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
- Definely: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Simudyne: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Lightrun: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- chpter.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MindMiner: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- echo3D: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Brandefense: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Endel: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Boltzbit: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Appsmith Inc.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Mux: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hex: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- AgroGraph: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- DoubleLoop: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MariaDB: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Linear: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Common Paper: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Device Authority: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Airbyte: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Avo: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hopin: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Airtime: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Immagnify: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Maki People: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- EnergyHawk: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Mondoo: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Popsink: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- hireEZ (formerly Hiretual): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hololink: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Great Question: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Fonbnk: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Celsia: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Jasper: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hopara: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Local Sports Network: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Databricks Workflows: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Crowd.dev: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Maritime Optima AS: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MachEye: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- eMabler: 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)