Pricing

Free for buyers. Always.

Cubbie is transaction-based. Buyers pay $0 — every feature listed below is included. Vendors pay only when a buyer actually purchases. No listing fees, no pay-to-rank, no surcharges.

For buyers, always

You never pay more on Cubbie than you would buying direct. No surcharges, no markups, no hidden fees. The vendor commission is separate and never passed to you. Plus you earn 1% back on every purchase as Cubbie Credits.

What buyers get

Every feature below is free for buyers. No tiers, no upsells, no “contact sales” gates — what you see is what you get.

Feature	Buyer (Free)
Discover
Trust-ranked product search Search 49,430+ software products ranked organically by quality, not ad spend.
Domain & category directory Browse 21 domains and 2,372+ curated categories.
Software Advisor (AI) Stack-aware AI assistant that recommends tools based on your gaps and budget.
Side-by-side comparisons Compare any two products on pricing, integrations, and trust signals.
Curated collections Hand-picked product lists for common use cases — onboarding, finance ops, AI infra, etc.
Marketplace workspace Full-page workspace to research, save, and organize products into shortlists.
Buy
Direct on-platform checkout Buy software without leaving Cubbie. No hand-off to vendor sales reps.
Verified vendor offers Pre-negotiated discounts validated directly with vendors.
Buyer approval workflows Route purchases through finance, IT, or security with role-based reviewer policies.
Procurement audit trail Every approval, signature, and payment recorded on a hash-chained audit log built for compliance reviews.
Seat reassignment & audit Assign every license to a named team member; reassign on team moves; unassign on offboarding. Append-only audit log of every change.
Manage
Stack auto-discovery Connect Okta, Google Workspace, or upload CSV to inventory every SaaS your team uses.
Subscription management Centralized view of every renewal, contract, and seat count across your stack.
Renewal calendar & alerts Get notified 60/30/14 days before any renewal so nothing auto-charges by surprise.
Usage tracking See which seats are active, dormant, or never logged in. Reclaim wasted licenses.
Health scoring Per-tool health scores combining usage, satisfaction, security, and price benchmarks.
Optimize
Stack gap analysis Identify duplicates, missing categories, and over-provisioned tools.
Industry benchmarks See how your stack and spend compare to peer companies in your size + industry.
Optimization recommendations Concrete suggestions to consolidate, downgrade, or replace tools.
Renewal negotiation prep Auto-generated negotiation packets with usage data, alternatives, and benchmark pricing.
Budget rules & threshold gates Set per-category and per-vendor spend thresholds. Purchases above the limit auto-route to finance approval.
Earn
1% Cubbie Credits on every purchase Earn back on every transaction. Apply automatically at checkout.
Tier 2 — $100 Visa gift cards Redeem credits for personal-use Visa gift cards (you keep them, not your company).
Tier 3+ — Apple, AirPods, travel, dinners Higher tiers unlock through 2026 — Apple gift cards, AirPods, travel credit, and founder dinners.
Integrate
Cubbie API REST API for stack inventory, recommendations, renewal calendar, and credit ledger access.
Okta / SAML SSO Single sign-on with your identity provider.
Google Workspace integration Pull SaaS inventory directly from your Workspace.
Outbound webhooks Subscribe to real-time events for renewals, approvals, checkout, and stack changes — signed deliveries with retries.
CSV import / export Round-trip your stack data with finance, ITAM, or BI tools.
Trust & Security
Read-only OAuth scopes We pull metadata only — never read emails, files, calendars, or message contents.
Hash-chained audit log Every account, approval, payment, and admin action recorded on an append-only chain rooted daily by the audit-chain cron.
Buyer-only deal verification Cubbie verifies offers directly with vendors before publishing — no fake discounts.
Disconnect any time Revoke OAuth or delete account at will. Data export available on request.

Vendor economics

Vendors pay nothing to list and nothing to be ranked. Fees apply only when Cubbie sources a buyer transaction.

Vendors

Buyers

$0listing fee

List your product for free. No setup costs, no monthly subscription, no pay-to-rank. You only pay when a transaction happens.

5%on new deals

Applies to the first year of a new customer acquired through Cubbie. One-time fee on the initial contract value.

1%on years 2-5

When an existing customer renews through Cubbie, the fee drops to 1% for renewal years 2 through 5.

0%after year 5

Long-term customer relationships should not carry perpetual marketplace fees. After year 5, the Cubbie platform fee is 0%.

Example: A buyer purchases your $10,000/year product through Cubbie. You pay $500 (5%) on year one, $100 (1%) on renewal years 2-5, and $0 after year 5.

$0to buyers, always

Buyers never pay more on Cubbie than they would buying direct. The vendor commission is separate and never passed to the buyer.

+1%back as Cubbie Credits

Earn 1% back on every purchase. Redeem for software credits, Visa gift cards, and more.

Example: A product costs $10,000/year. You pay exactly $10,000 and earn 100 Cubbie Credits.

Ranking integrity

Search and directory ranking are organic and trust-weighted. Payments never buy core rank placement. Vendors can buy promoted slots clearly labeled as “sponsored”, but these never displace organic search results.

What the vendor fee covers

Trust InfrastructureReview integrity, safety scanning, fraud controls, and auditability to keep discovery credible.

Transaction InfrastructureOffer management, checkout orchestration, payout logic, credit ledger, and subscription management.