How to start your free trial
Try Overture free before you commit. You get full access to create one event end-to-end — Run of Show, Team, Branding, Showtime — and decide whether it's worth your annual subscription. No credit card to start.
Click Start Free Trial
On overture.show or any pricing page, click the green Start Free Trial button in the top-right. You'll land on the sign-up form.
Create your account
Enter your name, work email address, and a password (10+ characters — see how to change your password for the rules). Click Create account and you're in. There's no email verification step in the trial path — we trust you for the trial period and verify on first paid action.
No credit card to start
The trial doesn't ask for a credit card. You can build a full event, invite a team, walk through Showtime, and only get prompted for payment when you try to create your second event or your trial period winds down.
Build a real event
Overture drops you straight into the New Event wizard. Use a real upcoming event — the trial is most useful when you're actually working through your next show, not poking at test data. The event you build during the trial carries over to your paid account the second you upgrade — no migration, no re-entering anything.
Walk the three-step wizard (Details / Brand logo / Sessions), invite your team (how to invite team members), build out the run of show, and try the Showtime view a day or two before you'd be live.
When do I upgrade?
You'll see a clear upgrade prompt the moment you try to do something the trial doesn't cover — typically creating a second event, or hitting a deeper feature gate. Click Upgrade, pick a plan, complete checkout through Stripe, and the prompt disappears. Your trial work continues uninterrupted.
What if I don't upgrade?
Your trial account doesn't get auto-deleted. You can sign back in any time and the event you built is still there in read-only mode if your trial has expired — upgrade at any future date to re-enable editing.
One trial per email
Trials are keyed to email address. Re-registering with the same address sends you back to your existing trial account, not a fresh one. To trial Overture for a different organization, use a different email — most producers use their personal address to evaluate before bringing in a client-billable account.