Groups.io provides three levels of plans:

• Free, for groups of up to 100 members; per-member pricing applies after 100 members
• Premium, which has a monthly or annual fee but also has a free trial
• Enterprise, which has a monthly or annual fee (this plan is intended primarily for large organizations)

See the Pricing page on the Groups.io website for a feature summary and current prices. You can click or tap the See A Complete Plan Comparison button near the bottom of the page and review the resulting feature comparison page to help you decide what plan you want to have. Free groups provide only functions related to sending, storing, and managing messages. Premium and Enterprise groups provide additional collaboration features such as calendars, databases, and wikis.

Note: This guide focuses on Free and Premium groups. Because Enterprise groups typically are tailored to meet the specific needs of particular organizations and, for that reason, have some extra features, they are outside the scope of this guide.

If you are completely new to Groups.io, the easiest way to start is by creating a Free group. You can always upgrade to a paid level later. That said, you can try most Premium features for free for 90 days. With a 90-day trial Premium group:

• You have access to all Premium features except the ability to add members to the group directly and the ability to change group members’ email addresses.
• You can upgrade to a paid Premium plan at any point during the trial, and it will start at the end of the 90 days.
• One week before the end of your trial, you will get an email reminder.
• If you opt not to continue with a paid plan, your group will automatically be downgraded to a Free group at the end of the 90 days. Any subgroups you created during your trial will be locked and other Premium features will become inaccessible. (Nothing will be deleted in case you decide to upgrade the group in the future.)

Now go to Step 3: Create the group and specify initial settings.