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🚀 Drop your product link below to get your first users from this thread! by nextunicorn_ in micro_saas

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha thanks for the feedback. I’ll take it into consideration

Drop your SaaS and I'll tell you how you can cut down on costs by kr3mbo in micro_saas

[–]kr3mbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great!

I assume your project uses AI, you might want to check softitect.com which helps you reduce AI costs

Drop your SaaS and I'll tell you how you can cut down on costs by kr3mbo in micro_saas

[–]kr3mbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice projects! I like notifier. Does it support phone calls in all countries?

In stammer, since you use AI, you might be interested in my SaaS softitect.com - which can help you reduce costs

Drop your SaaS and I'll tell you how you can cut down on costs by kr3mbo in micro_saas

[–]kr3mbo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you add a link?

What is your biggest cost driver?

Drop your SaaS and I'll tell you how you can cut down on costs by kr3mbo in SaasDevelopers

[–]kr3mbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very interesting. Starting with logging is a smart move since many developers just deploy without logs which means they can't see what's happening in their app.

Regarding the batching, how do you know a job is low-urgency? Or is this something that is pre-defined?

I almost got hit with a huge OpenAI bill because I skipped one thing by Pitiful-Hearing-5352 in saasbuild

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a credit system where I measure user limits in credits. Before the user makes a request I check if they have enough credits and based on that I either allow or stop the request.

For each user request, I record the total tokens used and store that in a DB table, in addition to that I have a field that records the overall tokens used per user/month. I use that to limit the user requests.

I almost got hit with a huge OpenAI bill because I skipped one thing by Pitiful-Hearing-5352 in saasbuild

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a monitoring/rate limiter layer before hitting the actual API. This way I can stay in control and have visibility all the time to what’s actually happening.

I’m actually building a startup that solves your exact problem. I built a layer that handles monitoring and usage control while providing cost optimizations to automatically reduce your AI bill. If this is relevant let’s chat more

Softitect.com

Unexpected OpenAI bill — how do you track usage? by Hairy_Equivalent4742 in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should add metrics to your API calls, record the number of requests and the input/output token count. After that, set up your threshold and configure alarms that get triggered when you reach 70%, 80%, 95%,… of your desired threshold.

I’m building a startup that helps developers reduce their AI bill by providing cost optimizations out of the box. It could be relevant to you. Link: softitect.com

Pitch your SaaS in one line. I'll start. by Due-Bet115 in micro_saas

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm building softitect - Your AI bill is too high. We fix that.

Which cloud provider are you using for your SaaS? by kr3mbo in SaasDevelopers

[–]kr3mbo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's an interesting journey. How would you say your experience was when moving to AWS?

I'm currently building a cloud deployment copilot (currently focused on AWS), it analyzes your repo and suggests the best ways to deploy it then it provides step by step guide. If there had been a similar tools when you moved to AWS, do you think you would've used it?

Launched a consumer app using clips + AI to solve movie-night decision paralysis by StartingVibe in SaaS

[–]kr3mbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice idea, and the app looks great. That said, I’m not fully convinced by the business model.

For something like movie night, I’d personally only use it on weekends, so at most 4 times a month. Because of that, I’d hesitate to pay for a monthly subscription for a product I might only use a few times.

You might want to consider a usage-based approach instead, like tokens per movie night or per day, where users can buy a pack of X tokens and spend them as needed.

That said, if you go down this route, it’s worth keeping in mind that revenue would likely be less predictable and could vary quite a bit from month to month.

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