[infecto]

I think it is fairly clear. If you are building a product of passion that you may tinker with for years, by all means cut costs as much as possible.

If you are an actual early stage venture I don't believe those costs meet a high enough threshold to matter.

[Alupis]

It depends, as things usually do.

$20 here, $10 there, eventually ends up as $600 monthly or more, and no customer anywhere in sight. That may, or may not be sustainable or make sense.

Flush with cash? Knock yourself out. Bootstrapping? You can spend that money a lot more effectively than just loading up on a bunch of overpriced SaaS products to make life easier. You have to earn the easy route by growing your revenue.

[infecto]

It does not depend though. It’s pretty clear that it’s how you value your time which is what I was getting to.

[bdcravens]

This math works if you're not paying salary.