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
- Backbone PLM: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Apptentive: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Caravel: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Castor: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Ember: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Prefect: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- QNu Labs: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Inngest: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Akeneo: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- ClimateView: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- DiMuto: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Qrypt: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Jebbit: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Airmeet: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- CareAcademy: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Ocrolus: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Nightfall AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Pitchtape: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Lumi: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Lytics: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Draftbit: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- dbt Labs: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Figma: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Paperspace: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Maze: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Axis Security: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Kore.ai: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MindsDB: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- LOVO: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Narrative: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Played: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Neo4j: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- DataRobot: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Catenda (bimsync): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Okteto: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Clever Girl Finance: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Ory (Ory Corp): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Astra Security: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Bytebeam: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Looppanel: 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)