[grue_]

We're currently charging $5 device per month that you've registered through the RPi. The first two devices are free.

Granted, we're still getting a feel for what our pricing structure should be, do you have any feedback about our pricing structure currently?

[greendot]

So, if I built out 10 RPi based thermometers, that would be $40/month just to get a quick API?

If I added a humidity sensor, that would add another $50/month?

That's pretty steep. Granted, you could be targeting corporate and this starts to make some sense. That kind of pricing really does make it impractical for home users. You're already targeting an audience with some tech savvy and it doesn't take much to write a Python app to serve an API.

[ianawilson]

Thanks, this is great feedback. We are considering a community tier of pricing aimed more at hobbyists to suit what you're talking about. We're currently targeting startups who are building creative IoT apps and want to iterate quickly and for whom enterprise platforms don't make sense. We're trying to help them move as fast as possible while they optimize their product/market fit.

[kruko]

Another Crowsnest founder here. We're bouncing around the idea of incentivizing contributors to be involved in the community with additional free devices (assuming we can mitigate abuse). For example, if someone contributes the integration library for a specific device then there number of free devices per month increases by 5. Good idea / bad idea? Hoping to get feedback on this.