As a small company we have discovered it is not economically viable for us to offer freemium plans any longer. As a result Pluggio will become a paid only service. This will enables us to offer 100% of our value and support to paying customers.
We do not make this decision lightly. It comes after spending 1 year tryign to make the freemium model work.
The simple fact is that not enough people upgrade from free to paid. Then, the small amount of money that we do make, ends up paying for infrasturcture that is required to support all our free users (since there are many more free users than paid).
As an unfunded self supporting project we have decided it is best for us to focus all our time and effort on our paid customers from this point forward.
We hope you understand our decision.
All existing free users will be grandfathered into Pluggio’s new 30 day free trial system. After the 30 day free trial expires users will be required to pay a subscription if they wish to continue using Pluggio.
For more discussion on this subject we encourage you to read the article “Why Free Plans Don’t Work” by Ruben Gamez