# Manage program pricing plans

> PositiveForm guide · Programs and schedules · PROG-006
> Canonical page: https://positiveform.com/guides/programs/program-pricing-plans/
> This Markdown: https://positiveform.com/guides/programs/program-pricing-plans.md

**Summary:** Attach or create program plans, choose a default, and archive obsolete plans. The plan catalog changes without enrolling or charging anyone.  
**Who can do this:** Organization owners, Managers  
**Required access:** `billing.manage`  
**Where in PositiveForm:** `/programs/:slug/overview`  
**Status:** Verified on 2026-07-29 against PositiveForm build `40f78fa`.

## Who this is for

This guide is for an **owner or manager** with the `billing.manage` permission,
setting what this program costs.

The critical property: **building the plan catalog charges nobody**. Adding a
plan here makes it available to choose. Money only moves when a household
subscription is created against it; see
[Create a household subscription](https://positiveform.com/guides/billing/create-household-subscription/).

If **Add plan** is not on the page, your role does not carry `billing.manage`.

## Before you begin

- Connect billing first. Plans reference real prices, so the Stripe connection
  needs to be in place; see [Configure billing policies and catalog](https://positiveform.com/guides/billing/billing-setup/).
- Decide whether you are reusing a price you already have or creating a new one.
  Reusing keeps your catalog tidy and your reporting consistent.

## Steps

1. Open the program. On **Overview**, find **Pricing**, which lists the
   recurring plans available for this program. With none set up it reads **No
   plans yet. Add pricing for this program.**
2. Click **Add plan**.
3. Choose **Attach existing** to reuse a price you already have, then pick it
   under **Existing price**.
4. Or choose **Create new**, then fill in:
   - **Plan name**, for example `Kids Taekwondo Membership`. This is what staff
     see when choosing a plan.
   - **Amount**, for example `150.00`.
   - **Billed**: **Monthly** or **Yearly**.
5. Click **Add plan**.
6. Set a plan as the default if this program has an obvious usual choice.
7. Archive a plan you no longer sell.

## Expected outcome

PositiveForm confirms with **Plan added**, and the plan appears under
**Pricing** as available for this program.

Nobody is enrolled and nobody is charged. The catalog is a list of what a family
*could* be signed up to; the charge happens when a household subscription is
created against a plan.

Setting a default confirms with **Default plan updated** and only changes which
plan is preselected. Archiving confirms with **Plan archived** and stops the plan
being offered for new subscriptions; it does not cancel subscriptions already using
it, and it does not stop those families being billed.

## Screenshots

![The Pricing card on the program workspace, offering Add plan](https://positiveform.com/guides/media/PROG-006/20260729T043000Z/001-program-pricing.webp)

## Recovery

If adding fails, PositiveForm shows the reason and no plan is created.

If the default will not change, you get **Could not update the default plan.**
and the previous default stands.

If archiving fails, you get **Could not archive this plan.** and it stays
available.

If you archived a plan families are still paying on, they keep being billed.
Archiving controls what can be *sold* next, not what is already sold; change
those subscriptions at the household.

If **Existing price** offers nothing, you have no prices yet. Use **Create new**,
or set up billing first; see [Configure billing policies and catalog](https://positiveform.com/guides/billing/billing-setup/).

If you added a plan at the wrong amount, archive it and add the correct one
rather than editing a price families may already be on.

## Related guides

- [Create a household subscription](https://positiveform.com/guides/billing/create-household-subscription/) — the step that actually
  charges a family, using a plan from this catalog.
- [Configure billing policies and catalog](https://positiveform.com/guides/billing/billing-setup/) — connect billing before any of this
  works.

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