Simple Ops
Infrastructure
website monitoring
SHOW HN2020
280points
109comments
#151of 3,028 in 2020
Top 5%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
17 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Design: 8 for, 0 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and landing page
From 4 comments
Hi there, ive been browsing hn for over 7 years and this is one of the nicest indie landing pages ive seen. I like your eye for design. Have you considered letting the uder do a…
fblp on HNAgreed. In addition to looking nice and working without JS, I understood in less than five seconds what it's about. That's much better than most landing pages.
progval on HNThe design is nice enough but from a marketing perspective, the copy was really great. No fluff, just a very clear value proposition. I understood immediately what the service…
puranjay on HNThis is a beautiful page. I like the design very, VERY much. I don't really have the need for the product, but I wish you the best of luck!
adenozine on HN
Clear value proposition
From 2 comments
The design is nice enough but from a marketing perspective, the copy was really great. No fluff, just a very clear value proposition. I understood immediately what the service…
puranjay on HNAgreed. In addition to looking nice and working without JS, I understood in less than five seconds what it's about. That's much better than most landing pages.
progval on HN
Live demo available without signup
From 1 comment
I really appreciated the live demo link too - I could immediately get a feel for what is monitored, and there were no barriers like an email sign up. Bravo for the landing page!
GordonS on HN
Objections
Pricing may attract cheap customers or is too low
From 3 comments
While I understand the sentiment behind a $10/mo offering, you will attract cheap customers. Which are the worst. They demand more support while knowing less and pay less. The…
aantix on HNYou should definitely charge at least double or triple what you are doing right now. You'd still be cheaper than the competition!
bouk on HNNice work, congrats! My 2 cents: Work on validating your pricing! I see very little differentiation between the 10 and 20 usd/mo tiers, and my gut feeling was "they're offering…
isoprophlex on HN
Lifetime plan presentation is confusing
From 1 comment
I'd structure the pricing page a bit differently. Having a "Lifetime" plan isn't really something that's common for a offering like that because everyone knows it's not actually…
dewey on HN
Signup and billing issues
From 1 comment
Looks like there are some issues to resolve with the signup process and billing. I've contacted you via your support channel so we'll see how this works out. :-)
aeden on HN
Forced third-party OAuth sign-in
From 1 comment
The service looks nice and at a very fair price point. But I can’t stand it when I’m forced to go through a 3rd party to sign in. At least this made me create a throwaway GitHub…
Semaphor on HN
Requests
Status pages with incident updates
From 1 comment
I recently researched third-party services that do performance / uptime monitoring, alerting and more. There were a couple of good ones, but none that I found that integrated…
heipei on HN
PayPal payment support
From 1 comment
Would be great if you have PayPal, as currency rates is fluctuating now and I keep my USD in PayPal :(
wiradikusuma on HN
Domain renewal checks
From 1 comment
Congrats on shipping! The design is really well done. 1. Did you hand-code it from scratch or you use a template/theme? 2. What about a domain renewal check? The person who…
sah2ed on HN
Email login option
From 1 comment
The service looks nice and at a very fair price point. But I can’t stand it when I’m forced to go through a 3rd party to sign in. At least this made me create a throwaway GitHub…
Semaphor on HN
Questions
Why is it on the top of Show HN again
From 2 comments
Off topic: curious.. you submitted this post twice recently. why on top now?
leorio on HNGood to see this one on the top of showhn. I see that you shared the same 2 days ago and the one before 8 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23849221 what has changed…
tckb on HN
Difference between indie hacking and a startup
From 1 comment
Hey, looks cool. What's (in your opinion) the real difference between "indie hacking" and a proper startup? (Apart from the legal entity)
napolux on HN
Alternatives named
Statping (open source)
From 1 comment
I recently researched third-party services that do performance / uptime monitoring, alerting and more. There were a couple of good ones, but none that I found that integrated…
heipei on HN
GTmetrix
From 1 comment
I am using this service since last 20 days and I am 100% satisfied with the matrix on simpleops. Before that for the same reason I was frequently using gtmatrix.
allrok on HN
AppPulse Active
From 1 comment
Very nice implementation. I wish you well! The product reminds me a lot about AppPulse Active (or what it should have been)
stf-ods on HN