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It looks really cool, but I feel your 'Live' pricing @ $1000/m is highly prohibitive to developers not in the first world. Although I suspect that's not your target market. I wouldn't be able to recommend to anyone to add that cost onto their app, without massive differences from what one gets with other platforms.

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we definitely understand that that price point won't work for everybody developing an app. we have considered offering a trimmed-down version of the service at a lower price point in the future, but our current focus is on the full-blown service. we take a pretty hands-on approach in how we work with our customers, so in addition to the tech part of the platform we have a very engaged customer success team. the decision to take that approach has also impacted how we think about pricing.

It seems they have a Startup plan

Yes but if I have client's that aren't startups, and want to use a product like this, I'd much more easily recommend a cheaper alternative.

I think the question I generally ask is what are the alternatives? There are so many developers tools but very few built for the uniqueness of mobile.

yes, we do. we know money's often tight when you start so we are excited find ways to work with other startups. if you are a startup and sign up for an account on our dash, our CS folks will reach out to you about this.

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