61 of 181 tracked products (34%) use paid only pricing, with a median entry price of $20/mo. Skipping the free tier trades top-of-funnel volume for buyer quality. Entry prices here sit above the dataset median because price itself is the qualifier. Updated August 2026.
Products with no free plan. Entry prices run higher because every signup has to be qualified by price. Skipping the free tier trades top-of-funnel volume for buyer quality. Entry prices here sit above the dataset median because price itself is the qualifier.
34% of the 181 products in this ledger use it, across 30 categories.
The median entry price among these products is $20/mo. Use it as a starting anchor and adjust for your category median rather than your costs.
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