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 "id": "switchstation",
 "name": "SwitchStation",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "switchstation.sssflow.com",
 "category": "Developer Tools",
 "task": "AI development, agents & data",
 "summary": "Mac app that shows which Claude Code and Codex sessions are waiting for you across projects and terminals, with a lightweight project workspace and a free plan.",
 "best_for": "Mac users who run several Claude Code or Codex sessions at once and want to see which one is waiting for them, then jump to the right window in one click",
 "skip_if": "you use other coding agents, you work on Windows or Linux, or you want a build you can download today without asking for access",
 "honest_knock": "It is in early access, so you cannot download it freely and the public release is not finished. It only follows Claude Code and OpenAI Codex CLI, the Remote iPhone feature is marked coming soon, and the page says nothing about what happens to updates after the first two years.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$24",
  "entry_price_terms": "Rail · Rail $24 one-time (lifetime licence, 2 years of updates, unlimited projects and monitored sessions)",
  "from_price_usd_month": null,
  "plans": null,
  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "(read 2026-11-12 on switchstation.sssflow.com, US dollars) SwitchStation has three licence levels and no subscription. Free costs $0 with no time limit: 3 active projects, 2 AI sessions monitored at a time, the Rail with one-click switching and notifications, one Workspace project window, and the Hub and Prompts (10 per project). Rail costs $24 one time and removes the limits on projects and monitored sessions; Workspace, Hub and Prompts stay at the Free level. SwitchStation costs $39 one time and adds unlimited active projects and Workspace windows, unlimited saved prompts and queue, and the full local Harness. Both paid licences are lifetime licences with 2 years of updates from the purchase date; after that the page says the update policy may change. Someone with Rail can upgrade for $15. One licence works on up to 3 Macs. Every new install gets a 14-day full trial with no card and no automatic charge, then continues on Free or on a licence. The page says prices are in USD, taxes may apply, Lemon Squeezy processes payments, and there is a 14-day money-back guarantee by email.",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-12",
  "source_url": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com/",
  "schema_offer": {
   "price": 24.0,
   "currency": "USD",
   "description": "Rail, Rail $24 one-time (lifetime licence, 2 years of updates, unlimited projects and monitored sessions); SwitchStation $39 one-time adds unlimited Workspace windows, prompts and the full local Harness; Free is $0 with no time limit. Read on the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-11-12.",
   "page": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/b2b/switchstation-review/"
  },
  "source_quotes": [
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Free",
    "quote": "Free $0 No time limit 3 active projects 2 AI sessions monitored at a time",
    "source_url": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   },
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "SwitchStation",
    "quote": "SwitchStation $39 one-time",
    "source_url": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   },
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Rail",
    "quote": "Rail $24 one-time",
    "source_url": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   },
   {
    "field": "free_trial",
    "plan": null,
    "quote": "Try everything free for 14 days. No card required. No automatic charge.",
    "source_url": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   },
   {
    "field": "refund",
    "plan": null,
    "quote": "Email us within 14 days of purchase for a full refund.",
    "source_url": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-11-05"
   }
  ],
  "recent_change": null,
  "price_history": null
 },
 "free_plan": true,
 "free_plan_evidence": "Free costs $0 with no time limit: 3 active projects, 2 AI sessions monitored at a time, the Rail with one-click switching and notifications, one Workspace project window, and the Hub and Prompts (10 per project).",
 "cost_traps": [],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Cursor",
  "why": "Cursor is an editor with its own agent, not a monitor for terminal sessions, and it is not one of our reviewed tools. Test the Free plan next to your normal terminal for a day and count how often you switch windows to check an agent"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/switchstation.json",
  "review": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/b2b/switchstation-review/",
  "marketplace": null,
  "vendor_site": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://switchstation.sssflow.com?aff=6NyDVn",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "verification": {
  "price": "quoted",
  "free_trial": "quoted",
  "refund": "quoted"
 },
 "status_page": null,
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "switchstation:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "switchstation:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "switchstation:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "switchstation:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_checked",
   "detail": "We could not read the vendor's pages as plain HTML.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}