AppSumo vs PitchGround (2026): refund, price & deal count compared

TL;DR

• AppSumo lists 34 tracked deals vs PitchGround's 1.
• Refund windows: AppSumo 60 days, PitchGround 60 days.
• Median lowest-tier price — AppSumo: $59.00, PitchGround: —.
• Both refund policies are public and re-verified on our tracker cadence.

Side-by-side comparison of AppSumo and PitchGround — two lifetime-deal marketplaces tracked by the LemDeals cross-marketplace ledger. Every figure below is derived from a first-party daily crawl of each marketplace's public catalog and policy pages. LemDeals is not the seller on either platform; every listing referenced here is tracked from the source marketplace and the buy links redirect you to the marketplace of origin. We are not compensated for the buyer's choice between these two platforms.

At a glance

Field	AppSumo	PitchGround
Refund window	60 days	60 days
Active tracked deals	34	1
Median lowest-tier price	$59.00	—
Mean lowest-tier price	$66.70	—
Refund policy source	policy	policy
Sunset terms source	—	—

Refund windows compared

AppSumo publishes a 60-day refund window on lifetime-deal purchases, while PitchGround publishes a 60-day window. Net: identical refund windows. Refund conditions and exclusions differ between the two platforms — most notably around what counts as a "used" code, whether tier upgrades qualify, and how quickly the marketplace processes the refund back to the original payment method. Always read each marketplace's source policy linked above before you buy, because the published window is a maximum, not a guarantee: some categories, resold deals and post-sunset situations sit outside the guaranteed refund window on both platforms.

Refund conditions

On AppSumo refund requests are filed via the buyer account or support channel; on PitchGround the same broad flow applies, but the account UI and required proof-of-non-use differ. Both marketplaces reserve the right to decline a refund when a code has been redeemed, when the underlying vendor no longer honours the license, or when the refund is filed after the published window closes. Neither marketplace refunds a purchase when the vendor sunsets a product mid-term — that is a separate remedy driven by the vendor's own sunset clause, not the marketplace's refund policy.

Price levels across the two marketplaces

Across the 35 deals currently tracked between these two marketplaces, AppSumo's median lowest-tier price is $59.00 and PitchGround's is —. Mean lowest-tier prices are $66.70 and — respectively. Practical takeaway: insufficient price data to compare medians. Figures update daily as new snapshots are captured, so this ordering can flip within a single tracker cycle if a large-volume launch lands on either side.

Catalog volume and freshness

Volume matters because it drives category depth: AppSumo lists more tracked deals right now (34 vs 1). The active-deal count above is not the marketplace's total historical catalog — it is only what our ledger sees as live on the most recent tracker cycle. A marketplace that runs many short flash launches will therefore appear thinner here than one that keeps a longer tail of evergreen deals live for months.

Sunset and lifetime terms

Each marketplace's sunset language defines what happens if the underlying vendor discontinues the tool. Both link to their public T&C above. On both platforms, "lifetime" refers to the lifetime of the product as offered by the vendor, not the buyer's lifetime — a subtlety that matters when a vendor stops shipping or is acquired. The sunset-clause extractor page for each deal captures the per-listing specifics on top of the marketplace-level defaults; use that when comparing a specific deal rather than relying on the marketplace defaults alone.

How we compare marketplaces

Every figure on this page derives from a first-party crawl of each marketplace's public catalog and policy pages. Prices are the lowest observed tier per active deal on the most recent cycle. Median and mean are computed across the deals in scope on that cycle only — we do not carry forward stale prices from earlier cycles. We are not the seller. This listing is tracked from the source marketplace on our daily cadence, and every figure is re-verified by the automated tracker rather than hand-edited.

About AppSumo

AppSumo is the largest lifetime-deal marketplace by volume and traffic. Founded in 2010 and based in Austin, Texas, it runs a curated launch calendar — usually one or two Featured deals per weekday plus a longer tail of Select and Marketplace listings. AppSumo Plus subscribers get an extra 10% off and early access to launches. Category strengths are marketing automation, sales tools, and no-code builders. The buyer flow is single-tier or stacking codes, with tier upgrades typically allowed inside the published refund window. Refund conditions specifically exclude codes redeemed onto a vendor account that has already used features contingent on the paid tier. The refund window we track for AppSumo is the figure shown in the tables above, taken from its own published policy.

About PitchGround

PitchGround is a curated launch platform run out of Delhi that emphasises founder access. Deals are typically longer-running than AppSumo — 30 to 90 days on-site rather than a weeklong featured slot — and every launch runs a public AMA with the founder in the buyer group. PitchGround publishes a per-deal roadmap commitment that the vendor signs before launch. Category strengths are SaaS-for-agencies, video and course tooling, and vertical productivity apps. Stacking codes are the default; tier limits (users, storage, seats) upgrade linearly. PitchGround does not run flash discounts on live listings — the launch price is the terminal price for the entire on-site window. Its refund window is the figure tracked in the tables above.

Which one should you buy from?

Neither marketplace is universally better. In practice, buyers optimise for three axes: refund window (identical refund windows), price for the specific category they need (insufficient price data to compare medians), and catalog depth in that category on the day they buy (AppSumo lists more tracked deals right now (34 vs 1)). Cross-check the specific deal on both marketplaces before purchasing; a deal listed on AppSumo sometimes appears on PitchGround at a different tier price, and the refund window at point-of-sale is the one that governs your purchase.