Pricing
Start free. Stay free, if that’s enough.
Two tiers, and the difference between them is volume — not depth. The framework, the notes and the memory are the same on both.
Free
$0
No card. No trial that ends.
- Five conversations a month
- The complete framework — nothing held back
- Wrap-up notes on every conversation
- Memory and carry-forward
- Voice, if you want it
- Crisis resources
Pro
$12 / month
For when five isn’t enough.
- Unlimited conversations
- Everything in Free
- Cancel from your account, any time
Referral
Give a month, get a month.
Everyone has a share link. It’s the only growth mechanism in the product, and it’s built so that it only pays out when it’s worked.
They get thirty days
Immediately, on signup. Whoever you send it to starts with a month of Pro before they’ve done anything.
You get thirty days
When they have their first real conversation — not when they sign up. The reward is for someone actually showing up, which is the only version worth paying for.
Questions
The ones worth answering up front.
- What happens when I hit five in a month?
- You keep every conversation you’ve already had, and you can keep going in them. Starting a new one waits for your next month, or for Pro. The count resets on a rolling thirty days from when you first hit it, not on the first of the month.
- Is the framework itself limited on the free tier?
- No, and it never will be. Free and Pro get the same framework, the same wrap-up notes, the same memory. The only difference is how many conversations you can start. Paywalling the method would make the product worse at the one thing it’s for.
- What happens to my notes if I cancel?
- They stay. Cancelling returns you to the free tier — it doesn’t delete anything you’ve written or anything Upstream has carried forward for you.
- How does “give a month, get a month” work?
- Everyone gets a share link. Whoever signs up through it starts with thirty days of Pro immediately. You get your thirty days when they actually have their first conversation — not when they sign up. That’s deliberate: parking fake signups on your own code earns nothing.
- Do I need a card to start?
- No. The free tier doesn’t ask for one, and there’s no trial that quietly converts.
Five a month is more than most people need.
Start there. If you outgrow it, Pro is one click from inside your account.
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