Scroll
Summary
A service that removes advertising from participating publishers and compensating with subscription revenue.
Parent organisation: Scroll Labs Inc.
Type of organisation: Privately-owned company (or group)
Market share: Up & coming challenger
Pricing: $4.99/month ($2.49/month for first six months)
Factors driving pricing: N/A – only one pricing tier
Skills needed to set-up: Vendor support (paid)
Skills needed to use: Vendor support (paid)
Requires audience sign-in to use: Yes, sign-in compulsory
Parent organisation: Scroll Labs Inc.
Type of organisation: Privately-owned company (or group)
Market share: Up & coming challenger
Pricing: $4.99/month ($2.49/month for first six months)
Factors driving pricing: N/A – only one pricing tier
Skills needed to set-up: Vendor support (paid)
Skills needed to use: Vendor support (paid)
Requires audience sign-in to use: Yes, sign-in compulsory
Pros
Releases new features regularly
Transparent pricing model
Clear data policies
Allows data deletion
Cons
Lacks accessibility statement
Does not share diversity data
Full Product Data Collection
Data collected January-February 2020
| Product name | Scroll |
| Product URL | https://scroll.com/ |
| Parent organisation | Scroll Labs Inc. |
| Workflow category | Publishing & distribution |
| Date product founded | 2020 |
| Product description | A service that removes advertising from participating publishers and compensating with subscription revenue. |
| What type of company or organisation is the product owned by? | Privately-owned company (or group) |
| Is the company profit-making? | No, loss-making |
| How is this product funded? | VC investment |
| What market share does the tool have? | Up & coming challenger |
| Is there an Open Source alternative in this product space? | No |
| When did the company last release new features? | Jan-2020. First released to public. |
| Have they shared details of the product roadmap? | No |
| Is there talk of the product raising further investment? | Yes. Currently funded at seed and Series A rounds; first acquisition of another company implies a need for further investment. |
| Is there talk of the product being acquired? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy business issues or challenges in the last 12 months? | No |
| Is there a pricing model listed on the website? | Yes |
| How clear & transparent is this pricing model? | Very: full pricing listed |
| What is the range of prices offered? | $4.99/month ($2.49/month for first six months) |
| What factors drive higher pricing? | N/A – only one pricing tier |
| What skills are needed to get this tool set up & usable? | Vendor support (paid) |
| What skills are needed to USE this tool day-to-day? | Vendor support (paid) |
| Does this tool use proprietary file formats for saving documents & outputs? | Cannot tell |
| Is the product reliant on 3rd-party APIs or interoperability to function? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy technical issues in the last 3 years? | No |
| How clear is the Terms of Service for users (i.e. publishing customers)? | Technical, legalistic TOS |
| Does the product have a data collection & usage policy on its website? (Can be a GDPR statement)? | Yes, comprehensive. |
| Is their data policy “GDPR everywhere”? | No GDPR policy information available |
| Does the product require your audience to sign-in to use it? | Yes, sign-in compulsory |
| IF SIGN IN REQUIRED: Does audience sign-in use 3rd party platforms? | No 3rd party auth, just a user account |
| Does the public product website mention how to export or transfer your data to another service? | No / cannot tell |
| Does the public product website mention how to delete your data? | Yes: for audience data only |
| Have there been any newsworthy security breaches with this product in the last 3 years? | No |
| Does the company have an accessibility statement on its website? | No / cannot find |
| Does the company release information on the diversity of the workforce? | No |