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
- Hatchet: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Cline: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- ArangoDB (Arango): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Preamble, Inc.: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- EnkiAI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- HAQQ: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Equility: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Makora: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Ecomtent: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Durate: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Deepflare: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Flipt: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Dataiku: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- BQP (BosonQ Psi): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Contentsquare: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Datature: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Scaffolded: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Basil: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Deep Origin: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Molecule.one: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Cobroker AI: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Hero Labs: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Invendor: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Oasis Learning: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Bifrost Security: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- HeyMilo: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Carbon Analytics: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Shapemaker: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- KADO Networks: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- NebulaGraph (vesoft): Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- MultiSet Visual Positioning System: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Ecosmic: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Fero Labs: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Docufen: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Cuckoo Labs: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- intura: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Cosine: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Propaya: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- Epsilla: Added a free sign-up or free trial.
- RegGenome: 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)