[mercwear]

From the outside looking in Tines looks to be a less feature rich and much more expensive version of Zapier (almost like a VC had the idea of building a Zapier clone and slapping a ridiculous price on it along with some "security" verbiage to spur the interest of larger businesses who see a $99/mo product and instantly believe it's not enterprise ready).

I do not see a way to automate most of my side projects given the free plan limitations and for an individual the pricing is a non-starter.

[CleverLikeAnOx]

I know the founders of Tines, so I can confidently say that it wasn't dreamed up by a VC. The founders both come from an infosec background. They basically left their jobs to build the product they wished existed.

They were quite good at security operations. That probably made it easier to gain initial traction because they understand their target niche's problems.

I won't upvote this article because it's content marketing spam, but I respect the hustle and hope that it works for them!

[Mandatum]

The UX of Tines beats the pants off ALL of their competitors. They’re just too expensive.

I’ve tried them all.