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Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#11
How is this not the largest security hole in the world?

> Cognifirm integrates with all the online systems that your employees work with, including 3rd party systems that are made available to you by the government and your business partners.

No emphasis needed.

Where's the details on this AI? You know what acts a lot like ultra high quality AI? Actual humans.

Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#12

You may want to review your pricing model it does not make a lot of sense. Here is why: Pricing by business process with the jumps you have in your pricing probably will not work. Have you validated your assumptions on how business operate and how many process are involved even in small businesses? You go up from 1 to 25 users in your first small tier of 300/Mo but you only increase your processes from 5 to 10. You d…

I agree the pricing model could be improved and personally think simplification would be best change.

Imagine you have a single user subscribe who works inside a big company. They implement whatever process they needed and show a colleague who wants to do that too - either run the same process to build a new one. Your goal in this situation is to rapidly expand adoption inside that company and complex licensing will really slow you down. The second they need to place another order to get more access or sign a bigger cheque you will get dragged into sign offs and approvals and procurement and all kinds of wasted time.

"Land and Expand" is the right strategy for this type of solution and you should do everything you can to not slow down adoption. Your current pricing model is definitely limiting this and the initial plan of 350/mo is quite a jump up - that WILL require levels of sign off and approvals and slow you down.

Try this exercise - create personas for users of your service (power user who wants to automate EVERYTHING, administrators who will use it because its their job, end users, managers) and work what is important to them and what variables will increase or decrease the speed and volume of adoption.

I think pricing based on number of users alone would be easier to understand and not restrict growth. If one person gets really into your product and wants to automate 100 processes DO NOT GET IN THEIR WAY! Let that champion sing your praises and tell everyone that will listen how incredible your product is, because in a few months time when they roll those processes out they will come back for more user licenses. And if you select the right features into the higher plans they may well opt for a more expensive plan to meet the needs of security, billing, management, reporting etc

Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#13
post #5

I'm seeing an error on the homepage: > Warning: file_get_contents( https://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/466939644.php ): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden in /home/customer/www/cognifirm.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/Ultimate_VC_Addons/modules/ultimate_videos.php on line 208 That the site is trying to fetch the contents of a Vimeo page at runtime is quite the code smell!

All into memory no less.

Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#14
post #11

How is this not the largest security hole in the world? > Cognifirm integrates with all the online systems that your employees work with, including 3rd party systems that are made available to you by the government and your business partners. No emphasis needed. Where's the details on this AI? You know what acts a lot like ultra high quality AI? Actual humans.

Yes, I wouldn't touch this. Any willing victims out there who can give us a review? ;)

Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#16

You may want to review your pricing model it does not make a lot of sense. Here is why: Pricing by business process with the jumps you have in your pricing probably will not work. Have you validated your assumptions on how business operate and how many process are involved even in small businesses? You go up from 1 to 25 users in your first small tier of 300/Mo but you only increase your processes from 5 to 10. You d…

I agree the pricing model could be improved and personally think simplification would be best change. Imagine you have a single user subscribe who works inside a big company. They implement whatever process they needed and show a colleague who wants to do that too - either run the same process to build a new one. Your goal in this situation is to rapidly expand adoption inside that company and complex licensing will…

I understand the pricing model of getting in the door that's not where you are going wrong. TRY THIS EXERCISE ACTUALLY LISTEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HELP YOU.

I don't think you understand, I AM your target market for this product and I'm trying to tell you the model makes no sense, you seem to be focussing on the dollar issue. I did NOT say you are priced too high, I said the pricing/usage model does not make SENSE for THIS product. You think I have the time to keep going back for some non defined "process" every time I want to automate something? Especially when the limits are this low?

I am not going to start using your product when you could vanish after I have advocated for this automation to be installed. The reason? Because I would be the one that got blamed when things suddenly break.

For data entry solutions, I could have it scripted or use any number of solutions that run in software installed on my side of the network that never will get shut off by you, your buyer, your ISP, whatever.

I hope you prove me wrong and you make a lot of money. You never did answer the other important question is what happens if your service goes down or is sold? All those people that integrated with you are going to be royally screwed unless you can offer an in house replacement platform or a guarantee in the notice that is more than reasonable. In the places I've worked this is a no go from the start if this touches anything critical in the flow of business.

I don't want to argue anymore, it never makes progress after this so take the advice or not up to you.

Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#17
Hi My name is Per, and I am the creator of Cognifirm. First of all, you should know that I appreciate your reflections and on our product. Also, some of you were expecting a PHP error on our website. We have switched to a different version without the video link that created that error. I am sorry that you have to experience this.

Anyway, feel free to ask me any questions you might have.

I will also get back to you in the threads where it makes sense to do so. Cheers. Per

Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#18

You may want to review your pricing model it does not make a lot of sense. Here is why: Pricing by business process with the jumps you have in your pricing probably will not work. Have you validated your assumptions on how business operate and how many process are involved even in small businesses? You go up from 1 to 25 users in your first small tier of 300/Mo but you only increase your processes from 5 to 10. You d…

I agree the pricing model could be improved and personally think simplification would be best change. Imagine you have a single user subscribe who works inside a big company. They implement whatever process they needed and show a colleague who wants to do that too - either run the same process to build a new one. Your goal in this situation is to rapidly expand adoption inside that company and complex licensing will…

Hi This is Per, then founder of Cognifirm. Thanks for your reflections; they are extremely valuable to me (us), and I can now tell you that the pricing will be changed because of your input. Our pricing problem is this: We are moving from direct sales to online sales, so our model has to cater to both target groups. Direct obvious is the more expensive version. But it is clear to me that: The model has to be more simple The entry price will have to be much lower

This will be implemented shortly when we have had more time to finetune the model and its business consequences. Cheers, Per

Re: Automate any tasks that require multiple entries of data in a browser

#19
The cookie prompt is misleading, you make it sound like it's only innocent cookies, but when you open it it's got personal data harvesting/advertising turned on by default. I do care about personal data harvesting cookies.

It also doesn't go away if you opt out of the evil cookies.

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