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Why is the pricing tied to how much time it saves you and what hourly rate are you basing your calculations on?

• TheCapeGreek 3y ago
  Unless you're charging an intern level rate to your clients, it's reasonable to assume for a good chunk of the industry that the cost is alright. Even $15/hr would cover it in a day. If you're using it in an employment environment, your employer should be footing the bill. Not every post has to be hyper-specific with stats, charts and graphs. > Why is the pricing tied to how much time it saves you Because that's the value proposition over setting up and managing all the tools myself? Especially the core IDE portion.
  • objektif 3y ago
    I think it is crazy to price software that way. Do you also price airline tickets, car purchase etc that way?
    • TheCapeGreek 3y ago
      The primary input of software is labour - i.e. time spent working. We stand on mountains of open source work that makes the job much faster and cheaper. This labour cost is certainly also factored into costs in many other industries. The difference with software is that, largely speaking, the TCO goes way down if you only consider the software (and infrastructure) itself. Cloud infrastructure costs can get pricey but salaries will always be more expensive. So it makes sense to view things this way in software land when selling your time - and thus also how you view purchases that affect how you spend your time.
      • objektif 3y ago
        Sorry but you just made up some stuff which does not make much sense.