News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: What software do you actually pay for?.

Re:Ask HN: What software do you actually pay for? by DarrenZ on Saturday January 19, 2019 @10:59AM (#18947620)
Desktop one off purchases: Clients for MySQL and SQLite (prettier and easier to use than free alternatives). Snagit for screenshots

Desktop subscription based: Devexpress Winforms and ASP.net component suite (best Windows component suite on the market - leaves free alternatives in the dust). Add in Express components for building office add-ins (could not build my core product without it)

Both of these combined cost me about €1,000 a year. Well worth it too as they make my software far superior to all the competition that use free components.

SaaS: Hotjar for website heatmaps and session cams (HUGELY VALUABLE!). Linkedin Premium for help contacting potential partners (HUGELY VALUABLE!). Feedbin, RSS reader. Mailchimp

[All of my own products are desktop apps that consumers pay $60-$150 for. Sales are up.]

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What software do you actually pay for? by delhanty on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:11AM (#18951856)
>Devexpress Winforms and ASP.net component suite (best Windows component suite on the market - leaves free alternatives in the dust)

Question (for the Mac people here): what's the Mac equivalent of that?

[ Parent | on HN ]