Yes — there is a permanently free buyer tier, and it is not a time-limited trial: on the Plans & pricing page its button reads Always free, with no card asked for at sign-up.
Free gets you the whole core loop, not a crippled preview. You describe your requirement line by line under New Demand, qualified suppliers submit sealed offers, you compare them side by side on a common EUR basis, and you turn the one you accept into an order. Sealed-bid fairness is not tied to a plan either: no supplier sees a rival offer, its price, or even how many offers arrived — that holds on every plan.
Starting free works because the platform takes no cut of the sale; revenue comes from subscriptions only, never from the size of the deal. And nothing binds you until you accept an offer.
To begin, register with Create account and open your first demand. Your active demand count and plan limits are shown under Settings → Usage. If you need more demands running at once, documents attached to a demand, or a longer offer window, you can move up to a paid buyer plan.
The supplier side works differently: browsing the marketplace and submitting offers requires a Starter, Growth or Scale package.
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