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NOTE: Estibot have replied that there will be 5 free per day so this has been posted.
Estibot have now only the new version, which has some new features and a significantly refreshed interface. Apparently there are 5 free per day. If it takes you to a login page, even though you have not done as many as 5, or anyone else from your IP address, try using a different browser, or totally removing all cookies from your existing one and clear cache. By going to Firefox I was able to get it to work, although Chrome with my saved data will not. Previously Estibot allowed one free evaluation a day, or 5 free on the beta of the new recently.
For small domain name investors the pricing of the plans seem expensive to me. The lowest cost one is the so-called Novice plan that allows you to do up to 150 evaluations per day, and costs $29.95 USD per month. The Advanced plan, that allows up to 5000 per day, is $99.95 per month. There are a couple of other plans as well. including the Expert plan at $149.95 per month that allows you to directly email 1000 leads per day from within Estibot using their lead generator tool (surely that is contrary to some national and international anti-spam legislation, it seems to me?).
You only get API access with the two most expensive plans. The Novice plan does not get you the appraised or premium drop list, a useful feature in my opinion.
I think, in an environment where GoDaddy are offering GoValue free, and that other features of Estibot (e.g. advertiser info, search info. whois, drop lists, word parsing and suggestions, etc. ) are either free or at low cost elsewhere, Estibot will find it difficult to get subscribers at these rates.
It will be interesting to see how Estibot makes out, but I find the pricing too high for what is uniquely offered. I hope that GoValue will stay free, and that it will continue to improve in quality. I also hope that at some point a genuinely sophisticated AI based tool that uses deep learning to get better and better will emerge.
You can see about the Estibot features and plan options at this link:
https://www.estibot.com/register
Bob
ps Disclosure: I have no affiliation with either service mentioned here.
Estibot have now only the new version, which has some new features and a significantly refreshed interface. Apparently there are 5 free per day. If it takes you to a login page, even though you have not done as many as 5, or anyone else from your IP address, try using a different browser, or totally removing all cookies from your existing one and clear cache. By going to Firefox I was able to get it to work, although Chrome with my saved data will not. Previously Estibot allowed one free evaluation a day, or 5 free on the beta of the new recently.
For small domain name investors the pricing of the plans seem expensive to me. The lowest cost one is the so-called Novice plan that allows you to do up to 150 evaluations per day, and costs $29.95 USD per month. The Advanced plan, that allows up to 5000 per day, is $99.95 per month. There are a couple of other plans as well. including the Expert plan at $149.95 per month that allows you to directly email 1000 leads per day from within Estibot using their lead generator tool (surely that is contrary to some national and international anti-spam legislation, it seems to me?).
You only get API access with the two most expensive plans. The Novice plan does not get you the appraised or premium drop list, a useful feature in my opinion.
I think, in an environment where GoDaddy are offering GoValue free, and that other features of Estibot (e.g. advertiser info, search info. whois, drop lists, word parsing and suggestions, etc. ) are either free or at low cost elsewhere, Estibot will find it difficult to get subscribers at these rates.
It will be interesting to see how Estibot makes out, but I find the pricing too high for what is uniquely offered. I hope that GoValue will stay free, and that it will continue to improve in quality. I also hope that at some point a genuinely sophisticated AI based tool that uses deep learning to get better and better will emerge.
You can see about the Estibot features and plan options at this link:
https://www.estibot.com/register
Bob
ps Disclosure: I have no affiliation with either service mentioned here.
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