# Hit the 3-slot ceiling on the free plan, is Growth the only way up or is there something in between?

Asked by Meera Krishnan on 2026-07-26. Tags: pricing, free-plan, growth-plan.

Our free-plan project has outgrown the 3 content slots. We optimise a handful of
placements today and I want to add a few more, but the free tier will not let me
create them.

Before I take a plan change to finance I want to be sure I understand the ladder.
Is Growth the immediate next step, or is there a smaller tier between free and
Growth that I have missed? I would rather size this once and correctly.

## 2 answers

### Accepted answer from Priyanka Desai (2026-07-27)

Growth is the next step up from free, yes. The jump is a real one so it is
worth seeing the numbers side by side.

Free caps at 3 content slots and 1 experience or experiment. Growth is from
$100/month billed annually and gives you 20 content slots and 15
experiences/experiments, so the slot ceiling you just hit goes from 3 to 20.
It also raises MAU from 10k to 20k and extends the profile explorer window
from 1 day to 30 days.

On top of the higher quotas, Growth unlocks the audience estimator, experience
segmentation, bot traffic filtering, and pay-as-you-go overage. So it is not
just more slots, it is the tier where the planning tools show up too. If you
are sizing this properly the slot-counting approach in
[how to count the slots you actually need](/answers/counting-slots-for-plan-sizing)
helped me avoid over-buying.

### Answer from tomdev83 (2026-07-27)

Just to answer the "something in between" part directly: there is no tier
between free and Growth. It goes free, then Growth, then Scale (which is custom
pricing). So for adding a few more placements Growth is the move. Full breakdown
of what lands with it is in
[what Growth includes over free](/answers/growth-plan-whats-included).

#### Reply from Meera Krishnan (2026-07-28)

That settles it, thanks. Going from 3 to 20 slots gives us plenty of room,
and knowing there is nothing smaller to evaluate means I can put a single
Growth line in front of finance rather than a comparison.