ManagedKube

We now have a few ideas on what to make but what level of effort should we go to to validate the idea?

We are thinking about making a short video or a small version of the app to validate the idea.

We have tentatively decided to put the last product on hold since Google basically released the same product as we did. However, I dont think all is lost. While we were creating the product, we talked to a bunch of potential customers and interviewed them. We took down a lot of information during this time. We are still optimistic that we can create a tool in the Kubernetes space. So we are going to revisit our notes and try to distill it down to some common themes. From there we will go out once again and do some more market validations based on these ideas.

We have been working on an infrastructure cost attribution application that helps people quantify their cost when using the Google Compute Platform (GCP). Then recently google launched a feature that does pretty much exactly the same thing =(

https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/cluster-usage-metering#top_of_page

The base set of features is exactly the same. We have some additional features planned that takes it a little further and give the users more insights into their cost and how to optimize.

Our thinking now is that, we cant really compete with this as is. We cant think of a good reason someone would pay for our product if they can get 70% of the features they want with this free google one. I suppose we need to test out the other 30% of the additional features if that can be a product on it's own.

What do you guys think or any thoughts on this situation?