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It does say "it's free!" but are you planning to charge for different plans or something at some point? I'm naturally reluctant to sign up for something where it's not totally clear what the price is, and I'm sure other people would be.

Think that should be made very clear.

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Fair point -- we're still testing, so for now it is free. Our longterm strategy to adopt a pricing model similar to Github; make the platform free for public groups, provide users 1-2 free private groups, and charge users to create additional private groups.

I will make the changes, but I hope that provides some clarity.

Speaking as a student: please have educational, and primarily, student and faculty pricing.

Too many businesses assume 501(c)(3) or bust. Most student organizations are not 501(c)(3) because that takes time and money, and in some settings, can even jeopardize affiliation with the school. The result is that student organizations exist in service purgatory between being full non-profits and educational groups. Our ability to request educational and 501(c)(3) services is either limited by legal status or the school's administrators.

Way ahead of you on this -- on-campus students groups will have access to the platform for free. However, large organizations like students' unions, regional, and national groups will have to pay.

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