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.
Ask HN: Great tools for solo SaaS founders?
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#132at 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…
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#133I 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.
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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
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>* 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…