What's Included with Ninety's Free Plan
Our Free plan is designed to help leaders organize their structure and vision with a focused set of foundational tools at no cost. Whether you're exploring business operating systems for the first time or looking for a software solution purpose-built for small and midsize organizations based on proven best practices, Ninety makes it easy to get started.
Vision
In the Vision tool, your company's leadership team can document your long-term strategic vision as well as the fundamental aspects of your organization that separate you from your competitors. Use this tool to:
Document a long-term strategic vision.
Capture your organization's Core Values, marketing strategy, long-term goals, and more.
Set long-term goals.
Share the company vision with other teams.
To help leaders formulate their Vision, read our overview of establishing a compelling vision or download the Vision Builders Workbook.
Org Chart
In the Org Chart tool, leaders can map out the organization's function-specific Seats into direct lines of reporting, and every team member can review the specifics of each Seat. Use this tool to:
Build your company's Org Chart.
Draft alternative or future Org Chart variations.
Identify the skills and competencies required for each Seat.
Define the roles and responsibilities of each Seat.
Assign users to Seats.
Directory
In the Directory tool, leaders can manage who has access to your Ninety account, what teams users are on, and more. Use this tool to:
Add any number of users.
Create and organize teams.
Manage user roles and permissions.
Knowledge Portal
In the Knowledge Portal, all active users have read-only access to the collections Ninety has published for your company. If you have a coach, they may have added additional content for your company to use. Use this tool to:
Learn more about using Ninety.
Review leadership resources.
Consider plans for rolling out Ninety to more teams.
Discover essential business operating system concepts.
On the Free plan, you cannot create new content in the Knowledge Portal, including processes. Any content you create during your free trial period or while on a Thrive plan subscription will stay on your account if you transition to Free.
Assessments
In the Assessments tool, leaders can assign one of Ninety's proprietary surveys to their teams. For Free plan users, we have the following assessments available:
Baseline Assessment: Designed to be taken when a company has started to adopt Ninety. It measures your Org Fitness, BOS Readiness, and Coach Readiness.
Org Fitness Review: Designed to be taken by companies once per quarter after they have taken the Baseline Assessment to gauge progress toward strengthening each of the 9 Core Competencies.
OS Toolbox
In the OS Toolbox, users can access a wide variety of resources related to proficiently using your business operating system. In this tool, you can:
Edit the toolbox's layout.
Add more tools and cards.
Mark a tool as mastered by a team in the organization.
Click Learn More to access content in the Knowledge Portal about a particular concept, tool, or discipline.
Customizable settings
Companies on Ninety's Free plan also have access to a wide array of customizable settings so they can add their brand's look and feel to their account and adjust the terminology of our tools. To add your organization's logo and colors, see Customizing Your Ninety Account's Appearance.
How to configure tool names and other terminology
Ninety allows Owners and Admins to customize standard terms as they appear through the tools. For example, if a company refers to To-Dos as Action Items, they can update their settings to replace the name of To-Dos across the platform.
To configure your organization's language:
Click your name at the bottom of the left navigation.
Click Company Settings.
Click Language.
Click the term to be updated.
Write in the new term.
Click Save Changes at the top of the screen.
Refresh the page to view the changes.
To restore a single term, click the circular arrow next to any term to reset it to the default, then click Save Changes. To restore all terms, click Reset All at the top right of the page, then click Save Changes.
Who the Free plan is for
Ninety's Free plan is ideal for:
Founders and small business owners who are starting to document their Vision and structure.
Coaches and consultants who want to build sample accounts before inviting clients.
Internal champions testing Ninety before rolling it out across the full company.
Benefits of the Free plan include:
No cost, no credit card required.
Unlimited users.
No time limits; use it as long as you want.
Foundational tools included to help clarify and document vision, long-term goals, and structure.
Easy to upgrade when your team needs more functionality.
What's not included in the Free plan
The Free plan is intentionally limited to provide a focused starting point. The following tools and features are not available:
Data.
To compare what each plan includes, see Understanding Ninety's Pricing Plans or visit Ninety's pricing page.