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Priceloop NoCode Spreadsheet platform built in Scala and on-top of Postgres

19 pointsdatitran4 comments

Hi!

At priceloop, we are working on a completely novel way of how businesses can run their pricing. Like really really novel. Not just another AI model for pricing but we want to strive to redefine this software category.

In particular, we are building a NoCode platform that enables businesses and IT to work together in a seamless way. Some of our features:

- A powerful spreadsheet that can handle millions of rows

- Many built-in and custom functions: you can easily write external function in Python and use it in the spreadsheet: https://medium.com/priceloop-tech-blog/how-to-build-an-external-function-on-priceloop-nocode-7d1325be7816

- Autosuggestion and syntax highlighting when creating formulas; kind of a powerful IDE for spreadsheet formulas

- An easy API interface to interact with the spreadsheet

We are in early development and just released our alpha version. In the next upcoming weeks, we will also open-source the core of our platform! So bookmark our github org already: https://github.com/priceloop

Sign up to Priceloop NoCode now and try it out: https://alpha.priceloop.ai

Feedback is welcomed!

It sounds from your description here like you built a cloud-based spreadsheet that supports large datasets and extensible Python functions. Isn't that a considerably more general tool than "just" a pricing calculator? If I'm looking for a spreadsheet for other purposes, pretty much everything about the name and content of your site is going to discourage me from using it, which seems odd for what sounds like a general purpose solution.

hey yodon, valid feedback. And yes we are building a very general cloud-based spreadsheet that supports large datasets and extensible Python functions. As a young company, we need to focus though and we chose pricing as our first domain as my co-founder has extensive domain knowledge in this area. Our vision is to open it up and therefore I can understand that our website currently is not sexy enough but we are working on it :) At the end it's the product and tech that counts to us and I believe we are building something nice here and hope to get as much feedback as possible from people using it!

I would advise you to seek advice from a native English speaking copywriter for your main website. Here are some examples of phrases that stuck out and distracted me from your value prop as I scrolled through it:

- Data-driven pricing for your e-commerce business [with our platform]

(last bit is implied, you don't need it in that sentence)

- If you want a ready to go pricing solution as [an] Amazon private label seller this is for you

(Missing "an", but could so read better as just "ready to go pricing solution for Amazon private label sellers")

- If you want to build your own logic[s] this is the software solution for you

(Logic is the plural of logic, however you could also transform this statement to be much more interesting by talking about how easy and extensible your logic engine is, rather than focusing the sentence on the act of "building your own", which can be intimidating for some.

Just a few ideas from a quick scan. Good luck building your product!

Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated!

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