Best offer on record: Statsig free tier ("Developer" / free self-service tier). 4 verified findings, checked 2026-10-22.
Offers
Statsig free tier ("Developer" / free self-service tier) high confidence
$0/month, explicitly 'no credit card required'. Includes: 2M Metered Events/month; unlimited flag & config checks; 50,000 session replays/month; unlimited seats; A/B tests, feature flags, product/web analytics, session replays; analytics data retention 1 year; session-replay retention 30 days. Metered Events = exposures + log events + ingested metrics + custom metrics, deduped per user/feature (60-min window on client SDKs, 1-min on server SDKs). The pricing page states ~90% of customers 'start for free'.
Eligibility
Anyone — no .edu email, no startup age/funding caps, no application, no credit card, no stated region limits.
How to claim
Self-serve: click 'Sign up for Free' (console.statsig.com/sign_up) from statsig.com/pricing; the free tier is provisioned immediately. 'Test Drive Now' (console.statsig.com/demo) is a separate demo flow.
Expiry
Ongoing/indefinite; no stated end date or renewal conditions. If you exceed 2M events/month you are prompted to add a card to upgrade; if you decline, 'gate and config targeting will continue to work, but Metric Lift computations will stop'.
Gotchas
(1) Card prompt only triggers at the 2M event cap; if exceeded, metric-lift/A-B computations degrade while flag serving continues. (2) 'Metered Events' aggregates exposures, log events, ingested + custom metrics, so the 2M allowance burns faster than '2M tracked users' implies. (3) Free tier has 1-year analytics retention and 30-day replay retention (Pro: unlimited analytics, 100K replays/mo). (4) Overages on Pro are billed next period (Jan overages hit Feb invoice) — free tier has no overage billing, just degradation. (5) 'Statsig Lite' in the site nav is NOT the free tier; it is a separate free experiment calculator (see other finding).
Statsig Lite (free self-serve experiment calculator) high confidence
A free tool, distinct from the platform's free tier: upload two CSVs (an assignments CSV and a metrics CSV, each ≤10MB), name the experiment, and Statsig analyzes the results with its stats engine; results are delivered by email. No account, no platform usage (no flags, no analytics, no replays), no credit card. Sign-up CTAs on the page: 'Sign up for Free' → console.statsig.com/sign_up; 'Test Drive Now' → console.statsig.com/demo.
Eligibility
Anyone who provides a business email to receive results. No .edu requirement, no funding caps, no card, no stated region limits.
How to claim
Go to statsig.com/lite, complete the 4-step flow (upload assignments CSV, upload metrics CSV, name experiment, enter business email); results emailed when ready.
Expiry
No stated expiry; no credit card involved; one-shot analysis per upload (CSV size capped at 10MB each).
Gotchas
This is only an A/B results calculator, not the feature-flag/product-analytics platform; it cannot replace the free Developer tier for flag serving or dashboards. File-size cap 10MB per CSV. The /lite entry in the site nav is easy to confuse with a free 'Lite plan' — it is not one.
For 12 months: access to all Enterprise-tier features (feature flags, product analytics, experimentation), 1 billion events (page describes this as worth '$50k+'), usable for flags, A/B tests, analytics or any mix, plus Pro-level support (Slack + email, responses by next business day).
Eligibility
Company founded <5 years ago; < $50M total funding; 'best suited for companies with over 25K MAU that are scaling fast'. The page's FAQ steers brand-new or small startups to the free Developer tier instead. No .edu requirement (not an education program); selection-based, not auto-approved.
How to claim
Apply via the 'Apply to Startup Program' button on statsig.com/startups, which submits a Google Form (forms.gle/9toPnV3kkE8skn2T8). Acceptance is at Statsig/Amplitude discretion.
Expiry
Benefits last 12 months from program start; afterwards you 'graduate to Statsig's Enterprise Tier, Pro Tier, or Free tier'. No published sunset date for the program itself.
Gotchas
The '$50k+' value claim is marketing, not a credit balance. Program eligibility emphasizes funding caps (<$50M) — highly-funded or >5-year-old companies do not qualify. After the May 5, 2026 Amplitude acquisition the page is still live with no stated changes, but Amplitude has not re-announced the program in press materials, so treat continued availability as unconfirmed; the Google Form may have moved. Do not confuse with the free tier: the program targets scaling, VC-backed companies with high event volume.
Trial credits / education (student) license medium confidence
No separate trial-credit offer exists: the pricing page lists no paid trial, no dollar credit, and no time-boxed Pro trial — the free Developer tier is the stated entry point (~90% of customers 'start for free'), and 'Test Drive Now' is a demo console, not a trial. No student/education program exists on statsig.com: /education is a 404, the site navigation and homepage have no student/education entry point, and 'Statsig University' (footer/Resources) is a certification/learning resource, not an .edu discount or free access.
Eligibility
N/A — no trial-credit eligibility beyond self-serve free signup; no .edu-email or academic eligibility criteria found anywhere on the official site.
How to claim
Nothing to claim beyond the free Developer tier signup (console.statsig.com/sign_up) and the Startup Program application for VC-backed early companies.
Expiry
N/A
Gotchas
Absence verified on the official site only (homepage, pricing, nav, /lite, /startups, docs landing, blog) as of 2026-10-22; a web-search sweep of 2025–2026 change history could not be run in this session (search budget exhausted), so off-site announcements (e.g., Amplitude press releases, X posts) were not independently checked.