Pricing? We don’t need no stinkin’ pricing!
This page explains how AGG-X thinks about pricing, why we run an open beta, and why we choose open source. If pricing ever turns into a tollbooth, we’re doing it wrong.
The pricing stance
Aggregate hauling is specialized work. Access to legitimate work should not require permission from rent-seekers. AGG-X is built to be direct, field-ready, and fair — not a marketplace designed to extract.
Pricing
No tollbooth.
Core access is free. Optional utilities are $5/month. Not for access. Not to win.
Optional paid tools never unlock freight, gated loads, priority placement, or “better” access. No pay-to-win. Ever.
What premium actually means
Tools first. Public later.
Premium does not unlock work, freight, or visibility. It does not create priority access, ranking, or pay-to-win advantages. Premium only gives early access to optional utilities as they are released.
Every paid utility is eventually released to the public. Paying simply means you get the tools first — while helping fund development and keeping the platform free at its core.
If any “premium feature” ever becomes a tollbooth for freight, access, or opportunity — it violates the mandate and it doesn’t belong on AGG-X.
What “optional tools” means
Premium exists to fund operations without turning access into a tollbooth. These utilities are designed to help you stay organized and informed — without changing who sees what.
Global Notes — premium users can see notes left by past parties (ex: “Pays quickly”, “Clear check-in”, “Fast turnaround”). This is visibility, not leverage: it does not unlock freight, move you up a list, or change access rules.
One more utility — reserved for something that saves time without changing outcomes. (Same rule: convenience only. No access advantage. No priority.)
Premium tools must never become a handicap for free users. If a “tool” starts affecting access, placement, or visibility — it’s not allowed.
Open beta
AGG-X is in open beta because real-world use is the only honest test. We’re building this for the field, not a slide deck — and we’d rather ship, listen, and refine than pretend it’s perfect.
Beta means things will change. Features get added, adjusted, or removed based on actual usage. Feedback is not a suggestion box. It’s how the product is shaped.
If feedback stops, development stops.
We treat silence as signal. Real-world use matters more than theory.
Open source
We choose open source because trust matters. Platforms that mediate work tend to drift into hidden rules and extractive incentives. Open source is a counterweight: it forces clarity, invites scrutiny, and reduces the “black box” problem.
Open source doesn’t mean “anything goes.” It means the fundamentals are visible: how the system behaves, what it collects, what it doesn’t collect, and what rules are enforced. That visibility helps keep the platform aligned with the mandate.
Most importantly: open source helps us build a tool that can outlive hype and stay anchored to the work. No tollbooths, no hidden steering, no quiet paywalls.
Pricing is how platforms drift. Ours is designed to prevent it.