Reduced Starter Tier (Hobby Tier)

[MarianRaphael]

Description

The primary objective of this epic is to augment the appeal of the Starter Tier to the community by adjusting its pricing model. This initiative aims to make our services more accessible, thereby increasing user adoption and setting a new standard for utilizing Node-RED in various applications.

Objective

• Lead Generation: By making the Starter Tier more attractive, we aim to draw more users to our platform, thereby expanding our user base and potential leads for upselling higher-tier services.
• Position FlowFuse as the go-to solution for running Node-RED

Scope

• Reduce the Starter Tier pricing to $5
• Maintain a similar feature set as the current Starter Tier

Alternative

https://github.com/FlowFuse/flowfuse/issues/3561

An alternative would be the Free Tier approach

Pros

Minimizes the risk of abuse as users can explore the services without financial commitments.

Cons

• Introduces a higher entry barrier due to the higher price (compared to free plan)
• Financial Risk (currently 15$)

Which customers would this be available to

Everyone - CE/Starter/Team/Enterprise