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by DarrenZ 2707 days ago
Desktop one off purchases: Clients for MySQL and SQLite (prettier and easier to use than free alternatives). Snagit for screenshots

Desktop subscription based: Devexpress Winforms and ASP.net component suite (best Windows component suite on the market - leaves free alternatives in the dust). Add in Express components for building office add-ins (could not build my core product without it)

Both of these combined cost me about €1,000 a year. Well worth it too as they make my software far superior to all the competition that use free components.

SaaS: Hotjar for website heatmaps and session cams (HUGELY VALUABLE!). Linkedin Premium for help contacting potential partners (HUGELY VALUABLE!). Feedbin, RSS reader. Mailchimp

[All of my own products are desktop apps that consumers pay $60-$150 for. Sales are up.]

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>Devexpress Winforms and ASP.net component suite (best Windows component suite on the market - leaves free alternatives in the dust)

Question (for the Mac people here): what's the Mac equivalent of that?