Three sessions a month sounds tiny until you actually use it

The three-session question nobody asks until they hit it

Here's what surprises most people about the free tier: three sessions per month feels like a hard ceiling only if you're thinking of Feedr as a permanent tool. If you're a speaker running one conference a quarter, you'll never notice the limit. If you're a lecturer with weekly seminars, you'll hit it by week three and wonder why.

We didn't set three sessions arbitrarily. It's the threshold where someone stops testing and starts relying. That's when the economics change. Someone who runs three sessions a month and walks away is not our customer. Someone who runs three sessions a month and comes back for more is.

The limit exists for a practical reason: we pay for server capacity, moderation oversight, and support. A person running two sessions a month on free costs us different money than a person running fifteen. The three-session boundary is where we could confidently absorb the cost without going broke. But it's also where we found that most genuine users realised they wanted the Creator tier anyway.

A hundred people is more than you think at first

The other number that stings: 100 audience members. On paper, that sounds restrictive. In practice, it's the size of a decent in-person workshop. Most small seminars, church services, podcast Q&A sessions, and conference breakout talks sit well below that mark.

We chose 100 because it's the intersection of two things: it's large enough that the tool actually feels useful (a Zoom call with 30 people doesn't need Feedr), but small enough that moderation becomes a real problem without tools. Anyone running 100 people live is probably thinking about their comment stream quality. They're starting to wonder whether they need to approve posts before they go live or respond to the same question five times. That's exactly when they upgrade.

The free tier is honest about its scope. It says: if you're running intimate events, we're free. If you're scaling or repeating, pay. We've had people tell us they've kept events under 100 attendees intentionally to stay on free, and that's fine. We'd rather have them using Feedr for free than using something else.

What the limits don't prevent you from doing

This matters, so I'll be clear: the free tier gives you the core experience. When someone joins via QR code, they see the live comment stream. They can upvote on any comment. They see which posts resonate. You, as the host, get to pin comments in real time if something brilliant arrives. You can see what your audience is thinking as it happens, not six months later in a survey.

You also get a basic session report. It's not a dashboard with trends and heatmaps, but it gives you the numbers: how many people showed up, what got discussed, what got upvoted most. For someone testing whether their audience even wants to comment, that's enough.

The features that stay locked on free are the ones that matter when you're serious. Comment moderation queues let you approve posts before they go live, which becomes essential at scale. Emoji reactions give your audience a richer way to respond without typing. Guest moderator links let you hand off moderation to a co-host in real time. Session analytics is pure Pro, which is where it belongs. Those are genuinely advanced, and they cost money to support properly.

Why we don't offer a 'one unlimited session free trial'

We could. Other apps do. Give people a taste of the unlimited experience, and they'll upgrade, right? We tried thinking that way in the early spec, and it felt dishonest. Someone who runs one unlimited session and then hits the paywall on session two feels tricked. Someone who knows going in that they get three full sessions and can plan around it feels respected.

The three sessions are not a trial. They're a real product. You can run a whole conference breakout, a church service, a podcast taping. You can invite your audience, get their feedback, refine your approach, and do it again. Some people will never need more than three a month. We want those people to know they've got a genuine, permanent home on free.

The ones who do need more know exactly what they're getting when they upgrade. No surprise paywalls. No 'you've run out of sessions, upgrade now' dark pattern. Just a straightforward ceiling that tells you the tier above is built for exactly this use case.

The real lesson in those two numbers

What we've learned is that free users on Feedr tend to cluster into two groups. There are people who genuinely need only a few events a month, and free stays free for them indefinitely. Then there are people who discover they like running live audience engagement, and within two or three months they're on Creator or Pro. The free tier didn't convert them through limitation; it converted them through use.

The three sessions and 100 audience cap aren't obstacles we hope you'll burst through. They're an honest statement of scope. If your needs fit inside them, we've built something for you at no cost. If they don't, we've built a clear path upward.