AppSumo
Everything below comes from AppSumo's own pricing page or from published third-party review data. Read on 19 September 2026.
We have not used AppSumo. There is no verdict on this page, no score, and no opinion about how it feels to work in — because we would be making that up. What we do instead.
Visit AppSumoThe facts
- Free plan
- Free to browse and buy — you pay per deal; membership is optional
- Paid from
- Deals priced individually; Plus membership from $8.25/mo (annual)
- Billed on
- One-time purchase per deal. The optional Plus membership is a subscription
- Trustpilot rating
- 3.6 / 5 from 1,511 reviews
- Checked
- 19 September 2026
Plans, as printed on their pricing page
| Plan | Price | What the page lists |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplace deals | Varies per deal | Mostly lifetime deals on software. Refund window is stated on each deal page (for example 30 or 60 days) |
| Plus — monthly | $12/mo | 10% off every order, early access to deals, KingSumo and SendFox tier 1 included |
| Plus — annual | $99/yr | Same benefits plus $25 coupon every 90 days |
| Plus Pro — annual | $199/yr | Longer We Got Your Back coverage |
Source: appsumo.com/plus/. Prices are US list prices in USD, read from each vendor pricing page on the date above. Vendors localise pricing by country — we saw GetResponse quote in Vietnamese dong from a Vietnamese connection — so what you see may differ. Always confirm on the vendor page before buying.
Reasons to consider it
- You would rather pay once for a tool than add another monthly subscription
- Each deal page states its own refund window, so you can test a tool and return it inside that window
- Plus members get 10% off every order — the $99/yr plan pays for itself if you buy regularly
Reasons to look elsewhere
- The core risk is the model itself: Trustpilot reviewers report lifetime-deal products that later shut down or dropped features
- Some reviewers report refunds issued as store credit rather than cash
- Vendor quality varies — reviewers say vetting has loosened, so research the maker before buying
What the review score says
AppSumo holds 3.6 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 1,511 reviews.
AppSumo scores 3.6 on Trustpilot from 1,511 reviews and its G2 page was not reachable when we checked, so we show one score. The complaint pattern — deals that die later — is a risk of the lifetime-deal model itself: buy tools you would actually miss, and use the refund window.
What we cannot tell you
How AppSumo feels after a month of real use. Whether support actually answers when something breaks. Whether the workflow fits your specific case. Those need an account and real use, and we have not done that. Anyone publishing those answers without doing the work is guessing, and you deserve to know which is which.
We have not compared this against rivals yet
AppSumo is the first product we have documented in software deals. A single product is not a comparison, so there is no category page for it yet — we will build one once we have read the pricing pages of its main competitors and can put them side by side on the same facts.