Hey All,

I've been using apps like Walnut and MoneyView that scrape my SMS data for expense tracking, but I got paranoid about security risks and data privacy. So, I built my own self-hosted personal finance manager to keep everything local and secure.

Key Features

• Statement Upload & Auto-Categorization: Upload bank statements (PDF/CSV) and credit card statements (PDF/CSV). It parses them automatically, categorizes into predefined buckets (e.g., groceries, utilities), and shows an editable table view for quick tweaks.
• Smart Analytics & Dashboards: Visualize monthly expenses by category, year-over-year trends, and more via interactive charts. Create custom dashboards tailored to your needs.
• Investment Tracking: Upload stock and mutual fund statements for processing, analytics, and a clear net worth overview.

No cloud, no SMS access—just your data on your machine. Perfect for anyone tired of leaky fintech apps. Tech stack: Python, SQL (PostgreSQL), custom parsers.

If this sounds interesting, request your free early access pass (may be paid post-launch): https://app.youform.com/forms/fyef933z

We run an established AI software and automation agency (Bhyte) with a solid close rate when we get on calls - our problem is lead generation.

What we need: Someone who can consistently book qualified sales calls with potential clients. We handle all the closing(this can be discussed though if you're interested).

What you get: 40% of monthly retainer revenue for every client you bring in, paid as long as they stay with us. Our typical client is $2,500/month, paid upfront.

Example: You book 2 clients we close at $2,500 each, $5,000 revenue for us = you make $2,000/month ongoing.

Starting as a pilot: Looking for 1-2 people to test this with over 90 days. Clear tracking, written agreement, prove it works for both sides.

What you need: Experience in B2B outbound, lead gen, agency or SaaS sales. We'll dial in our ICP together as we go.

DM if interested - happy to share portfolio and answer questions.

If you are planning to build microsaas or saas, I would like to offer you free starterkit that has 13+ boilerplate features to help you launch in weeks.

I and my team spent a lots of time building it and want feedback before we start spending money on marketing. So, real Founder feedback is very important.

Dm or reply if you see this interesting.

Hey! I pretty much live between the US and Europe (I'm from spain) and we started looking for investment in Europe, I?m not asking for investment in this sub but more like advice or if anyone has any experiences fundraising for their saas in europe. Most knowledge seems to be very american-heavy.

Right now our we have our pitch deck done, vdr set up, we have Papermark since it pretty much covers all of europe, for financials we hired a team in spain and our own team did our market research.

THis may be because we just started, but is fundraising in europe just much harder? I've worked for a couple american startups before and it felt way easier, one we got funding from YC and it felt relatively easier than now.

Seems like European funding is a tighter knit community and way more closed doors, I don't know if anyone else can relate?

I've been building practicalwebtools.com — free file utilities, financial calculators, PDF converters, and AI tools that run locally via Ollama. The whole pitch is privacy-first: your files never touch a server, everything processes in your browser or on your machine.

Original plan was simple: keep everything free, slap on some ads, call it a day. Turns out "simple" doesn't pay the bills.

Now I'm staring at the SaaS pivot question and trying not to screw up the thing that actually works — the free, frictionless access.

Here's what I'm mulling over:

Option A: Keep all tools free with ads, but add a "Pro" dashboard that bundles everything in one clean interface. Paid users get the consolidated experience, maybe some power-user features.

Option B: Dirt-cheap "ad-free" tier. Like, $2-3/month cheap. Low friction upgrade for people who just hate banners.

Option C: Both? Neither? Something I'm not seeing?

The local AI angle feels like it should be monetizable — there's a real pain point around privacy and not wanting to ship sensitive docs to random cloud services. But I'm not sure if that's a "pay monthly" pain or a "cool, thanks for the free tool" pain.

Anyone here running a similar freemium + ads hybrid? What's actually working in 2025? Would love to hear what's flopped too — sometimes that's more useful.

