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Assuming a single free development account, I'd happily pay $10 or $20 per additional user if it means I can find a concept with decent product-market fit. I can then build it more cheaply myself.

Iteration speed is incredibly valuable. You often only need <10 users to get an idea about how useful your MVP is.

Are you interested in something which lets you host the application out, once it's built, yet providing the option to host it on your behalf?

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Hosted option is great - it's just the free tier seems so limited to me.

I get these guys want to make money - need to make money to support the service. As a "hacker" I want to mess around and try things, and these seem to cater to that... until you see the price.

:)