From the discussion here, it appears that a lot of 'picks and shovels' app tool providers seem to expect that their customer base will be well venture funded co

From the discussion here, it appears that a lot of 'picks and shovels' app tool providers seem to expect that their customer base will be well venture funded companies. Their pricing plans seems to reflect this by have a 'free' tier that supports nothing more than a quick test MVP, then a paid plan in a VERY high price range that would be considered negligible for someone who has just secured $100M in venture cap. Feel for we founders who want to stay bootstrapped, and who will be paying for tools out of nothing but slowly trickling in revenue from paying customers. For us, $250+ per month is a real cost, and not a flippant consideration in the early stages of our growth. I'd much prefer to see vendors have more gradually tiered pricing plans, or else peg the cost to a meaningful metric, such as 'per paying customer' rather than 'per anonymous site visitor' etc.