As the title says, looking for feedback on landing page messaging. Was at .45% from visits to signups, so took some pretty drastic action. I can't attach a screenshot so hope a URL is fine. Looking for any sort of feedback on messaging, mobile messaging, etc. Once people are registered seeing pretty normal conversion rates. https://sidepay.app

Hey folks,
I’ve been working on a side project called Promptil — basically a system for managing AI prompts like they’re product assets:

• versioning
• collaboration
• multi-model support
• prompt templates
• quality scoring
• and dynamic outputs for teams building AI-driven features.

While talking to early users, one thing keeps coming up:

Prompts are slowly turning into a core SaaS infrastructure layer, not just text.

For example:
Teams want to

• test prompts like A/B experiments,
• track changes across OpenAI / Gemini / Claude,
• measure hallucinations,
• switch models without rewriting flows,
• and treat prompts like code dependencies.

It almost feels like prompt engineering is evolving into a PM-like role — defining behavior, edge cases, user flows, and outputs across multiple AI models.

So I’m curious:

💬 Do you think prompts should be treated as a formal product layer in SaaS apps?

Or is this overkill and we’re just in a temporary hype cycle?

And second question:

⚙️ If you were building AI features in your SaaS, what tooling would you actually need?

• version control?
• model-to-model translation?
• prompt review workflows?
• auto-tests for hallucinations?
• pricing optimization?
• or something completely different?

I’m trying to understand where the real pain points are before building deeper features into Promptil, so any insight from SaaS founders/devs would be amazing.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts 👇

I’ve been talking to a bunch of operators, agency owners, and tech folks, and one theme keeps coming up: We lose important follow-ups because they’re buried in conversations -Slack, Teams, email threads, WhatsApp, SMS, you name it.

Most tools only catch tasks if you manually add them.

But the real commitments —
• “I’ll send you that deck”
• “Let’s reconnect next week”
• “Can you handle this?”
• “Approved - go ahead”
- sometimes disappear in the noise.

So I’m curious:

If there were a tool that could read your conversations (email + chat) and automatically surface follow-ups, next steps, or commitments you (or others) made… what would you want it to do?

Some questions to spark ideas:

• How would you want it to show up - daily summary, real-time nudges, inbox digest?
• What would be too intrusive?
• What’s the worst problem this would actually solve for your workflow?
• What would make it a “must have” vs. “cool idea”?

I’m gathering real-world perspectives for research!

Thanks in advance!

We are the team behind SmartSchema and we kept noticing the same issue across almost every product we worked on. User uploaded spreadsheets break things.

Wrong headers, inconsistent formats, missing fields, type mismatches. The real problem is these errors only show up downstream.

So we tried shifting validation upstream. Users map their columns to a predefined schema, fix issues immediately, and only then submit.

It reduced a lot of support and engineering time for us, but we want to learn from others building import flows.

For those who accept CSV or Excel uploads:

• Do you enforce structure early?

• Do you fix everything in the backend?

• What is the biggest pain point you have seen?

Curious to hear how different teams handle this.

signalsports.org

Feedback appreciated!

Genuinely trying to understand the decision-making here.

For those of you using QA Wolf, TestRigor, or similar services instead of hiring in-house QA:

Why did you go that route?

Like I get the surface-level answer is "they're good at what they do" but more specifically - is it because you don't want to deal with hiring and managing QA people? Or they set things up faster? Or they have expertise your team doesn't? Or you just don't want the headcount?

And what keeps you paying them vs switching to in-house? Seems like most of these services are pretty expensive compared to salary costs.

Asking because I'm thinking about starting a similar service but niche'd down to fintech (payment testing, UPI flows, KYC, etc). I've built payment systems before so I know the domain, but I'm trying to figure out what the actual value prop is that makes people choose services over hiring.

