[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":493},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-21403091":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":26,"sentiment":27,"stance_mix":28,"scored_comments":31,"aspects":32,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":82,"maker_in_thread":226,"shape":239,"grid":243,"attempts":453,"same_week":454,"maker_shows":34,"maker_hidden":484,"reader_version":485,"card":486},"21403091","Micro CRM","A CRM for People Who Hate CRMs","title","Show HN: Micro CRM, a CRM for People Who Hate CRMs",null,"charly1811",1572471625,2019,147,85,294,2195,14,"notable","web_saas","crm","web_app",[20,23,24,25],"contact management","small business crm","freelancer crm","curious",-0.213,{"positive":29,"neutral":30,"mixed":29,"critical":17},3,20,40,{"idea":33,"pricing":36,"privacy":38,"design":40,"docs":42,"execution":43},{"positive":34,"critical":35},2,4,{"positive":37,"critical":37},1,{"positive":39,"critical":39},0,{"positive":39,"critical":41},7,{"positive":39,"critical":39},{"positive":39,"critical":39},[29,29,29,37,37,45,29,37,29,29,29,29,29,39,29,37,29,39,37,39,37,37,37,37,37,37,39,29,45,45,29,29,37,39,29,29,37,39,29,29],5,"Hello Community!\nMy name is Charles-Eugene Loubao, I am a software developer who recently turned into an Indie Maker and I am sharing my new product with you today.\n\nMicro CRM is a Customer Relationship Managment web app built to be easy to use and intuitive. Most CRMs can be complicated to use and come with an expensive price tag. Micro CRM is built to fill that need for a much simpler and cheaper contact managment platform that offers compeling features without being overwhelming.\n\nWhat can I do with it ?\n\n- Keep all your contacts in one place - Timestamped notes can be used to keep track of",{"problem":48,"audience":54,"pricing":61,"motivation":68,"time_to_build":9,"stack":72,"openness":79,"stage":80,"team_size":81},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Most CRMs are complicated and expensive for small businesses and freelancers","maker",[52],{"id":53},"post",{"value":55,"source":50,"evidence":56},"Small businesses and freelancers",[57,58],{"id":53},{"id":59,"by":10,"text":60},"21404001","Any suggestions is welcome !! I am trying to build a CRM for small businesses and freelancers so I want to know what you guys need !",{"value":62,"source":50,"evidence":63},"Free for manual entry; premium $5\u002Fmonth with 30-day free trial; enterprise $50\u002Fmonth planned",[64,65],{"id":53},{"id":66,"by":10,"text":67},"21404025","Hey, thanks for your feedback. I did not say it before but I am also considering implementing a pipeline. I myself realised today that I will need that . An API is also in the…",{"value":69,"source":50,"evidence":70},"Build a simpler, cheaper CRM because existing ones are complicated and costly",[71],{"id":53},[73],{"value":74,"source":50,"evidence":75},"Vue.js",[76],{"id":77,"by":10,"text":78},"21408091","Vue.js is my go to for frontend development. 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I feel like this space is overheated and it’s impossible to stand out",{"value":108,"source":86,"evidence":109},"Spreadsheets and Google Sheets already cover basic needs",[110,114],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"21404125","cyberferret","Great effort, and I applaud your efforts to try and come up with a solution in this very crowded space. For me, simplicity in a CRM is not the factor that will make me pull out…",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"21406105","dreamer7","Two of those features can be done using Google Sheets as you suggested >* Ability to have multiple team members in my company share and update my list of contacts >* Ability to…",{"value":119,"source":86,"evidence":120},"The .cc domain looks like spam",[121,125],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"21405122","gexla","I'm not even going to look at something on a .cc domain name. Get a .com or anything but ,cc. 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It has a rudimentary pipeline feature and API access. $10\u002Fmonth per user. 0. https:\u002F\u002Flacrm.com",{"id":204,"by":205,"text":206},"21404727","subvocalize","I'm pretty happy with https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lessannoyingcrm.com\u002F and have been a customer for several years—they seem to be making a Pinboard-esque \"be small and don't die\" play, and…",{"value":208,"source":86,"evidence":209},"Monica",[210],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},{"value":212,"source":86,"evidence":213},"HubSpot free plan",[214,218],{"id":215,"by":216,"text":217},"21405253","bggy00","Why not just use the free hubspot plan, and you get pipelines with that as well as email integration etc.",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},{"value":220,"source":86,"evidence":221},"Frappe",[222],{"id":223,"by":224,"text":225},"21405761","mr-karan","Just curious, have you taken a look at https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ffrappe\u002Ffrappe",{"comments":227,"answered":228,"key":229},26,9,[230,233,236],{"id":231,"text":232},"21404140","Thank you for your helpful insight. 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