Free forever. Not a trial.
Not a freemium bait-and-switch.
“Free forever” means exactly that: SprintUp Education does not limit the free tier by time, require a credit card to maintain access, or reduce features after a promotional period. Your school's digital campus, classroom tools, student management, and marketplace access are permanently free. There is no trial clock.
The business model is different from typical SaaS: SprintUp Education earns when schools purchase AI credit top-ups and when curriculum creators earn on the marketplace. The platform does not need to convert free users to paid subscribers. Free-tier schools are the platform's core product, not a funnel.
Stated plainly.
No small print.
A complete digital school.
On the free tier.
The free tier is not a limited version of the platform — it is the platform. A school on the free tier can run a full academic year of digital teaching; manage assignments, grades, and progress; communicate with parents; access marketplace curriculum; publish curriculum and earn 70% on adoptions; and use AI tools at a rate appropriate for active teaching.
The schools that encounter limits are typically those with more than 10 active students per month (which requires additional credits at approximately €3/student) or those running AI tools at very high volume. For a founding school or a focused programme for a small cohort, the free tier is genuinely sufficient.
Will you ever need to upgrade?
Probably not. Here's how to tell.
A2 covers the upgrade decision — the three specific situations where paid adds clear value, and how to tell the difference between a usage pattern that genuinely needs more credits and one that just needs better allocation strategy.