It’s Black Friday. Your inbox is full of “LAST CHANCE” emails from every SaaS tool you’ve ever signed up for. Mattress companies are offering their “lowest prices of the year” (again). Someone is definitely fighting over a television somewhere.
We looked around and thought: where’s the enterprise data infrastructure Black Friday sale? Where are the doorbusters for distributed compute? Why isn’t anyone offering 50% off log processing for ONE DAY ONLY?
So we made one.
Introducing Our Black Friday Pricing Page
We’ve got everything you’d expect from a proper Black Friday event:
A festive banner. With diagonal stripes. Very seasonal.
DOORBUSTER: First 5 Nodes Still Free. We know what you’re thinking: “Wait, that’s always free.” Correct. But now there’s a banner, so it feels more special.
Urgency language. Our Accelerator Package is marked “LIMITED TIME*” with the asterisk noting that we’ll probably still offer this in January.
A disclaimer. “No fighting in the parking lot required. Our API docs are available 24/7. Quantities unlimited because it’s software.”
The Prices Are Exactly the Same
Let’s be clear: nothing is actually on sale. Our pricing is transparent year-round. We don’t do fake urgency, manufactured scarcity, or “was $999, now $99” nonsense.
We HAVE added some packages, which are quite nice, for those that don’t want to count nodes. They’re even at a discount!
But, other than that, the Free tier is still free. Pro is still $50 per node. Enterprise is still custom. We just added some gold accents and a sense of occasion.
Why We Actually Made This
Because talking about enterprise software is so exhausting, and sometimes you need to acknowledge that procurement cycles don’t care about retail holidays. Also, capitalism etc etc.
But also: if you’ve been meaning to try Expanso and needed a nudge, consider this your sign. Not because prices will go up tomorrow (they won’t), but because you’re probably avoiding actual shopping right now and might as well do something productive.
Here’s what you can do today without fighting anyone:
Start free with 5 nodes. No credit card. No time limit. No camping outside our office.
Run a 90-day pilot for $1,000. If you don’t save more than you spend, we refund it. That’s our actual guarantee, not a Black Friday gimmick.
Talk to our team about Enterprise. They promise not to use high-pressure retail tactics.
FAQ: Black Friday Edition
Q: Is this a real sale? A: Technically yes - it’s Friday in late November and we’re selling things. But the prices are identical to any other day.
Q: Will prices go up after Black Friday? A: No. We will also not send you 47 emails about “LAST CHANCE” (though we probably should, have you seen the conversation rates on those??)
Q: Is there a limit on how many licenses I can buy? A: No. This is software. We have infinite inventory.
Q: What if I want the authentic Black Friday experience? A: We can arrange for someone on our team to send you a confusing email at 4am, but it seems unnecessary.
Actual Things Expanso Does
Since you’re here, you might as well know what we actually do beyond making joke pricing pages:
- Process data at the source. Filter, transform, and govern data before it hits your expensive cloud platforms.
- Cut platform costs%. By sending only signal, not noise, to Snowflake, Databricks, Splunk, etc.
- Run anywhere. Cloud, on-prem, edge, air-gapped - wherever your data lives.
- Prove value before you commit. Our pilot packages have ROI guarantees because we’re confident it works.
If you’re spending too much on data infrastructure and want to fix that, start here. If you want to experience our Black Friday page in all its glory, that’s here.
Happy Friday. May your data costs be low, your storage be firmly in the middle of it’s MTTF, and your bandwidth be plentiful.