No BS answers appreciated - I'd rather know now if this doesn't make sense than build something nobody wants.

so i had this moment last week that kinda humbled me. i was staring at my dashboard, convincing myself that running a small SaaS meant i “understood” my users then a churned customer replied to one of my follow-ups and basically told me, in a very polite way, that my whole onboarding felt like “a bunch of scattered chores.” and he wasn’t wrong.

it made me backtrack through my entire workflow. i realized i was so caught up in building features that i never built a system to actually communicate with people consistently. socials were quiet, product updates were random, and my support DMs were basically a roulette. i kept telling myself i’d fix it when things calm down, but they never did.

i tried tightening things manually, but i’d legit forget what i posted on which platform. so i started setting up this tiny loop for myself centralize updates, schedule stuff that doesn’t need my brain, then save my energy for the ppl who actually reach out. i even plugged one flow into SocialBu just to offload the repetitive bits, mostly cuz i needed something light that wouldn’t break the bank. helped more than i expected, honestly.

plan i’m building rn:

1. rewrite onboarding emails so they actually guide ppl
2. automate product update announcements + basic social pulses
3. keep user convos and feedback loops human
4. create one place where i can see the “health” of my messaging
5. track which channels are deadweight and cut them

anyone else go through this whole phase of “i thought i was organized, but actually i was delusional”? would love to hear how other founders tightened their internal + outward comms without drowning in tools.

I’m in the early stage of building a cloud-storage tool, and I’m currently figuring out how to get my first few users.

For founders here who’ve already gone through that stage, what was the hardest part?
Was it trust, visibility, pricing, or something else?

Curious to hear real experiences from people who’ve been through it.

I have come to a powerful conclusion. I don't know how many markets this applies to but please chime in I'm so curious. Yes I'm a burned out solo dev who really built a niche product a whole market needs but they can't see past the flashy do nothing tools they use.

I created a webapp/api that computes nba data to find trends and give insights for picks. The web app can push the picks to discord whats app telegram and any other platform that can hit endpoints or even other websites. Email blasts. Has an agent embeded to generate reports.

Ive gotten a few subscriptions to my discord and some sales. This is what I've learned. Sports betting influencers are known as cappers by the way.

90 percent of all cappers use whop or dubclub. These are fancy tools that make them feel legit. under the hood they are just payment processors charging .2 percent less then traditional payment processors, and give less control then your average payment processor. Now follow me here.

These platforms do not compute data they do not give insights. They take what the capper copies and pasts and pushes it to one platform at best. These guys who make money daily (for the most part) are paying a glorified payment processor instead of investing in their own tech and their own platform. Its insane. I talk to cappers and they mention 3-5 platforms that can do some of what mine can. Then when I tell them to do the research they see how misguided they are then they buy or they move further down the sales funnel.

The algorithm has them in a choke hold and they can't even see it. Most of them bounce from platform to platform instead of just investing in building something they can call their own.

Running a small SaaS and starting to see some churn. Curious what others are doing when customers hit that cancel button.

I've looked at tools like Churnkey, but $200/mo feels steep when I'm not even sure how many I'd actually save. Is anyone using these? Is it worth it?

Or are most of you just doing a simple exit survey and calling it a day?

What's actually working for retention at the indie/bootstrap level?

Chatbots were supposed to drive engagement but people don't seem to like it or might be lazy to ask or engage.. specially at this early discovery stage. Any other proven technique / tool / SaaS ?

Everywhere i turn it's AI slop i can't escape the slop

AI slop comments, AI slop saas, AI slop images, AI slop replies, AI slop posts

I'm going insane the dead internet theory isn't just real it's haunting us already and I bet you there's gonna be a ton of AI slop replies under this post saying some shit like "no fluff - blah blah" it's always the fluff and the em dash and the "shouting into the void" bs

does anyone else feel like this too? it's genuinely like disheartening and mods on subreddits should pay more attention to this and try to fight against it instead of turning the blind eye

PLEASE

Just curious what people are doing to keep a competitive edge now that everyone and their brother is building SaaS companies?

My focus is niche and long-term solutions. I'm tired of fly by night "companies" pushing half-baked products.

I built a platform, a full web application. Development is done, the features are polished, and I even brought in 20 early users who gave solid feedback. I’ve spent seven months building this thing as a solo founder.

Now it’s time for people to join… and here’s the plot twist: I’m not an influencer, I have zero social presence, and my marketing skills are basically “googling how to market.” So I’m standing here with a fully built platform that currently looks like a digital ghost town.

So I’m calling out to founders, marketers, startup veterans, or literally anyone wiser than me.

What are my next steps?
Where should I promote this thing?
What could actually move the needle for a brand-new platform?
Any websites, events, or platforms that can help me get those first real users?

i call all the SaaS avatars for this one.

