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Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Post by schappim »

nhoss2 wrote: post #3

It sort of looks like dropbox with a few extra features - I guess it is always good to have competition. But what is up with the pricing? I don't think too many people will pay $100 per month for 5gb

Hey Nhoss2,

Yeah dropbox is consumer, we're aiming at business. I love dropbox, but it isn't great when I need to push sensitive content out to a sales force or a board and know that I can yank access / enforce current versions etc when I need to.

Re: Pricing...

You're right, it's not cheap, but we hope it's good value for a select type of clients.

As an individual I wouldn't use Zigzag Cloud, but if I had a business I wouldn't use Dropbox.

Cheers,

Marcus (@Schappi)

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Post by schappim »

nhoss2 wrote: post #3

It sort of looks like dropbox with a few extra features - I guess it is always good to have competition. But what is up with the pricing? I don't think too many people will pay $100 per month for 5gb

Hey Nhoss2,

Yeah dropbox is consumer, we're aiming at business. I love dropbox, but it isn't great when I need to push sensitive content out to a sales force or a board and know that I can yank access / enforce current versions etc when I need to.

Re: Pricing...

You're right, it's not cheap, but we hope it's good value for a select type of clients.

As an individual I wouldn't use Zigzag Cloud, but if I had a business I wouldn't use Dropbox.

Cheers,

Marcus (@Schappi)

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Post by jasongullickson »

sixty wrote: post #18
mitjak wrote: post #11

I'm not the target audience but wanted to chime in with a few things about the design and copy: * Why is the iPhone 3 times larger than an iPad? I got a little confused the first time the site loaded trying to figure out what the giant black device behind the iPad is. * "Signup Now". English isn't my native language but I'm fairly certain "signup" is a noun, and you want the verb or "sign up" instead * "Zigzag Cloud…

this is a classic hacker's critique. Let's look at your comments from a user's point of view: > Why is the iPhone 3 times larger than an iPad? Irrelevant. Users won't care. > "Signup Now". English isn't my native language ... Irrelevant. Users won't care. > "Zigzag Cloud has powered built-in analytics". Powered by what? Or is it "powerful"? Irrelevant. Users won't care. > Love the logo and the colour scheme of the si…

This is "Hacker News", not "User News".

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

#24

Post by schappim »

synnik wrote: post #2

Looks fine, but as a potential customer, my main question is not answered: Why should I stop using SugarSync in favor of you?

Hi Synnik,

Thanks for your comment. In a sentence: We provide encryption end to end, a granular permissions structure.

Cheers,

Marcus

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Post by sixty »

jasongullickson wrote: post #23
sixty wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

this is a classic hacker's critique. Let's look at your comments from a user's point of view: > Why is the iPhone 3 times larger than an iPad? Irrelevant. Users won't care. > "Signup Now". English isn't my native language ... Irrelevant. Users won't care. > "Zigzag Cloud has powered built-in analytics". Powered by what? Or is it "powerful"? Irrelevant. Users won't care. > Love the logo and the colour scheme of the si…

This is "Hacker News", not "User News".

So user perspectives aren't welcome?

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Post by schappim »

flixic wrote: post #5

My suggestions on pricing: - severely limit free plan, to maybe 2 users, 200MB - make currently free plan quite cheap, maybe $20, so it would appeal more to small businesses. Everything else, especially the design, is very professional, and inspires trust. Still trying out the app, but at a glance, it seems really nice.

Hi Flixic,

We really appreciate your feedback! Yup, limiting the free plan sound like a good idea. We're still exploring how to best appeal to small business. I think when you're at the 2-person stage Dropbox is still a great solution.

Cheers,

Marcus (@Schappi)

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Post by jasongullickson »

sixty wrote: post #25
jasongullickson wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is "Hacker News", not "User News".

So user perspectives aren't welcome?

I'm just saying that criticizing someones feedback because it characterizes the audience of the site is illogical.

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

#29

Post by jasongullickson »

schappim wrote: post #14
jasongullickson wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right, this does look very interesting (and any sort of Sharepoint integration is going to appeal to the "enterprise" market) but in light of recent events I'm not even considering any "cloud" service that doesn't employ encrypted storage and extensive logging. If you did those two things you'd be safer than dropbox which is something else that lubricates sales to the business market.

Hi Jason, Thanks for your comment. We encrypt on the server, in transport and on the device. As you know, Dropbox doesn't have a users & groups permissions model, nor do they have encryption because they de-duplicate files on the backend. We also have a beta of the web service which can reside on a VM behind the corporate firewall. Cheers, Marcus (@schappi)

Also, what sort of pricing do you have in mind for the "private server" option?

Thanks!

Re: Please rate my startup: ZigzagCloud - A Mobile File Management System.

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Post by schappim »

jasongullickson wrote: post #19
schappim wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Jason, Thanks for your comment. We encrypt on the server, in transport and on the device. As you know, Dropbox doesn't have a users & groups permissions model, nor do they have encryption because they de-duplicate files on the backend. We also have a beta of the web service which can reside on a VM behind the corporate firewall. Cheers, Marcus (@schappi)

Thanks for the info Marcus! I've been looking hard for a service to replace Dropbox with and yours is the first I've found that provides encryption of the files on the server as well as an iOS interface. Will you be providing an API for third-party applications? This is another area where Dropbox seems to dominate and is important especially for iOS users who can't use files stored this way unless they are accessible…

Hi Jason,

Server side encryption is a tick box we've had to do for our health clients.

We've been actively building an iOS SDK that is very similar to Dropbox's own SDK (the idea being that we'll be able to provide a low barrier to entry for other devs that have already implemented Dropbox's SDK).

We have a RESTful private API that as each day goes by is getting more and more locked down. We're looking forward to making it public as soon as possible.

Cheers,

Marcus (@Schappi)

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