Wording on free groups on the upgrade card for seats tab on usage quotas page is misleading

On the usage quotas -> seats tab he current wording is misleading:

To ensure all members can access the group when your trial ends, you can upgrade to a paid tier.

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This seems to signal that the group is on a trial currently and that when it ends, they can upgrade.

I wonder if we can improve it to convey the same information.

see previous convo on this: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/354536#note_993036708

Explored Solutions

  1. update button to Start Trial
  2. simply change that text to be different when in free group to not even mention trials.
  3. perhaps a combo of 1 & 2

Proposed Solution

Seat Count Card

  1. Update copy below the separator line to be "Groups in the Free tier are limited to 5 seats."
  2. Additional Design Update: Update padding around the card to be 24px from the current state of 16px. I noticed that the padding was 16px in the Seat Count card & 24px in the Upgrade card, both values work with the design system, but since the two cards have such proximity, I figured it would be better for them to match.

Upgrade Card

  1. Update the header to “Add additional seats”
  2. Update body copy to be "Start a free 60-day trial or upgrade to a paid tier to get an unlimited number of seats."
  3. Update the button copy to "Explore plans"

Designs

Edited by Jesse Young