Case Study

3.2x trial-to-paid conversion in 90 days.

Series A DevTools Startup · Developer Tools · 90 days

Developer Tools·90 days

Developer Tools Company Triples Trial-to-Paid Conversion

Series A DevTools Startup
Challenge

A Series A developer tools startup had strong open-source adoption but struggled to convert free users to paid plans. Positioning was too broad ('platform for developers'), the onboarding flow didn't connect to paid value, and the sales team lacked technical enablement materials. Trial-to-paid sat at 2.1%.

Approach

Full GTM Clarity engagement followed by ongoing PMM support. Repositioned around a specific developer workflow, rebuilt onboarding to highlight paid-only features at the moment of need, and created battle cards and technical comparison docs for sales. Also launched a developer community program to drive word-of-mouth.

3.2x trial-to-paid conversion in 90 days

Trial-to-Paid
2.1% → 6.7%
+3.2x
MQL Volume
120 → 336/mo
+180%
Sales Cycle
45 → 28 days
-38%
Dev Content Traffic
8K → 45K/mo
+462%

Daria didn't just give us a strategy deck — she shipped the work alongside our team. The repositioning changed how developers talk about our product, and the conversion numbers followed.

Founder & CEO, Series A DevTools Startup

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