Black Friday 2026 isn’t only on November 27. It started on November 3.
That’s the day Baby Audio dropped Crystalline to $5, and the inbox hasn’t been quiet since. Initial Audio went full Black November. XLN Audio cut the RC-20 v2 upgrade to $16. Sonnox, SSL, Native Instruments and Universal Audio all have deals running. And the headliners haven’t even arrived yet: FabFilter, Soundtoys and the annual Waves freebie are still waiting their turn.
Here’s the catch. When every plugin is 70% off, the number stops meaning anything. Some of these “Black Friday deals” are prices you’ll see again in January or March. A few are once-a-year chances you’ll be annoyed about missing until next November.
So we did the homework. pluginplug.io tracks prices across 100+ stores and keeps the full price history of every plugin. That means we can tell the real bargains from the loud ones. This list covers the Black Friday plugin deals worth holding out for, the sales already live that you shouldn’t sleep on, and the free VST plugins you can grab without spending a cent, all the way through Cyber Monday.
Add anything you’re eyeing to your Wishlist and we’ll email you the moment its price drops. Or keep the Audio Plugin Deal Tracker open in a tab. Your plugin folder is about to get crowded.
This list get's updated throughout November to show you the best deals arriving.
Baby Audio kicked off Black Friday season on November 3, and they opened with a big one. Crystalline, their lush algorithmic reverb, is $5. Not a typo. Five dollars, the price of a coffee you’ll forget about by lunch.
The rest of the catalog is just as tempting. Classics like I Heart NY ($19), Comeback Kid and Super VHS ($29) are impulse-buy territory. Even the new releases are discounted: HyperWarp is $49, Grainferno $59 and SubCulture $69, all roughly half price. Subscribed to their newsletter? Code BAFAM25 takes another 10% off. If you already own a Baby Audio plugin, log in first: there’s loyalty pricing waiting in your account. The sale runs until December 9.
Excite Audio makes some of the most playable plugins out there. Bloom, Motion and Evolve are built for sounding good in seconds, not for menu-diving. Their early access sale at Plugin Boutique already came and went in October, so if you missed it, the next one is worth watching for.
In the meantime, there’s a free way in. Buy anything at Plugin Boutique before November 5 and you can pick Evolve Elastic Lite as your free gift. Last year Excite Audio ran an end-of-year sale with up to 75% off, so save the bundles to your Wishlist and we’ll ping you when they drop.
Sonnox plugins have been on pro mixing desks since before most of us had a DAW. The Oxford Inflator alone has probably made half the records on your playlist louder. This Black Friday, they’re cheaper than they’ve been in a while.
At Plugin Boutique, the Producer Power Bundle (Oxford Inflator plus Oxford Limiter) is $64 instead of $420. Want the whole toolkit? The Core Studio Collection gives you 13 plugins for $333, down from $2,743. Both deals run until December 17. One honest tip: last year Sonnox’s summer sale went even lower than Black Friday. Check the price history before you buy, and buy if today’s price beats it.
Some of the best deals of the season haven’t landed yet, and a few of them only come around once a year. Here’s what to keep an eye on:
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