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Sorry to hear that. We just want to put the free/demo version in front of users, so we can gather feedback asap. We are not showing the pricing tiers simply be

Sorry to hear that. We just want to put the free/demo version in front of users, so we can gather feedback asap. We are not showing the pricing tiers simply because we don't have any yet; we don't even have the infrastructure to support payments. As I said to other community member below, it is unfortunate that we "appear unwilling to display the pricing", it is not our intention at all. Listening to the feedback from HN, we have updated our landing page to clarify that Kit55 is free for non professional use. We are a small group of developers, we don't really know much about marketing/design/sales - unfortunately most of the feedback we are gathering today is about that. We will fix those issues but we would love if you could take a look at the product itself.

stevenicr 5y ago
I appreciate the response and where you all are at. Perhaps a more consumer oriented place may offer better feedback for where you all are in the process? "if you could take a look at the product itself. " - I specifically said that: "I don't consider things that don't show pricing." This is not just you - many other products on HN and in the software world - when I see 'contact us for pricing' or anything like that - I run.. I don't waste any more time, I do not bookmark. With so many things to learn (and so much to do) - I can't waste time playing with tools not knowing the cost after I've invested the time to try things out. In this particular area, as I mentioned, if the price was way lower than pinegrow (lifetime ownership, not some 1 year license type scheme) - I would poke around to see if it could be used. Otherwise I have more mature options already and don't need to spend any time with it. I'd also compare it to bluegriffon, and even webflow and figma, wordpress, all the things - but price needs to be a known factor before looking at anything else. And if it turns out to be some sort of monthly / yearly kind of thing, I won't invest the time to use it either. That's just where I am at with most things I use. I also read terms of use before I spend more time delving into how useful a product is - of course if it's buy it, and own it on your desktop - that's not usually a problem.
- miki_tyler 5y ago
  I agree with you and in general my approach to software subscriptions/purchases is very similar.

stevenicr 5y ago

I appreciate the response and where you all are at. Perhaps a more consumer oriented place may offer better feedback for where you all are in the process? "if you could take a look at the product itself. " - I specifically said that: "I don't consider things that don't show pricing." This is not just you - many other products on HN and in the software world - when I see 'contact us for pricing' or anything like that - I run.. I don't waste any more time, I do not bookmark. With so many things to learn (and so much to do) - I can't waste time playing with tools not knowing the cost after I've invested the time to try things out. In this particular area, as I mentioned, if the price was way lower than pinegrow (lifetime ownership, not some 1 year license type scheme) - I would poke around to see if it could be used. Otherwise I have more mature options already and don't need to spend any time with it. I'd also compare it to bluegriffon, and even webflow and figma, wordpress, all the things - but price needs to be a known factor before looking at anything else. And if it turns out to be some sort of monthly / yearly kind of thing, I won't invest the time to use it either. That's just where I am at with most things I use. I also read terms of use before I spend more time delving into how useful a product is - of course if it's buy it, and own it on your desktop - that's not usually a problem.

miki_tyler 5y ago
I agree with you and in general my approach to software subscriptions/purchases is very similar.