oyster is a monthly subscription and here’s why:
When a product is free, it means you are the product. At oyster, we believe in putting you first. That means no ads. We will NOT be promoting the same seven companies just because they’re paying top dollar to dominate your discover page. Our proprietary algorithm serves recommendations based on organizations and people actually aligned to you, not the highest bidder. Your data is used exclusively to improve your personal oyster experience, never to be sold or leveraged against you.
We also think that making a product free and monetizing through ads is the easy way for social media platforms to make money. We've chosen a more meaningful path: continuously building and releasing high value, innovative features that you're excited to pay for.
Finally, a subscription model helps us ensure the community remains safe, honest, and intentional. By removing the incentive for bots, AI slop, misinformation, and bad actors, we filter out the noise so you can focus on genuine human interactions.
we offer 2 options:
• $4.99/month for those with a school email as we know life right after school can be tight, so we extend a discount to help
• $9.99/month for everyone else, which is the price of a fancy NYC iced vanilla oat latte -- a small monthly investment to make for big changes in your career.
