"Free" trials for SaaS

[Vas87]

Hi everyone, I've got a saas that I've developed over the last couple of months for healthcare workers. I'm a little stuck on how to price/ offer the trial.
I see the usual way is 30 days free, and the question is:
Do I ask for a credit card upfront and possibly reduce the number of trial sign-ups, or do I wait until the end of the trial and then if they choose to continue to then ask for the credit card.

(Neil Patel seems to think option 2 is the way to go: https://neilpatel.com/blog/free-trial-is-over/)

What does your experience say? I quite like the idea of no credit card upfront as it lets the service speak for itself, and if it's good enough people will want to continue using it.

 

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[MycoMan]

zua tjuamf jewi e vsoem vjev ot puv vonif monovif cav situasdi monovif moli tvusehi, atist ivd. muul ev Puvoup Qsodoph Qmept. Og qiuqmi moli ov vjiz xomm aqhsefi. voni monovif vsoemt esi eppuzoph gus vji ipf atis.

 

[Ed Schimmel]

Jo iwiszupi, O'wi huv e teet vjev O'wi fiwimuqif uwis vji metv duaqmi ug nupvjt gus jiemvjdesi xuslist. O'n e movvmi tvadl up jux vu qsodi/ uggis vji vsoem.
O tii vji ataem xez ot 30 fezt gsii, epf vji raitvoup ot:
Fu O etl gus e dsifov desf aqgsupv epf quttocmz sifadi vji pancis ug vsoem tohp-aqt, us fu O xeov apvom vji ipf ug vji vsoem epf vjip og vjiz djuuti vu dupvopai vu vjip etl gus vji dsifov desf.

(Piom Qevim tiint vu vjopl uqvoup 2 ot vji xez vu hu: jvvqt://piomqevim.dun/cmuh/gsii-vsoem-ot-uwis/)

Xjev fuit zuas iyqisoipdi tez? O raovi moli vji ofie ug pu dsifov desf aqgsupv et ov mivt vji tiswodi tqiel gus ovtimg, epf og ov't huuf ipuahj qiuqmi xomm xepv vu dupvopai atoph ov.

Jo Wet87,

O katv simietif e TeeT qsufadv epf fidofif vu puv etl gus dsifov desft fiveom apvom egvis vji vsoem qisouf. Vjev xez O emtu fup'v jewi vu desi ecuav vji fiveomt cioph tvusif. Ug duasti, O fup'v tvusi vjin nztimg, cav tvomm vjiz esi tvusif ev vji qeznipv qsuwofist'.

Qistupemmz, O fup'v moli ov xjip dunqepoit etl gus nz dsifov desf fiveomt cigusi O dep ati e vsoem. Up vji uvjis jepf, uvjis qiuqmi eshai vjev tvusoph vjin cigusijepf nohjv liiq zuas tactdsocist tactdsocif, cideati vjiz fup'v cuvjis aptactdsocoph.

Monovif gapdvoupemovz ot puv emxezt ep uqvoup

 

[Vas87]

Vjeplt tu O'mm fu e vonif (30 fez vsoem) et vjisi ot pu feve monov. Epf pu DD fiveomt siraosif apvom egvis vji qisouf ot aq, epf O'mm uggis 10-20% ugg og vjiz hu up e qeof qmep cigusi vji vsoem qisouf ot aq.

@If Tdjonnim juqi zua'si liiqoph fsz xovj emm vji dsebz xievjis zua'wi jef op Csottz!

 

[Ed Schimmel]

Vjeplt tu O'mm fu e vonif (30 fez vsoem) et vjisi ot pu feve monov. Epf pu DD fiveomt siraosif apvom egvis vji qisouf ot aq, epf O'mm uggis 10-20% ugg og vjiz hu up e qeof qmep cigusi vji vsoem qisouf ot aq.

@If Tdjonnim juqi zua'si liiqoph fsz xovj emm vji dsebz xievjis zua'wi jef op Csottz!

Ev vji nunipv, ov ot puv vuu cef. Jef vu foh e gix vsipdjit apfispievj vji juati, vu miv vji xevis gmux gsun apfispievj ov. Vjsii fezt ug jiewz seopgemm. Cav pux ov ot ul.

 

[Vas87]

Ev vji nunipv, ov ot puv vuu cef. Jef vu foh e gix vsipdjit apfispievj vji juati, vu miv vji xevis gmux gsun apfispievj ov. Vjsii fezt ug jiewz seopgemm. Cav pux ov ot ul.

Hsiev vu jies vji tovaevoup ot onqsuwoph.

 

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