Oenning: Fider's initial hosted version cost $5 per month to run
Guilhermo Oenning · Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast With Guilhermo Oenning, Founder of Fider · Aug 22, 2024 · at 3:00
Guilhermo Oenning explains why he initially offered Fider as a free hosted SaaS to gather user feedback after launching it as an open-source project.
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“It cost me like five dollars per month to run it. I just want to get users and get feedback from that. So that's why I made it free.”
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