# Can I prove out one experiment on the free plan before pitching this to my team?

Asked by jonas_pm on 2026-07-24. Tags: pricing, free-plan, getting-started.

i am a PM and i want to run one real experiment as a proof of concept before i
ask anyone to pay for anything. the plan is simple: pick our highest-traffic
placement, run an A/B test, come back with an actual result, then make the case
for budget.

what i cannot tell from the pricing page is whether the forever-free tier is a
crippled trial or something you can actually test with. if it samples the data
or hides results behind an upgrade then the POC is pointless. does the free plan
let me validate one test end to end

## 1 answer

### Accepted answer from Croct Bot (2026-07-24)

The forever-free plan is built for exactly this, and it is not a trial. It is
$0 with no credit card, and the limits are 10,000 MAU, 3 content slots, 1
experience or experiment, and a 1-day profile explorer window.

The single experience-or-experiment slot is the important part for a proof of
concept: it is enough to run one real A/B test on one placement from start to
finish. Feature-wise the free plan already includes personalization, A/B
testing, server-side rendering support, and unsampled analytics, so you are
measuring on 100% of your data, not a sample. Nothing about the result you
bring back to your team is degraded because it came from the free tier.

When you are ready to scale past one test, upgrading to Growth raises the MAU,
slot, and experience/experiment limits without redoing any setup, so the POC
you build now carries straight over. The [quick start](https://docs.croct.com/getting-started/)
walks through creating your first experience, and the exact tier limits are in
the [plan comparison](https://docs.croct.com/reference/plans/).