Which TrendMetric plan matches the research you actually need

TrendMetric pricing maps to how much of the research stack you can use, not to a different catalog of invented scores. The live product and market boards are real on every paid plan. Intelligence tools are not. Tracked and Projects are capped. Spy on Store and Search Product outside the catalog are Coming Soon on every plan — including Business.

Monthly list prices from the billing catalog are Starter $69, Pro $89, and Business $149. Those are the figures this article uses. Quarterly and annual billing exist at checkout; do not treat a promotional quote as a second research product. Cancel from Settings. Access continues through the period you already paid.

This article is the plan-matching pass. It is not a coupon page and not a promise that a higher plan produces better ROAS. If you still need the workflow, start with how to find trending ecommerce products or validate a product idea before ads. Pay for the surface you will actually open.

No Plan: a limited live preview

Unpaid access is a limited live preview of Trending Products and Trending Markets. It is not the full catalog. Who’s Scaling, AI Market Analysis, and Forecast stay locked. You can still Track and use Projects inside the unpaid caps — the same 12 tracked items and 3 projects as Starter — so the watch list is usable while you decide.

The preview exists so you can see that local intelligence on real catalog rows, not so you can run a retainer from the teaser. When the board is not enough, upgrade. Do not treat the blurred leftover rows as extra data you can still use. Create a free account first; the limited preview is the unpaid workspace, not a separate public toy.

Starter ($69/mo): the live catalogs

Starter opens the live Trending Products and Trending Markets catalogs, including VolumeScore™ and MarketScore™. That is the plan for ranking SKUs and sizing categories. Who’s Scaling, AI Market Analysis, and Forecast remain Pro. Tracked sits at 12 items. Projects sit at 3.

Most dropshippers and product researchers should start here. If you will not open a forecast or a scaling board this month, do not pay for them. Learn how to read VolumeScore™ on the live board first. A Portable Neck Fan style row looks the same on Starter as it will on Pro: the ring, the search-volume figure, and the modeled revenue are catalog research, not a paid upgrade to “truer” numbers.

What Starter is enough for

• A demand-first shortlist on Trending Products in the country you sell.
• A category size check on Trending Markets without adding parent and child TAM.
• A small Tracked list whose 7D / 30D clock starts the day you save (Track starts the clock).
• Three projects so notes stay on one geography.

The six-question plan picker

Use this when you are about to enter a card. The point is a plan that matches the research you will run this month — not the feature list you might want later.

1. Do you only need to see whether the catalog is real? Stay on No Plan until the limited preview is not enough.
2. Do you need the full live boards, VolumeScore™, and MarketScore™? That is Starter at $69/mo.
3. Do you need markets that already clear a revenue floor and still accelerate? That is Who’s Scaling on Pro.
4. Do you need a demand range and a Scale / Test / Watch / Caution stance on a catalog SKU? That is Forecast on Pro.
5. Do you need a monthly-snapshot brief of the market board — not a spend chat? That is AI Market Analysis on Pro.
6. Do you need Tracked 200, Projects 40, and priority support? That is Business at $149/mo. It does not unlock Spy on Store or Search Product.

Pro ($89/mo): intelligence on the same catalog

Pro adds Who’s Scaling, AI Market Analysis, and Forecast, plus Tracked (50) and 12 Projects. That is the plan for media buyers and agencies who need the monthly brief and a demand range before they treat a niche as scale-ready.

Pro does not invent a second catalog. Estimated revenue and country switching stay the same helpers as Starter. You pay to rank sizable markets, brief a monthly snapshot, and forecast a catalog subject. Track Forecast is still not live. CPC on a product, when it exists, is still a research estimate — not a live bid.

If you are a media buyer who only needed the market cards, Starter already has Trending Markets. Upgrade when the revenue-and-momentum bar or a demand range is the actual next step — see market research before spend. If you only needed to watch twelve rows, stay on Starter and read Track starts the clock before you pay for a higher cap you will not fill.

Business ($149/mo): caps and priority support

Business raises Tracked to 200 items and Projects to 40 and includes priority support and the highest research limits. It does not invent a new research board. Spy on Store and Search Product are still Coming Soon on every plan. If you were about to buy Business to paste a Shopify URL, wait — that surface is not shipped.

Buy Business when several people share a workspace and 50 tracked rows or 12 projects are the constraint. Do not buy it because the word “Business” sounds like better scores. VolumeScore™ and MarketScore™ are the same research ranks as Pro. Priority support is the operational extra, not a different catalog.

What every plan still will not do

• Spy on Store is Coming Soon — no Shopify URL spy report on Starter, Pro, or Business.
• Search Product outside the catalog is Coming Soon — no any-keyword API on any plan.
• Track Forecast is not live. Track products and markets instead.
• No plan predicts checkout, ROAS, or whether an ad account will clear learning.

Public one-shot previews on Trending Products and Product Forecast are separate from plan entitlements. Calculators on the tools hub stay free and do not read your plan. A one-shot forecast is not Pro. The workspace is where you change horizon (30D, 90D, 6M, 1Y, 5Y) and country.

Cancel, refunds, and when to upgrade

Paid plans can be canceled from Settings. Access continues through the end of the billing period you already paid. See the Refund Policy for the 14-day window on eligible purchases. Upgrade when the catalog preview is not enough, or when Starter’s missing Pro tools are the actual blocker — not because a listicle said you need “AI.”

Downgrade the same way when you only needed Forecast for one brief. The catalog does not get worse on Starter. You lose Who’s Scaling, the monthly AI snapshot, Forecast, and the higher Tracked / Projects caps. That is the whole difference. Spy on Store will not appear because you waited it out on Business.

Match the plan to the next article, not the other way around

If you will spend this week ranking SKUs, Starter plus the trending-products pass is enough. If you will brief a market floor before spend, you need Pro and Who’s Scaling. If you will watch a shortlist, read Track starts the clock so you do not buy Business only to backfill a 30D you never recorded.

Create a free account to use the preview, then upgrade when the catalog is not enough. Do not pay only for a number you already misunderstand. Read the score as a rank first, then pick the plan that unlocks the next surface you will actually open.