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.
