[HN Gopher] Stacker (YC S20) lets anyone transform spreadsheets ...
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       Stacker (YC S20) lets anyone transform spreadsheets and databases
       into web apps
        
       Author : davyson
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2021-02-04 06:48 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | celticninja wrote:
       | You were so busy asking if you could, no one stopped and asked if
       | you should.
        
       | davyson wrote:
       | I'm Sam, co-founder of Stacker. Since we launched on HN last
       | summer (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24037118) and the
       | batch ended, we've grown to be used in over 500 companies.
       | 
       | One of the key things we've realised from our customers that
       | they've got a lot more data that what sits in their Airtable or
       | Google Sheets. They all also use numerous SaaS tools that master
       | different parts of their organizations' data: things like Stripe,
       | Hubspot, Xero, Quickbooks and many more. They also sometimes have
       | a production SQL database that contains critical customer
       | information.
       | 
       | So we've been focused on expanding our product so we can
       | incorporate more of our customers data and will be adding new
       | data connectors through this quarter: we're starting with SQL,
       | Stripe and Intercom. We want to enable anyone to snap their data
       | together across whichever systems its stored in, and then create
       | the most productive interface for them on top of it.
        
         | coding123 wrote:
         | May I ask if you attribute your success to the "no code"
         | movement/idea.
        
           | davyson wrote:
           | Yes I'd say it's definitely helped us. The "no code" movement
           | has enabled more people who've never contemplated being able
           | to create software start to realise it's readily possible for
           | them.
        
       | algo_trader wrote:
       | Good luck with this.
       | 
       | Some feedback is to work on update speeds. The docs mention 15/5
       | min updates, which is a shame especially working with gsheets.
       | 
       | Also - i looked at the pricing and its PER APP PER MONTH and also
       | PER USERS (since u have to add 1000user packs). This can turn a
       | simple corporate app into a $10K annual hosting bill.
        
         | davyson wrote:
         | To clarify: all the apps include 500 users as standard so most
         | customers only pay a flat rate per app.
        
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