Startups that added a free sign-up or free trial
In Q4 2026 (to 10 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
- Elliptic: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Lovable: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Max Retail: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Coda: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- PermitPortal: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MainStreaming: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- 2501.ai: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- dealpad: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- 1910 Genetics: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- heva: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- HeadOffice: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Notion AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Blowfish: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Nixtla: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- NanoAPI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Central: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Morfless: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Masthead Data: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Geolava: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- FelixFusion: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Enkrypt AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Liricare: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Exchange Robotics: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Kinetix: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Perspective AI, Inc.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hyperbound: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Lumen Energy: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Relari: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- FlyPix AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Meteo Matics: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- immersionED: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Manara: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Zep (Graphlit): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Fluently: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- fastn ai: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hippo Scribe: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Frigade: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Aquifer Motion: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Heatseeker: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Amplication: 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 10 November 2026)