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
- BluBracket: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- AppGyver: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- GitGuardian: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Offr: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Edge Impulse: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Cognigy: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- IPRally: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Qeexo: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Flexpay: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Kaiko: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Canvass AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Mela Works: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hasty.ai: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Gretel (Gretel Technologies): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Axiom: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- bunny.net (BunnyCDN): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Nanonets: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- SeedInvest: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Celona: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MOSTLY AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Render: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Databand: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- co:census: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Chowbus: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Productiv: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Dgraph Labs (Dgraph): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- eola: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Linguix: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Scandit: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Machinations: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Bitmovin: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Clickvoyant: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- OnStation: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- JADBio-Gnosis DA S.A.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Halosight: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Jala: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MeterLeader: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- HAAS Alert: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Diffblue: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Avoma: 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)