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Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?

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https://startuptoolchain.com/

Thanks for the mention, But I had commented on it already and besides just the URL without information is not liked by the community and hence the down votes I think.

Hm. Apologies for this. I figured I'd go the minimalist route due to the name of the website being so self-explanatory.

Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?

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at https://www.oomnis.com (small startup), we mostly use Zoho One. One solution that does: CRM, cloud storage, docs, digital signature for contracts, book-keeping, password managers, marketing automation, support website, website hosting, remote assistance, chat, web conferencing, subscription management and more. Pricing is per employee which is GREAT for a 1-3 people startup. Apart from that, we deploy on Azure VMs…

I second Zoho One. Prior to about 6 months ago, I had used Salesforce for almost ten years. I was a big fan of it, but the cost and complexity for a small business became too much. I switched to Zoho One and use it to single handedly run an IT Services small business with $500k+ ARR. Out of the box it is capable enough, but over time, Ive been able to make even more improvements. I have integrations setup via web hoo…

I know how you feel!

Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?

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I was searching for something like Zendesk + CRM, because Zendesk's is a little expensive for me. If you know one, please mention it. If I can send it important events from the app like (creating a project, subscriptions) it would be perfect.

As mentioned above, you can try the Zoho suite of apps... Zendesk+a lot more!

Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?

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post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably not a good enough benefit in the age of letsencrypt but you do get free certs if you're with R53.

Not to mention the dynamic alias records, automated certificate validations and auto-renewing, and the very excellent integrations with other AWS services. People like making life harder for themselves /shrug

If disaster recovery or separation of duties makes you shrug, I’d recommend some basic risk management and security training.

Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

>* A merchant account and Spreedly for payments Can you explain why you go this route instead of something like Stripe?

1. Stripe didn't exist 20 years ago. A merchant account was how you accepted credit cards online before Stripe. 2. Stripe costs more. I pay "interchange plus" which means a small markup over what Visa/MC/Amex charge to processors. A debit card can cost as little as 0.05% to charge, but Stripe will charge you 2.9%. 3. If Stripe goes out of business or decides they don't like my business, I'd lose my customers. Spreedl…

Thanks for the explanation.
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