Free trials paused (updated)

I've noticed a growing number of signups abusing our free trial offer for the "Supporter Max" plan: most commonly by registering multiple accounts to repeatedly claim the trial period.

While there are some free trial abuse measurements in place, it seems it's not enough. To protect the sustainability of the service for our genuine supporters, I've made the decision to pause free trials until 1 October 2026.

What this means

• New Supporter Max subscriptions will require immediate payment: no trial period will be offered during this time.
• Existing trials that are already running will not be affected and can continue as normal.

What happens next

During this pause, I'll be working on a proper long-term solution to prevent free trial abuse, so I can safely bring trials back without it being exploited (hopefully). I appreciate your patience while I get this right.

I'll post an update here or as new blogpost once trials are back.

Update 2026-10-04: This past month has been crazy busy, so unfortunately I'll have to extend this pause period.

Update 2026-10-10: I came up with an alternative. Instead of a short free trial, new Supporter Max subscribers now get 20% off their first 3 months on the monthly plan. That gives you enough time to properly try out automatic scraping and cloud storage at a cheaper price.