lago VS billabear

We shared a few thoughts about « why oss does not win by being cheaper », we are trying o find the balance between oss, quality, sustainability, indeed.

https://github.com/getlago/lago/wiki/Open-Source-does-not-wi...

It got a fair share of comments on HN as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37682684

https://www.getlago.com/

Reach out at [email protected] or directly through https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lago/jobs

Last but not least: we’ve historically took a little bit too much time to answer applications (we’re still a small team), and I’d like to personally apologize for this.

> Anecdotally, we've seen a number of larger "open-source alternative to X" projects posted on HN of late that are technically self-deployable, but require so much up-front knowledge that it's not actually accessible to those who might truly be liberated by such software.

Any self-hosted application really needs someone technical unless you're providing something like the DigitalOcean deploy button.

Docker-compose requires technical knowledge to run locally. Sure running "docker compose" is easy but installing it often isn't. As someone quite technical I'm honestly not sure how that would work for deploying on to AWS or GCP even though I know it's possible. I would have to look into it.

Ansible scripts require technical knowledge. Again running the command is easy but installing ansible isn't.

How DigitalOcean's deploy button is really easy as is shown in my demo video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbInyGtqLCs&t=1s. Note there is 10 minutes of my app demo inbetween starting the process and me using a deployed version. You can even try it out at https://github.com/BillaBear/billabear it's literally super easy. It's also silly easy to actually build. "DigitalOcean's app platform is so good it makes BillaBear looks good since the deployment is so easy" is literally what I've said to people.

A bit of context so people can understand. I have a subscription management and billing system, it's self-hostable and I provide a managed hosted version too. The license cost is 2,000 GBP using the JetBrains license model with upgrade licenses dropping down to 1,500 GBP. There is technically a lifetime deal (all versions and upgrades) for the next week or so for 500 GBP but I'm not wanting to tell outreach prospects about that it's more of a hidden thing and something I talk about with inbound (because they are normally inbound because they saw the deal and want more info) more context if it helps is billabear.com and github.com/billabear/billabear.

Startup Name / URL BillaBear / www.billabear.com Location of Your Headquarters Berlin, Germany Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video Source-available SaaS Subscription Management and Billing system - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbInyGtqLCs More details: https://github.com/billabear/billabear What life cycle stage is your startup at? Validation Your role? Founder What goals are you trying to reach this month? Get more customers How could r/startups help? Check it out, maybe give a GitHub star and reach out if you need help improving your billing. Discount for r/startups subscribers? Sure email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) mentioning this and I'll give you a lifetime deal for 500 GBP.

It's source-available and can be found at https://github.com/billabear/billabear.