Yes. The Free tier is permanent. New users complete a $0 Stripe Checkout to verify the account, then get 7 questions per day with no expiration. There is no charge unless the user explicitly upgrades to Accelerated.

Free vs Accelerated: OFFERGOBLIN Pricing Comparison

Q: What is the difference between Free and Accelerated on OFFERGOBLIN?

Free: 7 questions/day with GOBLINMODE + GOBLIN100. Accelerated: $40/month, 80 questions/day, plus Bank & Round and Topics modes. All articles, guides, and Excel shortcut training are on both tiers.

Q: Is there an annual plan?

No. OFFERGOBLIN is monthly only. Most candidates run Accelerated for 3-6 months around an active recruiting cycle and downgrade outside of that window.

Q: Is there a free trial of Accelerated?

No. The Free tier serves the same purpose — full access to the GOBLINMODE engine and GOBLIN100, just at 7 questions per day. There is no time-limited trial.

Q: When should I upgrade?

Upgrade when you hit the 7/day cap on consecutive days, or when you need Bank & Round filters for a specific upcoming interview, or when you need Topics filters to drill a weak area.

OFFERGOBLIN's two tiers compared: Free at 7 questions/day with GOBLINMODE and GOBLIN100, and Accelerated at $40/month with 80/day plus all four practice modes including Bank & Round and Topics filters.

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Direct answer

OFFERGOBLIN has two tiers. Free is permanent at 7 questions per day with GOBLINMODE and GOBLIN100 unlocked. Accelerated is $40 per month for 80 questions per day plus Bank & Round and Topics filters. Both tiers include all articles, recruiting guides, and the Excel shortcut trainer. There is no annual plan and no free trial of Accelerated.

Side-by-side

Feature	Free	Accelerated
Daily question limit	7/day	80/day
Reset cadence	UTC midnight	UTC midnight
GOBLINMODE	✓	✓
GOBLIN100	✓	✓
Bank & Round mode	—	✓
Topics mode	—	✓
Articles (Learn library)	✓	✓
Recruiting guides	✓	✓
Excel shortcut trainer	✓	✓
Card-required signup	$0 Stripe Checkout	$40/mo Stripe
Cancel anytime	n/a	✓
Annual plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—

What the Free tier is

The Free tier is a permanent product, not a trial. New users complete a $0 Stripe Checkout on signup so the platform can verify the account. After that, the user gets 7 questions per day forever, with the daily counter resetting at UTC midnight.

The Free tier is enough for a candidate who:

Is more than 6 months out from real interviews and just needs daily exposure to the question style.
Wants to sample the platform before committing to a subscription.
Has limited budget and prefers a slow, steady prep cadence over the recruiting cycle.

It is not enough for a candidate in the heart of recruiting, when 7 cards a day is closer to a single warm-up than a real session.

What Accelerated unlocks

Three things, in order of impact:

1. 80 questions per day instead of 7

The daily cap is the most important difference. 7 cards is roughly 10 minutes of work. 80 cards is a full hour, which is what serious recruiting prep actually looks like. Most Accelerated candidates use 30-60 cards on weekdays and ramp to the cap around interviews.

2. Bank & Round mode

Bank & Round lets the candidate filter the question pool by firm and interview round. With a Goldman first round on the calendar, the candidate switches into Goldman + first round, and the GOBLINMODE engine runs over only that subset.

This is irreplaceable for week-of prep. There is no Free tier substitute.

3. Topics mode

Topics lets the candidate filter by curriculum tag — accounting, DCF, LBO, M&A, behavioral, and 60+ others. Used reactively (after GOBLINMODE exposes a weak spot), it is the fastest way to close a gap.

Free users can read the topic articles in Learn but cannot filter their practice cards by tag.

What Accelerated does NOT change

The content under the hood is the same on both tiers. The same 3,500+ questions, the same 39 banks, the same 67 tags, the same six-section structured answers. The same article library, the same guides, the same Excel shortcut trainer.

What changes is the daily volume cap and the filtering surface area.

Why no annual plan

Most recruiting cycles are 3–6 months of intensive prep, not 12. An annual subscription would either overcharge candidates with shorter cycles or underprice the platform's value during peak prep months. The monthly model lets candidates upgrade when they need volume and downgrade when they do not.

A candidate who runs Accelerated for the 3 months around their fall recruiting cycle pays $120 total. That is the realistic spend for serious prep.

Why no free trial

The Free tier is the trial. It is permanent, full-featured for GOBLINMODE and GOBLIN100, and gives the candidate 7 days of practice before committing — or 7 weeks, or 7 months, however long they want to take.

A standard 7-day trial of Accelerated would be worse than what already exists, because the candidate would lose access to anything they had built up if they did not convert.

How to choose

Decision rule:

Free if you are more than 6 months from interviews, exploring the platform, or want a slow daily cadence.
Accelerated if you have interviews on the calendar in the next 3 months, want bank- or topic-specific drilling, or expect to run more than 7 cards on most days.

Most serious candidates start on Free for the first week, then upgrade to Accelerated when they hit the daily cap on consecutive days. The platform makes this transition easy from the upgrade dialog.

Full pricing details on the pricing page.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Free and Accelerated on OFFERGOBLIN?

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Is there an annual plan?

Is there a free trial of Accelerated?

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