posts Block
31. Repeat Visitor Block
32. SEO Tools
33. Sharing
34. Shortcode Embeds
35. Single Sign On
36. Site Accelerator
37. Site Stats
38. Site Verification
39. Sitemaps
40. Slideshow Block
41. Star Rating Block
42. Subscriptions (Classic Editor) / Subscription Form Block
43. Tiled Galleries (Classic Editor) / Tiled Galleries Block
44. WP.me Shortlinks
45. Widget Visibility
46. WordPress.com Toolbar

Paid Jetpack Features

1. Activity Log (depending on upgrade plan, events from last 30 days or from the last year)
2. Boost (up to 100k records)
3. Google Analytics
4. Jetpack Social
5. Payments
6. Priority Support
7. Search
8. Security Scanning
9. Simple Payments Block
10. Site Backups
11. Spam Filtering
12. VideoPress
13. WordAds (ad network)

Wrapping Up

Learning what features in Jetpack are paid vs. free shouldn’t be hard work. Given the breadth of the Jetpack plugin, I’m surprised the page doesn’t already exist.

Until it does, this post provides one place you can find the lists of free and paid Jetpack features.

Note: this post is current as of October 10, 2022. It’s possible Jetpack features may change their free vs. paid status in the future.