You need to read the “Starting from” text on their pricing page right before those prices you see.

You can have those lower monthly fees if you pay a higher percentage of your billings.

The article acknowledged that.

> There’s also a “flex” plan which costs $12.65/mo… but that plan now skims an additional 2% on top of the usual ~3% card transaction fees.

The problems with the Harvest acquisition driving up prices has been discussed a lot among consultants and contractors. This isn’t one person reading their billing page wrong. This is happening to all of their customers.

It’s how the acquiring company operates: Acquire companies, increase billing, accept that most customers will leave but some will stay and make up for the losses.

Indeed, if aphyr billed $5000 a month, just to use a conservative figure if it's a small but significant part of business, that would be $12.65/mo + $100/mo. Oh, that would actually be cheaper. That hike is a doozy. And I think I went way too conservative on the figure.