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Just some honest feedback regarding pricing.

I think this looks really cool, and may give it a spin. However, not sure I can justify the charge for my team. I currently pay $25 for a Bronze GitHub Organization plan [1], and while I'm the main developer for the site, I do have a team of volunteers that contribute to the source whenever they can, about 10-15 of us total.

So I would be looking at $50-$75 for an extension to a product I'm only paying $25 for at the moment. Just seems a little imbalanced.

Of course, I realize I'm an edge case, as most teams of this size will be paid team members in an established startup or company, but it still seems even these companies may find it odd to pay more for an extension vs. what they might pay for the base product.

Why not base your tiers similar to GitHub, charging by the number of repos instead of the number of users?

[1] https://github.com/pricing

Thanks very much for the note. I see where you're coming from, but keep in mind our pricing drops to $3.75/user at higher volumes - quite affordable compared to the products we replace.

Please do take ZenHub.io for a spin and, if you love it, shoot me an email: r[at]ze.nr - we can talk about your team's needs and find a win/win.

+1 on the comment.

I'd still give it a spin though. We've been looking for a way to make github work better for us, and this looks like it's going to hit the mark.