[ryanSrich]

SaaS I happily pay for:

- CloudFlare

- Roam

- Slack

- Linear

- Geekbot

SaaS I’m okay with paying for:

- Figma

- Gsuite

- Gusto

- Stripe

- Netlify

SaaS I’d rather not pay for, but have no choice:

- AWS (SaaS in a sense I suppose - I actually don’t “pay” yet, working my way through credits)

- Heroku (terribly expensive and does not provide startup credits that they say they do)

- Wistia (the platform is clunky, but there’s no other video platforms I’ve found with the features I need)

[scrollaway]

I'm very curious about why you classified your "okay with" lower than the other ones, especially stripe which literally drives your revenue!

[ryanSrich]

> Figma

Figma isn’t very good. It’s better than sketch for prototyping, but not as good for vector. It’s also web based, so it’s painfully slow. I also think it’s a bit expensive.

> Gsuite

Google is an evil company, but it’s a choice between giving an evil company money, or using a terrible product (O365). I have to focus on the business, not wondering why Outlook isn’t filtering Spam. So Gsuite it is.

> Gusto

Gusto is fine really. I contemplated putting this one in the Happily category, but ultimately decided to move it down given that I do think it’s a bit expensive for what you get.

> Stripe

Stripe’s core payment processing is obviously the best around. Where I have issue with Stripe is in the fees they charge (pretty high), and their new Customer Billing Portal. It’s a half baked product that doesn’t support even slightly complex billing mechanisms.

> Netlify

Netfliy is a good product, and I enjoy using it, but their pricing is strange. I can host 10 sites for free but it’s $15 per user for a collaborator? Seems weird. I’d happily pay say $30/m for unlimited users.

[hef19898]

The only reason I have Microsoft 365 is Excel. Everything else I can live with GSuite. I also like to have my software and data on my local drive if I want. If Excel isn't needed, GSuite it is!

[scrollaway]

Thanks!

[mrich]

Can you elaborate on AWS, why don't you have a choice?

[Irishsteve]

What features do you need from Wistia?

[frankdilo]

Didn’t know about Geekbot, worth trying?

[ryanSrich]

I have a small team (3 people) and we often don’t work the same hours, so it’s nice to hop on Slack and read about what my other colleagues are working on and how I might be able to help.

It’s also a great way to eliminate daily standups. I despise pointless meetings, so anything we can do over async text the better.