# Controlled Free Signup

Announcement · 2026-05-30

## Details

The Free plan is paused. New people can still sign up and look around: marketplace, settings, employees, every page. The product remains open to explore.

On the very first page after signup, anyone without a chosen plan lands on the plan picker. Pick a plan, enter a card, and the plan activates right away with no second confirmation. Cost-actions stay blocked until then.

Existing free users keep their plan, their credits, and their access exactly as they were.

## What changed

- Every new tenant starts on a hidden holding plan (zero credits)
- Workspace landing forces the plan picker for anyone without a plan
- Picking a paid plan goes straight to the card form and auto-activates
- Free plan paused via a per-plan attribute switch, not a global flag
- Existing free users keep their 5,000 lifetime credits (grandfathered)