Pricing & commercial packaging · Core
Freemium
Also called: free-to-paid model, free-to-paid
ELI5
A model offering a free base product with paid upgrades, features or capacity.
Used in conversation
“The pricing slide needs to separate freemium from the commercial assumptions around it.”
Pitch context
You will see “Freemium” in go-to-market plans, sales forecasts, account reviews and commercial proposals when the discussion reaches pricing & commercial packaging.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret pricing & commercial packaging without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 7
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Small Business Administration — Write your business planSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- IFRS Foundation — IFRS GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16