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Pixton Free Trial: 7 Days or 30, and What Happens After
Quick answer
Pixton quotes two different numbers, and both are real — they measure different things. The educator free trial, which Pixton calls the Starter plan, is 30 days with a cap of 40 total projects. The 7-day figure in Pixton’s terms of use is the cancellation-and-refund window on a paid recurring subscription. The first is how long you can evaluate for free; the second is how long after paying you can still get the money back.
Why this happens
Pixton’s Starter plan documentation describes “full access to all of the features of Pixton during the 30 days of free trial” and “up to 40 projects in total (among teacher and students).” Both limits run concurrently; the trial ends at whichever you reach first. It is one per teacher and unavailable to previously subscribed accounts.
Pixton’s educator terms of use separately state that on a recurring subscription “you have the right to cancel the recurring arrangement in writing within seven (7) calendar days after you first entered into the recurring arrangement” for a full refund. That window has nothing to do with the free trial. It starts the day you pay.
The confusion comes from third-party review sites that collapse the two into a single “7-day free trial.” They are wrong, and it matters: a teacher who thinks the trial is a week rushes the evaluation, and one who thinks the refund window is a month misses it.
What you need to know
- The free trial is 30 days or 40 projects, whichever comes first, on a new educator account. It should switch on automatically; if not, email support@pixton.com.
- There is no card required for the Starter plan and no automatic conversion to a paid plan. When it ends, the Scene Maker stops opening; nothing is charged.
- Start the trial when you are ready to actually teach with it. A trial burned during a planning week evaluates nothing, and you do not get another.
- If you then subscribe, a separate clock starts: seven calendar days from the day you first entered the recurring arrangement, during which written cancellation earns a full refund within 30 days.
- When the trial ends, your projects, classrooms and student accounts stay. Pixton does not delete work when a plan lapses. Only the 365-day inactivity rule deletes anything.
- Confirm your own trial end date inside the account rather than relying on either number. Pixton has changed trial terms before and third-party listings lag.
Getting real value out of 30 days and 40 projects
Forty projects is not many. With a class of 28 it is one comic each and a dozen spare. Decide before you start what you are evaluating — whether students can build a coherent four-panel story, whether the Activity Maker produces assignments you would actually set, whether the rubric fits your grading — and design the trial lesson around that. Do not let students make five test comics each on day one.
Use the trial to test the things that break: sign-in on your actual school devices, the network filter, the Google Classroom turn-in flow if you use it. Those are the problems that surface in week two of a paid subscription and would have been free to find in the trial.
The 7-day rule, precisely
From Pixton’s terms: cancellation must be “in writing within seven (7) calendar days after you first entered into the recurring arrangement,” and the refund is “of any fees paid within thirty (30) days.” After the window, or “once you have accessed, downloaded, installed or used the Content and/or Services,” fees are stated as not refundable, except at Pixton’s discretion. Calendar days, not business days, and the clock starts at first purchase, not at the most recent renewal.
If that did not solve it
If your Scene Maker stopped opening and you cannot tell whether the trial ended or something broke, it ended. Pixton lists the Starter limit as the first cause on its own troubleshooting page. Check the project count and start date in your account.
Questions people also ask
How long is the Pixton free trial?
30 days, or 40 total projects across teacher and students, whichever comes first. Pixton calls it the Starter plan. The 7-day figure you may have seen is the refund window on a paid subscription, not the trial.
Does the Pixton free trial need a credit card?
No. The Starter plan activates on a new educator account without payment details and does not convert to a paid plan automatically.
What happens when the Pixton trial ends?
The Scene Maker stops opening. Your projects, classes and student accounts remain. Nothing is charged. To keep creating, subscribe at $25 a month or $144 a year.
Can I extend the Pixton trial?
Pixton’s documentation offers no extension and limits the Starter plan to one per teacher. If it did not activate on a new account, support@pixton.com can switch it on.
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