Free can publish now
For Ripple's first month, Free let you write but not publish. The logic seemed clean, pay $9 to go live. The problem was equally clean: nobody got to feel the product working.
Free now publishes up to 3 entries. After that, upgrade or stop. Either way, you'll know what you're paying for.
The pricing page got a third column too. Free lives on the left, alongside Starter and Pro.
If you bounced because Free didn't let you ship, now's the time