Controlled Free Signup

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)