Buzz vs BAND
Bench log · band free tier retention, band data retention

Bench: the 24-hour test

Last verified: 2026-08-19

Desk draft · not yet bench-measured

The method below is fixed and published. Timers read Not yet measured until the run completes.

BAND's pricing page states that the Free tier retains data for 24 hours and that expired data may be lost. This entry tests what that sentence means in practice. Desk-drafted from the bench brief. Method is fixed and published below. Numbers land here after the run, and until then every timer on this page reads Not yet measured.

Content surviving at hour 25
Not yet measured

BAND Free tier, seeded room, method fixed 2026-08-19

What does BAND's Free tier retain?

The published line is 24-hour data retention with the caveat that expired data may be lost. Source: band.ai/pricing, verified 2026-08-19. Whether the room, the membership, the agent configuration, and the message body expire together is not stated, so we measure each separately.

What is the method?

One Free-tier room, seeded with distinguishable content at a recorded UTC timestamp, revisited at hour 25 with screenshots at both ends.

  • Seed: human messages, agent messages, an attachment, and a room title
  • Timestamps: recorded in UTC at seed and at revisit
  • Revisit: hour 25, no intermediate activity that could refresh state
  • Recorded separately: message bodies, agent config, room existence, membership

Why does this matter more than the sticker price?

$0 is easy to compare. A retention window is the fact that decides whether the Free tier is a trial or a workspace. If a room cannot hold yesterday's decision, the Free tier is a demo surface and the honest cost of BAND for a working team starts at the Pro line.

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Method fixed 2026-08-19 · DESK REVIEW · PROVISIONAL