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Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?
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Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?
#22- Zapier
- Notion
- HockeyStack
- Drip
- GPT-3
- Apollo.io
I would suggest learning how to do marketing, writing down an excruciatingly detailed process (on Notion), and then automating a part of it while delegating the rest to freelancers.
Though, to delegate as much as possible, you will need a good amount of capital.
Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?
#23How about privacy and terms pages? does one need a lawyer or is there a SaaS service to generate one?
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does Amplitude compare vs MixPanel?
1. Mixpanel is super expensive. 2. Mixpanel is slow as a hell in a real world apps. I'm not joking. You can wait by 15 seconds to load one page. 3. Amplitude is 10 times more flexible and intuitive. 4. Amplitude is free completely. 100 000 000 events included. Mixpanel gives about 5000, maybe a bit more, just for testing purposes.
Good to know, thanks for the info. So you accomplish everything with just the free version? Or do you pay for any additional features?
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#25Personally:
- Google Cloud Run (or anything that can run docker)
- SendGrid (but use SMTP only for easy migration)
- Google Workspace (Office/Notion are also cool but I just don't use them often)
- Mainly Go with Python for scripts
- PostgreSQL
- gRPC/Protocol Buffers for API servers
Where possible I try and take on as few dependencies on big cloud services, and always use standard gateways. It makes moving around much easier. Other stuff mentioned here is quite good, but I'll especially recommend https://IndieHackers.com
Re: Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?
#26- Zapier - Notion - HockeyStack - Drip - GPT-3 - Apollo.io I would suggest learning how to do marketing, writing down an excruciatingly detailed process (on Notion), and then automating a part of it while delegating the rest to freelancers. Though, to delegate as much as possible, you will need a good amount of capital.
Interesting list. Would you be willing to add in edits on what you use each one for?
For example, Zapier "moves things between web apps." Is that an ETL as a service? What is it E'ing, T'ing and L'ing, though?
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#27> I want to mostly focus on development and skip the marketing, pr and other related stuff, hence I am looking for tools to automate/delegate as much as possible.
You should really look at finding a cofounder with those skills then. Every situation is different so I won’t say it’s impossible but you’re going to find it exceedingly difficult in my experience to skip that stuff and build a successful business.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. Mixpanel is super expensive. 2. Mixpanel is slow as a hell in a real world apps. I'm not joking. You can wait by 15 seconds to load one page. 3. Amplitude is 10 times more flexible and intuitive. 4. Amplitude is free completely. 100 000 000 events included. Mixpanel gives about 5000, maybe a bit more, just for testing purposes.
Good to know, thanks for the info. So you accomplish everything with just the free version? Or do you pay for any additional features?
Amplitude gives enough for free. They charge a lot from enterprises.
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#29We'd love to help with your user management at https://clerk.dev - stack-agnostic Sign Up, Sign In, and User Profile Management - oauth and 2fa included out of the box
Others:
- stripe.com Atlas for incorporation
- vercel.com for easy frontend deploys
- render.com for easy backend deploys
- pilot.com for taxes
- stripe.com for subscriptions
- sendgrid.com for email
- orbit.love is good for tracking community growth
- discord for actual community conversation
- best marketing for us has been word-of-mouth, thankfully driven just by doubling down on product and support
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#30Paddle.com mostly for taxes. Seriously, how are you guys dealing with taxes (US or/and global)?
Same here - can't imagine what you'd pay in accountant costs otherwise.