Your free trial

Every new team gets 30 days of DomainDash's Pro features, with no credit card.

How the trial works

When you create a team, DomainDash starts a 30-day trial automatically. You don't opt in or enter a card, and there's no separate "trial plan" to pick on the pricing page. The trial gives your team Pro features for 30 days, then moves it to the Free plan.

What's included

During the trial your team has the same features as the Pro plan:

• 15 sites, checked as often as every minute
• 5 team members
• Multi-location checks so each site is checked from more than one location at once
• 1 status page to share live status with your visitors
• Webhooks to send check and incident events to your own systems
• Content checks that look inside a page for specific text, an element, or a JSON response
• Incidents with full timelines and team updates
• Insights — plain-English summaries of how your sites are doing
• SMS alerts

Two things differ from Pro:

• Extra sites aren't available, so 15 is the limit
• SMS is limited to 1 seat and 10 texts a month (Pro has 3 seats and 50 texts)

Custom domains for status pages aren't part of the trial or the Pro plan. They're on Business only.

The trial countdown

While your trial is running, DomainDash shows a banner at the top of your dashboard with the number of days left. On the final day it reads "Last day of your trial". The banner includes a Choose a plan button.

DomainDash also emails the team owner and admins a reminder 7 days and 1 day before the trial ends.

What happens when the trial ends

When the 30 days are up, your team moves to the Free plan automatically:

• Your oldest site keeps running. The Free plan checks one site, so the first site you added stays live.
• Every other site pauses. Their checks stop, but the sites, their settings, and their history are kept. Nothing is deleted.
• Pro features switch off. Status pages, webhooks, content checks, incidents, Insights, multi-location checks, and SMS are no longer active until you upgrade.

The dashboard banner then tells you how many sites are paused and has an Upgrade button to switch them back on.

Nothing is deleted

When you move to a paid plan, DomainDash resumes every site it paused. On Starter, Pro and Business, sites beyond the number your plan includes are billed as extra sites.

Upgrading from the trial

You can choose a paid plan at any point, during the trial or after it has ended, and you'll move straight onto it. Upgrading during the trial keeps every site running. Upgrading afterwards resumes every site DomainDash paused. Sites you paused yourself stay paused.

To upgrade, open Settings → Plan & invoices and choose a plan, or use the button in the trial banner. See Upgrading your plan for a step-by-step walkthrough.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a credit card to start the free trial?

No. Every new team starts on the 30-day trial automatically, with no credit card. You only enter payment details if you choose a paid plan.

What happens when my free trial ends?

Your team moves to the Free plan automatically. Your oldest site keeps running and every other site pauses until you choose a paid plan. Nothing is deleted.

What's included in the free trial?

The same features as the Pro plan: status pages, webhooks, content checks, incidents, Insights, and multi-location checks, with 15 sites, 5 members, and 1 status page. Two things differ from Pro: you can't add extra sites, and SMS is limited to 1 seat and 10 texts a month.

Can I upgrade before my trial ends?

Yes. Choose a paid plan at any point during the trial and you'll move straight onto it, with no pause to your sites.

Related

• Plans and pricing to compare what each plan includes
• Choose your plan for picking the right plan for your team
• Upgrading your plan for a step-by-step guide to switching plans
• Pausing a site for how paused sites behave and how to bring them back