Startups that added a free sign-up or free trial
In Q4 2026 (to 9 November 2026), 10 startups added a free sign-up or free trial, out of 1,797 with at least two captures in the archive that quarter. These are observations in the archive, not a market-wide rate. Coverage differs by quarter.
| Quarter | Companies with changes | With 2+ captures | Observed share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 · so far | 10 | 1,797 | 0.6% |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | 815 | 0.1% |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | 168 | 0% |
| Q1 2026 | 4 | 401 | 1.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | 61 | 0% |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | 499 | 0% |
What counts
The homepage newly offers a free sign-up or free trial button. A change counts in a quarter only when both checks it lies between fall in that quarter; the share is out of the startups with at least two visible captures in that quarter. Two captures do not guarantee a usable comparison, and observation frequency varies. Method.
1,413 observations cannot be allocated to a quarter. Inspect their date ranges. Zero counted changes does not establish that nothing changed.
Dated less precisely
- DeepHow: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- GrowthMatch: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Aignostics: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Callab AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Chainguard: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Mirror Security: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Baton Media: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Peec AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Julius AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Sequence: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Magic Patterns: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- CarbonChain: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Unbound: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Convai: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Legit Security: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- AI Build: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- OneShot: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Captions: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- fileAI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Heex Technologies: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- BioTuring: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Averroes.ai Inc.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- SmartHelio: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Blacksmith: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Greptile: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Magic Loops: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Mastt Group Pty Ltd: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Sequencing, Inc.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- HackMD: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- anaconda: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- KETOS, Inc.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Energent AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Fin: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- mlop: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Relaw: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Diagnoly: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Carma: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Ditto (getditto): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Deeploy: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Klarify: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
Cite this page
StartupHistory, “Startups that added a free sign-up or free trial”, https://startuphistory.org/t/added-free-trial (accessed 9 November 2026)