I've built my product around traditional SaaS pricing (monthly tiers), but I m starting to wonder if that model is getting outdated, especially with more AI-powered and compute-heavy tools entering the market. That shift requires real architectural changes, instrumentation, metering, billing logic, and UI changes, not just pricing tweaks. It s something I m starting to seriously think about for my own product.
In particular, AI usage has real COGs (every prompt costs money), and I m seeing more platforms experimenting with usage-based models, or hybrids like SaaS base + usage + overage.
For those of you building AI or compute-intensive tools:
Hi everyone , Mark here. I created an account a few months ago, but this is my first post.
Quick question: if I m looking for beta users right now, is Product Hunt a good place to start? How do makers usually promote a product here do you start with a pre-launch page, or only post on launch day? And what actually works (without feeling spammy)?
Any tips or examples would be super appreciated. Thanks!
I've been contributing to discussions every single day for over 3 years now, and sometimes it's really hard.
One day, I have a great time coming up with topics, and then there are those days when I just stare at the screen and can't type. But I always manage to find a way.
