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You need to do a market analysis yourself as developer tools are not my area of market expertise. As a general strategy, given this is a new tool you might want

You need to do a market analysis yourself as developer tools are not my area of market expertise. As a general strategy, given this is a new tool you might want to start with just two dimensions/factors: introductory vs. long-term (to drive adoption), and consumer vs. enterprise. For the purposes of answering your question in the short-term: you might end up with a perpetual license single-developer price knowing that this initial set of customers will be innovators and an "investment" that will be on your books for quite some time. You could even time or quota-limit if you're looking for a specific growth trajectory and initial burst of revenue. Given that this is perpetual licensing (and again - you need to decide whether this will be for all versions forever, or limited to +K major versions), you need to balance 12-18month runway (cost-feature) planning against any margin you're hoping to generate (maybe none if you're aiming for ramen profitability). Feel free to reach out if you want to discuss further.

HenriNext 7y ago
I hope I didn't (again) express my self badly... Of course I'm not expecting to be spoon-fed with a ready made pricing model, but was just trying to get overall sentiment.. You make a lot of great points, and this is one area where I definitely need help, so thank you for your offer. I'll get in touch after I've survived today :)
- jsjohnst 7y ago
  Somebody else suggested this already, but I’d probably do something like the following: $100 - personal license, must be bought by an individual (not company), but can be used for commercial purposes. Best effort only support, pushing folks to use a support forum. $200/seat - business license version of above, but including email support, just without an SLA. $400/seat or $15/seat/month - enterprise license, includes priority support. Based on experience, providing support is the most “expensive” and time consuming portion, so make sure you are pricing high enough to cover that, especially with perpetual licenses.

HenriNext 7y ago

I hope I didn't (again) express my self badly... Of course I'm not expecting to be spoon-fed with a ready made pricing model, but was just trying to get overall sentiment.. You make a lot of great points, and this is one area where I definitely need help, so thank you for your offer. I'll get in touch after I've survived today :)

jsjohnst 7y ago
Somebody else suggested this already, but I’d probably do something like the following: $100 - personal license, must be bought by an individual (not company), but can be used for commercial purposes. Best effort only support, pushing folks to use a support forum. $200/seat - business license version of above, but including email support, just without an SLA. $400/seat or $15/seat/month - enterprise license, includes priority support. Based on experience, providing support is the most “expensive” and time consuming portion, so make sure you are pricing high enough to cover that, especially with perpetual licenses.