When evaluating a new tool, what is your preferred method for a free trial?
A time-based trial38%
A credit-based trial46%
Both a time-based and credit-based trial14%
Other (please share in comments)
504 PARTICIPANTS
A time-based trial38%
A credit-based trial46%
Both a time-based and credit-based trial14%
Other (please share in comments)
Finding data and putting it to good use13%
Controlling the security and privacy of data45%
Understanding how data is currently being used20%
All of the above19%
None of the above1%
HashiCorp (Terraform, Vault, Packer, etc.)22%
Cloud infra automation (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)56%
APM (Datadog, AppD, SignalFX, NewRelic, etc.)10%
Others?10%
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A milestone based trial, tied to an outcome