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Freemius

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

8 months

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Bhavesh R.
BR
Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Quite ok for beginners."
What do you like best about Freemius?

I like the fact that this platform allows you to sell digital products subscriptions under different plans. Automatically separate free and paid versions when you deploy the code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

1. The fact that 7% of fees they charge is on top of Payment gateway fees. So you end up paying a lot more than advertised.

2. Even basic reports are missing. Such as being able to see monthly revenue statistics in a specific period.

3. You are not able to customize emails. Forget about sending custom email campaigns to users.

4. Over branding everywhere. They stick their logos at every step of the journey - in a way this is intrusive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aravind A.
AA
Founder and Head of Designs
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best thing to happen as a WordPress product developer"
What do you like best about Freemius?

Bests: The right set of features, an amazing support team, seamless integration with third-party tools like HelpScout and Mailchimp, and the fact that it just works!

I was a little hesitant to try Freemius for a long time only because of the material design based UI. I am still not a fan of it. But, after a lot of trial and error and thinking, we decided to go with Freemius anyway. The experience has been excellent. You have all the right features for the sellers as well as buyers. In the first month itself, we generated 3X more revenue than we used to earn through Envato for the same product. In addition, their support has made it easier for us to migrate the licenses to Freemius. I can't ask for more. Freemius is AMAZING. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

The 'material design' based UI. The dashboard could be better in terms of UX, UI and data. Currently, there is no easy way to find the total number of active sites and users we have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

George F.
GF
Owner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A great tool for developers that comes with great support as well"
What do you like best about Freemius?

The team behind Freemius creates compelling content that helps developers like us think about our software abstractly and without emotion. They have a library of materials, videos, and articles that help provide context and insight into the steps needed to make the distribution of software go more smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

it can take a bit of time to wrap your head around the plans and how to structure your software to best make use of the platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best Platform for WordPress Monetization"
What do you like best about Freemius?

I like the easy integration of freemius. It is great that users can checkout from WP dashboards itself. I love the variety of SDK methods of freemius. It is way better than competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

I think there should be api to validate license keys. I miss this feature alot. I need to implement this by myself. Also I would like love if I can send some notification inside WP dashboard to my plugin users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike N.
MN
Django Web Developer and Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best way to sell WordPress plugins or themes"
What do you like best about Freemius?

Personal and prompt support, pricing advice from CEO, very helpful features like automatic updates, handling payments snd subscriptions, adding users to my email list (my list skyrocketed since integrating.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

Freemius' analytics are helpful, but I'd like to customize what stats are sent (eg which of my plugins features are used and by whom). Freemius doesn't currently support that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sven L.
SL
CEO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Freedom for WordPress Plugin driven Business"
What do you like best about Freemius?

They take care of all the API requests needed by a plug-in developer. From the license registration and updates to the support.

They also take over the payment process and make sure that you are following the laws in the different countries all over the planet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

All good, nothing to complain. In the global dashboard and affiliate system is already coming. That was the only missing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prashant B.
PB
P
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Great platform for Plugin customers as well as a Plugin authors"
What do you like best about Freemius?

Great support and a great platform. Innivative idea! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

nothing! I like everything about Freemius. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jacob S.
JS
Co-Owner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Freemius saves us time and money"
What do you like best about Freemius?

Freemius makes monetizing wordpress plugins super easy. The community in Slack makes business easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

Its a small team, and they can be slow on integrations and advanced features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amran H.
AH
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great platform to grow for WP developers"
What do you like best about Freemius?

Easy to integrate.

No need to worry about tax and payment methods.

Get users list.

Easy to upgrade link in the admin panel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

Everything is fine till now. I am happy with their service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amit B.
AB
Co-Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Much need service for WordPress Theme and Plugin companies"
What do you like best about Freemius?

I have been looking for this kind of service for quite a long time. It was great struggle for WordPress Theme and Plugin developer to have all the service in one single basket. Freemius made it possible for me. I have using 5 different product with Freemius service and it has been helping me a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freemius?

Few UI/UX issues, the design of popup when user opt-in. It can be made simple so that the users don't get scared of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

8 months

Average Discount

16%

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