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Always think of tools in terms of your company's long term goals. A free tool that doesn't offer possibilities to scale or won't remain cost-effective at scale
by pacetherace 7y ago
Always think of tools in terms of your company's long term goals.
A free tool that doesn't offer possibilities to scale or won't remain cost-effective at scale or doesn't offer features to migrate to other tools can easily cost more than going with something that looks expensive or less appealing right now.
Also, evaluate tools in terms of their familiarity to developers, sales and customers in your domain.
- elenveenpere 7y agoYou're absolutely right. We're not saying that companies starting out should just go for the free plan no matter what and not think about it at all. That's why we added the entry level pricing as a side note, as well as a link to the pricing page and reviews for further investigation. The added calculation sheet also helps to see potential costs based on any plan, not just the free ones, to see how it would affect the total money spent. We also very much held back on including free, yet very low quality/limited tools. And yes—awesome point about the familiarity aspect!