Freemius Pros and Cons

Freemius ideally implements the subscriptions model and do it perfectly. It manages the whole subscription renewal and abandoned cart recover process.

It also implements the whole payments/refund functionality working as an intermediary people can trust more that any single plugin developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

* Partners can not be added to plugins to share revenue automatically.

* Automated affiliation tools to promote other freemius-based plugins would help a lot.

* Cryptocurrency payment methods to accept crypto from your plugin buyers/subscribers is needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freemius offers so many features that every professional plugin developer would want: licensing, affiliate platform, cart abandonment, subscriptions, etc. The list goes on!

Not only is it a great product, but the people behind it are awesome too. Vova, Leo and the team are always friendly and very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I cannot think of anything. Freemius is my partner of choice! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freemius takes away a lot of hassle that you don't want to be dealing with as a programmer, and it allows me to focus on what I like to do best: programming. They handle taxes, plugin distribution/deployment, licensing, sales and so much more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing really comes to mind. Whenever there is a problem the support team is really helpful and quick to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freemius allows us to focus on solving business problems. Without wasting time on license management, accompanying email and other details. I also want to note the excellent support and friendly community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The affiliate marketing system has not been fully developed. We would like to have automatic payments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freemius lets you focus on the development of the plugins, and they take care of everything else.

They are true partners who are always happy to help and give good advice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing that I have in my mind. We enjoy working with Freemius. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a one-stop shop that's tailor-made for our needs and the team is dedicated to our success. The onboarding of email opt-in is one of the most appealing aspects of Freemius to me. With a database of more than 60,000 subscribers, we've seen an immediate boost in conversions. Now that we have this huge email list available to us, we may develop a fantastic onboarding campaign to gradually increase sales. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is not much to dislike about freemius. Actually, we are satisfied with every aspect of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've been with Freemius for several years and they've been great! Being a one-person operation, It's great to be able to outsource all the licensing and payment collection to a professional team like Freemius! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes there are small issues, but when they happen Freemius support is quick and professional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freemius makes it easy to monetize your code. You don't have to build a new licensing service or use less reliable ones out there. Freemius makes it easy as pie to add licensing and payment features to your products; all the analytics and other marketing capabilities it comes with are cherries on top of the cake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The site design could be better. The product is excellent, but even in the soon-to-come freemius.com dashboard, I find the design a bit lacking.

I think the whole freemius.com website could use a redesign to improve the UI while also keeping in mind the UX features I'm sure are already taken into consideration in the current design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If it weren't for Freemius, I would be wasting my time on tasks that I have don't have the resources to properly deal with.

Using Freemius makes me feel like I have a dedicated development team that deals with the deployment side of my products. I feel like everything is under control and my team and I can focus on what we do best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't have any more free time because so many people are buying my products so I have to provide support.

If you aren't ready to give up your development hobby and make your software products your full-time business, then this isn't for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freemius is incredibly easy to use and integrate into your application and offers excellent insights into how customers purchase and use your plugin. It is a much easier experience than deploying and setting up WooCommerce Software or Easy Digital Downloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freemius pricing model takes between 17-25% on your first $5,000 in sales. This is a sizeable percentage of each sale initially after launching your plugin, while it does drop to 5% following your first $5,000 in sales, much more in line with payment processing type fees, but from that initial $5,000, they take around $1,200. They also hold your sales from paying you out until 60 days after the sale was made. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.