pricing too high

[timconsidine]

@scooke said in pricing too high:

Don't listen to ppl asking for cheaper - they have options already. Stay true to your Cloudron course!

If they can't afford it, then they shouldn't buy it or try to ruin it for those who are happy to pay for it.

[marcusquinn]

I have made some suggestions privately on having 6 tiers of pricing, that would be relative to the value to each user-type.

The open forum here is great for gathering all those user stories.

I think then we just have to respect it also takes a significant amount of time and cost/benefit analysis to make any pricing changes in an established business, since all change affects different needs, differently.

[jdaviescoates]

@marcusquinn said in pricing too high:

I think then we just have to respect it also takes a significant amount of time and cost/benefit analysis to make any pricing changes in an established business, since all change affects different needs, differently.

Also coding time.

At present there is no Cloudron code that makes it possible for staff charge different amounts for different amounts of apps.

[MarchinBunny]

@timconsidine said in pricing too high:

@scooke said in pricing too high:

Don't listen to ppl asking for cheaper - they have options already. Stay true to your Cloudron course!

If they can't afford it, then they shouldn't buy it or try to ruin it for those who are happy to pay for it.

No one wants to ruin anything for those who are happy to pay for it. Asking for more options hurts no one.

[Antonis]

I use cloudron for less than a month and it already saves me money. More than that, allowing unilmited apps, gave me the chance to test if Superset is better than Redash for my use case, or self-hosted UptimeKuma could replace my paid HetrixTools. It is a perfect piece of software for a professional. Predictable, stable, observable, intuitive, I used it from day one without ever reading the f* manual!

For people like me, cloudron is beyond cheap. It is a steal.

On the other hand, I am a 50 year old, IT pro, european citizen. I understand that 180/y is a considerable budget for students, activists, hobbyists, or anyone whose currency is weak compared to dollar.

My opinion: There are features that professionals would pay for. For example, multi-cloudron HA setup for RabbitMQ, one-click database setup with automated backups. If cloudron offered the posibility to setup base infrastracture (databases, queues, webservers) as a premium service, I would easily pay much much more than I do now. Give us the oportunity to simplify our deployments, and give students or non-professional users more generous free tiers!

I repeat, I use cloudron for less than a month. Making a yearly contract was a no brainer, I would happily pay twice as much for what I already use. I safely gave cloudron a chance because of its free tier. A generous free tier is an important selling point and should not be reconsidered. What is already offered for the current price is already established and should stay fixed. Offer more premium features and ask for extra money for these features. Compensate for these higher prices with increased quotas for qualified free-tier users.

[marcusquinn]

I reckon Cloudron saves me something like 500 hours a year from having to do the same without it. It's what Plesk should have been!

[robi]

For those that cannot afford it for whatever reason, consider offering services in return, say packaging or marketing or referrals for which the team can respond in kind.

What else does @staff appreciate?

[marcusquinn]

@robi Excellent answer! Another great use of the Affiliate program, and value of building the community and social media awareness.

[marcusquinn]

I think @NoMan-0 is no more: https://forum.cloudron.io/user/noman-0

Hit n run post, but the Cloudron hive-mind evolves more answers from every question.

[girish]

@marcusquinn said in pricing too high:

Hit n run post

I am stealing this phrase