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Re:Show HN: Keygen – A dead-simple software licensing API bu... by jfindley on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:37AM (#14545000)
Appreciate that hosting isn't free, but having some sort of $0 plan would greatly drive adoption, at fairly little cost. I personally would be unlikely to launch a product that cost me a monthly fee just to run, even with zero paying users. Once I have paying users, I become a lot more willing to pay you. You could consider something like the following plan: Testing. $0/mo, 50 users, no support.

It'll be more effective marketing than anything else you could reasonably buy, and unless you have serious architectural/scaling issues shouldn't be too expensive for you.

Re:Show HN: Keygen – A dead-simple software licensing API bu... by gol706 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:31PM (#14547327)
I agree. I think that the pricing is fair for when you have paying customers on the system (at least for my business model), but the 7 day trial isn't really enough time to do a proof of concept to see if Keygen would work for me. I know most companies will extend your free trial if you ask nicely, but ugh. I should have a free option available until I get to Prod.
Re:Show HN: Keygen – A dead-simple software licensing API bu... by ezekg on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @02:42PM (#14547415)
If you want an extended trial, I'm all for hooking you up with one that lasts until you launch (or whatever is needed for you). Though not something I want to do by default at the moment, simply due to the fact that free users usually require more support than paid users.