Card before the first use and AI agents.
A credit card is asked for before the product can be used at all: before the first key, the first database or the free trial.
It stopped our agent at 2 of the 151 products we drove. At 4 more, our agent got in another way. Drives from 6 to 23 Oct 2026.
The numbers
Of the 151 products we drove.
- Products where our agent met a card up front6 of 151
- It kept our agent out2 of 151
Kept our agent out.
- Brave Search APIL1Needs a personDriven 14 Oct 2026
- Fathom AnalyticsL1Needs a personDriven 6 Oct 2026
How to fix it.
Let a new account do something real before a card is asked for: a free tier, trial credits or a sandbox.
Check if this stops agents in your product.
Free: what an agent finds on your site and any wall in its way.