Extern pricing

TL;DR: Extern does not publish a price list we can verify, which is normal for Consumer companies at this stage. Below: what we can confirm, how to get a real quote, and 8 comparable tools to benchmark the number against.

What is verifiable about Extern pricing, how to get a real quote, and 8 comparable tools to price it against.

Company
Extern
Category
Consumer
YC batch
Winter 2017
Status
Active
Team size
30
Public price list
Not published

Last verified:

Does Extern publish its pricing?

Not in any source we can verify. Extern is a Y Combinator-backed Consumer company from the Winter 2017 batch, and companies at this stage usually quote per customer rather than publish rate cards. We will not guess at a number — anything quoted elsewhere without a source is guesswork too. The company profile we work from is the Y Combinator listing; the current figure has to come from Extern directly.

How to get an accurate Extern quote

  1. Ask for pricing at your actual volume, not the headline tier — per-seat and usage pricing diverge fast.
  2. Ask what happens at renewal. Uplift caps matter more than the first-year discount.
  3. Get the onboarding, migration and support costs in writing separately.
  4. Ask for a month-to-month option. If it does not exist, that tells you about the annual price.
  5. Quote a competitor from the table below. It is the fastest way to a real number.

Extern pricing compared to competitors

These are the closest comparable tools, matched on what Extern actually does. Price each one alongside it — stage and team size are a reasonable proxy for where a vendor sits on price.

Compare againstWhat it doesStageTeam
Prism Labs—YC Summer 20175
Fractal Labs—YC Winter 20244
BrainTripping—YC Summer 20121
Mixed Media Labs—YC Winter 2010—
Grid—YC Summer 2012—
Vote.org—YC Summer 2016—
RentAHumanMarketplace for AI agents to hire humans.YC Spring 20263
Biographicon—YC Summer 20072

Is Extern worth the cost?

That depends on a number we cannot see, so judge it on what we can: Extern is currently Active with a team of around 30. A small team means faster support and more negotiating room, but more risk of the product changing direction. A larger or public vendor costs more and moves slower. If price is the deciding factor, the earlier-batch companies in the table are usually the ones still competing on it.

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