What happened to the free for 1 user plan?

[adam26d]

Hello guys

I just noticed that ERPNext has taken down the “free for sole (1 user) entreprenuers” plan. After a brief search I cannot fine any reasons behind this. Anyone care to please help me understand why? Could this be any sign of any coming changes in ERPNext’s business model?

Thanks

[meigallodixital]

Disabling Free Plan

From today 6th July 2017, we are disabling free plan from ERPNext cloud. The reasons are: It had a negligible impact on conversions to paid plans. It is the paid plans that ultimately pay the bill for free users. User engagement went down in the Free plan. The hardest part in an ERP is implementation, and with Free, it seemed there was even lesser motivation to implement. The 30-day trial introduced a hard time-limit that motivated users to spend time on the free plan. What about current fre…