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by jyunderwood 1550 days ago
$1000/yr is steep for starting a project from scratch with it. You need to really be sure about needing it and about it paying for itself.

The Rails equivalent (https://jumpstartrails.com/) is $249/year and the Laravel equivalent (https://spark.laravel.com/) is $99/project.

Those seem geared in features and price at hobbyist wanting to monetize a side project. This looks like it would be just as helpful for hobbyists using Django, but it’s not priced right for them.

Maybe it’s more for people who are about to start a second revenue project.

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https://bullettrain.co/pricing is another example ($1450 one-time + $550/year).

> Maybe it’s more for people who are about to start a second revenue project.

I do think this is an interesting point that's come up a couple times now.

For what it's worth, I just added a 50% discount to the top of the page for the time being.

For Django there is also SaaS Pegasus(https://www.saaspegasus.com/) which has a pricing structure more in-line with Jumpstart Rails.
I am building a project with SaaS Pegasus, which I like. I have the unlimited projects account, allowing me a few experimental versions of my project(s) where I can quickly spin up and try variations of their offerings.