Growth Service Price Data

Downloads

• index.csv: one row per service, comma separated, Unicode text
• index.json: the same rows with the source URL and read date of every field

What each column in the CSV and JSON means

Service is the name the service uses on its own pages. Type says whether it sells a subscription or one-time packs.

From price is the lowest price the service shows for its own billing, monthly for a subscription and one-time for a pack; for a subscription it can be a yearly or six-month rate shown per month, and the billing basis column says which. Billing basis says what that price applies to, such as monthly, quarterly, yearly or per pack.

Refund window is the period the service writes down, or "not written". Refund covers says what the window applies to, such as an order that was not delivered or a plan that produced no growth. Password says whether the service states that it needs your login: yes, no or not stated. Trial is the free trial the page shows, if any.

Read date is the day the page was read. Source URL is the page the figure was read from.

How to reuse and cite the data

The files are free to reuse, including commercially, under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY, version four). The condition is a link back to the Growth Price Index and a note of the read date or issue used.

When a figure is quoted, quote its read date with it. A service can change its pages after that date, and the source URL column lets anyone compare the recorded figure with the live page.

How often the data is re-read

Prices are re-read weekly and terms are re-read monthly. Each monthly issue lists every change since the previous one, with the dates of both reads.

How a figure is chosen and what "not stated" and "not readable" mean is set out on how prices are read. A figure that looks wrong can be reported through the contact page.