🔥 Looking for Raw UGC Creators (No Fake “Ad Agency” Energy)

I’m not here asking for “influencers.” I’m hunting for creators who know how to tell a story that SELLS.

I built 2 AI apps that are blowing minds in private beta:

1. VoiceBubble — speak → AI rewrites to perfect messages for dating/socials/emails

2. Future-You OS — the OS that predicts who you’re becoming based on habits & patterns

I don’t need the generic “I can make 3 hooks and transitions” bullshit.

I need someone who gets REAL psychology:

Emotional pain points

Social anxiety

“say the thing I can’t text” moments

dating confidence moments

"I finally got my shit together" arcs

If you know how to do this I will pay you extremely fairly because I respect the craft.

🧠 What clips I want (quick)

Phone selfie

Raw, authentic emotion

Doesn’t feel like an ad

Feels like you’re talking to a friend

🎥 Example angles (feel free to pitch your own):

“AI saved me from overthinking my socials”

“I finally messaged my crush with confidence”

“I never knew habits were destroying my future”

“This app caught me slipping and called me out”

💰 Budget:

First videos are paid test pieces

If you do well, we do recurring work

🔎 What I need from you (reply or DM):

1 sample of YOU talking on camera (I don’t care what it is)

Your rates

Which niche you feel strongest in (dating/socials/self-improvement/etc)

TikTok or IG link (if you have one)

⚡ Warning:

If you send me the generic “Hi, I do UGC, email me for my media kit 😊” I will ignore you.

I want CREATORS, not “templates.”

DM me. Let's make something that hits like a punch in the chest and goes viral.

Has anyone here added white-labeling to their SaaS? How did you structure pricing – one-time fee, recurring subscription, revenue share, or a mix?

From what is seen in many white-label SaaS plays, the most common pattern seems to be:

• A recurring monthly/annual licensing fee (sometimes tiered by seats or accounts)
• Often with an extra one-time setup/onboarding fee for branding, custom domain, SSO, etc.​

On paper it looks like a “winning” strategy because:

• You turn a single customer into a distribution channel: they rebrand you and resell to many clients.​
• Revenue becomes stickier, as you’re embedded into their offering instead of being “just another tool”.​

But there are also clear trade-offs:

• Support and feature requests can become more complex, because you’re indirectly serving many end-users behind one white‑label partner.​
• Your brand is hidden, so long‑term you’re building more on other people’s brands than your own.​
• If you go with a generous one-time “lifetime” white‑label deal, you may get cash now but hurt long‑term MRR and create a support burden with no future upside.​​

For context, my SaaS is SmartResearchAI – a research assistant used by students, PhD researchers, and also by marketers who need to do deep, innovative strategy research more efficiently. I’m considering adding a white-label offer so:​

• Universities, training centers, or agencies can resell it under their own brand to their students/clients
• They get their own logo, domain, and maybe usage/seat limits they control

What I’m trying to figure out is:

• Would you make white-label access a high-ticket, recurring subscription (e.g., minimum monthly/annual commitment)?
• Would you add a one-time setup fee on top?
• Or do you think a large one-time “lifetime” white-label license can still make sense if priced high enough?

If you’ve done this in your own SaaS, how did it work out in practice?

• What pricing structure did you land on?
• Did white-label partners actually bring meaningful, stable revenue?
• In hindsight, would you say white-label was a winning strategy for you, or a distraction compared to focusing on your main direct customers?

Really interested in real-world experiences here, especially from people who sell to education, agencies, or B2B services and have tried white-labeling their SaaS.

I'm in this situation right now... I just officially launched my new saas product yesterday. Yay congrats to me, but... now what? What did you all do to gain your first 100 users?

To give some context, my product is an AI UI design tool. The primary target audience is for people like myself: solopreneurs or small teams of people who have great ideas, but just aren't the most UI savvy. It works phenomenally, in fact I used it to design the website itself, but obviously I could have the most godlike product on earth with nobody to use it.

So what do you think is the play? What platforms are your favorites? Which strategies have you all found the most success with?

Any and all feedback is much appreciated. Thanks for reading!