The free trial
The unified free trial costs $0 and does not require a credit card. It includes 300 one-time credits, one brand, one seat, a starter audit, and a first-week marketing plan.
Hosted start — the website and pricing flows start a hosted Agent trial. You can chat, research, create content, connect integrations including Slack, and review the starter plan. The model is fixed to GPT-5.6 Luna and scheduled workflows are not available on Free.
Hosted-compute limit — the trial includes up to 72 hours of active hosted-machine time, separate from the credit limit. Idle trial machines suspend after 30 minutes, so idle time does not burn the active-hour allowance.
MCP-first start — signing up from the MCP connector hub can create a machine-free trial instead. It uses the same one-time credit allowance for eligible Magister tools and does not include Agent-only automation.
When the allowance ends — Magister shows an upgrade path to Connect or Agent. Free credits do not renew monthly, and Free does not support paid brand or seat add-ons.
Choose Connect when you want to keep working in your own AI assistant. Choose Agent when you want Magister-hosted chat and autonomous execution.