Reverse Trial
A SaaS pricing pattern where new users start on the full paid plan at a low intro price for a fixed window, then continue at the standard rate. VULK can start selected plans with a short paid entry period, switched on and off per plan.
Reverse Trial
A reverse trial is the inverse of the classic SaaS free tier: instead of giving users the cheap-or-free plan and asking them to upgrade, the user starts on the full paid plan for a fixed introductory window at a low intro price, then continues at the standard rate. The pattern was popularized by Notion, Superhuman, and Linear. It selects for serious intent (the user pays at signup), shows the user the real product (not a stripped-down free tier), and reduces the conversion drop-off because there is nothing to "upgrade to" — they are already on it.
This is how VULK works
VULK can start a plan with a short paid entry period (the "intro") and switches these offers on and off per plan. The ones available right now:
Current entry offers
No plan has an entry offer right now: every plan starts at its standard monthly price.
VULK turns entry offers on and off per plan, so this list is read from the live pricing system (checked 2026-10-02 19:26 UTC). Entry offers apply to monthly billing only, and checkout confirms your eligibility and the exact terms before you pay.
| Plan | Standard price |
|---|---|
| Builder | €19.99/month — 1,000 credits, all frontier models, backend, deploy, code export, custom domain, video generation |
| Pro | €39.99/month — 2,500 credits, adds 3D Studio, BYOM, GitHub sync |
| Max | €199/month — 10,000 credits, priority generation, included .com domain |
| Team | €79.99/month — 5,000 shared credits |
| Business | €299/month — 20,000 credits, SSO/SAML, audit logs |
An entry fee is credited toward the first monthly invoice. Checkout confirms eligibility, currency and billing terms.
There is no free plan: creating an account is free and covers project and account management, but generating and building apps requires a paid plan.
History
VULK previously ran 7-day reverse trials at €1.99 (Builder) and €3.99 (Pro), retired on 2026-05-04. A paid 3-day intro on Builder and Pro replaced them on 2026-06-23; on 2026-09-25 the Builder intro was switched off and the Pro intro started granting the full monthly credits.
See /docs/plans-billing/plans-overview for the full plan comparison and /docs/plans-billing/trial-expiration for how an entry offer converts.
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