ADPList Pricing

Is a free ADPList session good enough?

For one question, yes. Booking a free session costs nothing and needs no application or waiting list, so the cheapest test of ADPList is to book one. ADPList’s stats put the median completed session at 30 minutes, which is long enough to get a real answer to one question. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Take a product designer who wants feedback on one case study before an interview. A free 30-minute call covers that. A paid booking makes sense only when you need several sessions in a row, because ADPList’s 2023 help article prices paid bookings as one total. ^[4]

Test before you pay. When a mentor offers a free session, book it first and ask the question you would otherwise pay for. If the answer helps, you have saved the price. If it doesn’t, you know what to check before you spend anything.

Paid prices aren’t listed anywhere

Some mentors charge, and each one sets a price that you see on their profile before you book. ADPList publishes no price list, range or average for paid mentors, so you can’t compare prices across mentors until you open each profile. ^{[1] [2]}

The only ADPList price example comes from a December 2023 help article: a $599 package of three sessions, held every two weeks, billed as one total. ADPList says it cannot charge mentees per session. Treat the figure as a 2023 example, not a current rate. ^[4]

The same article sets the fees, the last ones ADPList has published: mentees pay 3.9% plus $0.30 per card charge, and mentors receive 90% of the price after a 10% fee. On a $1,000 booking the mentee pays $1,039.30 and the mentor receives $900. No 2026 page repeats those fees, so confirm them before you budget. ^[4]

The free-to-start promise changed, and nobody dated the change

ADPList’s 2021 founder announcement said the platform “will stay free and open for all.” Paid sessions exist now, and ADPList has not published when the change happened. Check the price on every profile, not just the first one you open. ^[8]

The refund gap is the real cost of a paid session

This is the largest money risk. ADPList’s Terms, its FAQ and its own “Is ADPList legit?” guide don’t describe a refund for a paid session, and the guide tells readers to check the terms before they pay. The FAQ doesn’t set out a mentee cancellation policy either. ^{[6] [2] [5]}

If a mentor doesn’t show, the help article tells you to email ADPList with the mentor’s name, date, time and screenshots. It gives no response time and describes no refund or credit. For a paid booking, that email is the only route the article describes. ^[7]

So read the price as two numbers: what you pay, and what you can get back if the session fails. On ADPList the second number is not published.

How MentorCruise and GrowthMentor compare

On MentorCruise, the mentee pays about 20% on top of the mentor’s plan, with a $20 minimum, according to ADPList’s cost guide. A $50 plan costs $70, a 40% markup because of the minimum. A $100 plan costs $120. The guide says the fee is capped at $100 on plans under $800 a month, so a $700 plan costs $800. ^[12]

GrowthMentor charges $75 a month, or $675 a year. Paying annually saves $225, which is 25% less than twelve monthly payments of $900. It has no free trial, but you can ask for a refund within 14 days of your first call. ^[13]

MentorCruise’s one-off sessions have a refund rule that ADPList’s guide summarises: a refund if you cancel 24 or more hours ahead, and none inside 24 hours. ADPList publishes no equivalent rule. That gap matters more than the 20% markup when you are buying a single call. ^[12]

Mentors: what ADPList doesn’t publish yet

ADPList’s current mentor pages don’t state a payout fee, tax handling or withdrawal options. The only fee on record is the 10% in the 2023 article, and no 2026 page repeats it. Ask those questions before you set a price, because they decide what you keep from each paid session. ^{[9] [4]}