Startups that dropped self-serve sign-up for book-a-demo

In Q4 2026 (to 10 November 2026), 4 startups dropped their free sign-up and now ask visitors to book a demo, 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.

What counts

The homepage had a free sign-up or trial button at the previous check and now only offers a demo. 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.

555 observations cannot be allocated to a quarter. Inspect their date ranges. Zero counted changes does not establish that nothing changed.

555 observations · less precisely dated. Showing 481–520.

Dated less precisely

These changes happened between two checks in different quarters, or were already showing at the first check, so they are not counted in any quarter above.

1. Fiddler AI: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 20 January 2021 and 12 January 2022 · archived page
2. Edge Impulse: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 18 January 2021 and 9 January 2022 · archived page
3. Evident: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 7 August 2020 and 7 January 2022 · archived page
4. Halosight: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 16 January 2021 and 2 January 2022 · archived page
5. CloudZero: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 3 August 2020 and 1 January 2022 · archived page
6. Amplified AI: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 17 July 2020 and 24 September 2021 · archived page
7. Kubecost: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 19 January 2021 and 13 August 2021 · archived page
8. First Resonance: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 29 July 2020 and 31 July 2021 · archived page
9. Haekka: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
   Between 19 January 2021 and 27 July 2021 · archived page
10. dashbot.io: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 12 August 2020 and 24 July 2021 · archived page
11. Cupix: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 15 April 2020 and 22 July 2021 · archived page
12. LinkSquares: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 13 January 2020 and 15 July 2021 · archived page
13. Muuktest: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 7 August 2020 and 10 July 2021 · archived page
14. Anyline: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 1 July 2020 and 4 July 2021 · archived page
15. Mendel (Mendel.ai): Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 14 April 2020 and 15 April 2021 · archived page
16. Efemarai: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 20 October 2020 and 2 March 2021 · archived page
17. Noteworthy AI: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 1 November 2020 and 1 March 2021 · archived page
18. Freeman Capital Management: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 5 August 2020 and 24 January 2021 · archived page
19. ProcessBolt: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 5 August 2020 and 21 January 2021 · archived page
20. Aibidia: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 6 August 2020 and 20 January 2021 · archived page
21. SafeBreach: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 1 July 2019 and 19 January 2021 · archived page
22. CoreStack: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 12 March 2020 and 15 January 2021 · archived page
23. MAZ: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 10 January 2020 and 15 January 2021 · archived page
24. Slab: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 2 January 2020 and 11 January 2021 · archived page
25. PlanetScale: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 31 March 2020 and 9 January 2021 · archived page
26. Profitero: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 4 January 2019 and 6 January 2021 · archived page
27. LearnPlatform: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 3 January 2020 and 2 January 2021 · archived page
28. LeagueApps: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 1 July 2019 and 1 January 2021 · archived page
29. RetinAI (Ikerian AG): Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 23 July 2019 and 8 December 2020 · archived page
30. DCirrus: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 28 May 2020 and 27 September 2020 · archived page
31. EasyWay Technologies: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 16 March 2020 and 13 August 2020 · archived page
32. ConverSight.ai: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 28 March 2020 and 22 July 2020 · archived page
33. Aiforia: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 22 January 2019 and 22 July 2020 · archived page
34. Saykara: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 17 March 2020 and 16 July 2020 · archived page
35. AppliedVR: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 23 July 2019 and 15 July 2020 · archived page
36. Cato Networks: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 9 July 2019 and 7 July 2020 · archived page
37. Dragos: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 21 July 2019 and 1 July 2020 · archived page
38. Grit Virtual: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 19 July 2019 and 21 June 2020 · archived page
39. CommissionTrac: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 24 January 2019 and 26 May 2020 · archived page
40. IronCore Labs: Dropped its free sign-up; visitors are now asked to book a demo.
    Between 8 July 2018 and 8 May 2020 · archived page

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StartupHistory, “Startups that dropped self-serve sign-up for book-a-demo”, https://startuphistory.org/t/switched-to-sales-led (accessed 10 November 2026)

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