Connor Yoh
2faa38c011
Drops the side-by-side card promo (EditorPlanPromo) in favour of two views
that mirror the subscribed PaygLeader/PaygMember dashboards visually. The
free view now feels like an extension of the paid view rather than a
different page, which makes turning on Processor feel like enabling a
switch rather than buying a product.
New billable framing (product call set 2026-06):
Free, always — anything clicked directly in the Stirling UI:
viewing, editing, merging, splitting, signing, watermarking,
compression, conversion, OCR via the interactive UI.
Counts toward 500/month free tier — and metered above that:
automation pipelines, AI tools, API calls.
Note: backend design doc + pricing schema don't reflect this yet — FE is
the source of truth in the meantime; backend will catch up.
Components:
PaygFreeLeader
- Mirrors PaygLeader: subtitle + role pill header, hero usage card
showing 62 / 500 free operations with progress bar + "Plenty left"
status, identical visual language to the subscribed view
- Below the hero: a gradient-bordered CTA card ("Turn on the Processor
plan") with three benefit bullets (Automation / AI / API access)
and footer row containing the CTA button + reassurance copy
- Bottom: side-by-side explainer cards — "Always free" vs "Counts
toward 500/month" — using the same colour tokens as the hero
- CTA opens the existing UpgradeModal
PaygFreeMember
- Same header + hero pattern but with team-member pill
- Replaces the CTA with a lock-icon note explaining the owner can
enable Processor
- Same bottom explainer cards but worded for the member viewpoint
("Always free for you" / "Shared with the team")
UpgradeModal copy rewrite:
- Promise card now reads "Everything in the Stirling UI stays free.
You only pay for what comes from automation pipelines, AI tools, and
API calls — the things that don't need a person clicking through
the UI."
- "Set your monthly spend ceiling" section text updated to
"Your first 500 automation / AI / API operations every month are free"
- "What we count toward billing" card now a bulleted list of the three
billable categories plus an italic line explicitly listing UI tools
that stay free
Dev preview slots reworked:
- Was: free / upgrade-modal / active-leader / active-member
- Now: free-leader / free-member / subscribed-leader / subscribed-member
- "Upgrade modal" slot removed — the modal now opens from inside
free-leader, which is the only real entry point
Deleted: EditorPlanPromo.tsx + .css (superseded by PaygFreeLeader).
Screenshots:
payg-flow-009-free-leader-v1.png (first cut — stacked header)
payg-flow-010-free-leader-v2.png (Mantine Group header, polished CTA)
payg-flow-011-free-member.png (member view, lock note instead of CTA)
payg-flow-012-modal-new-copy.png (modal with billable framing reworked)
Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform
Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.
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