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Just crossed $8k MRR

Pinecast has been growing slowly but steadily. $8k is a meaningful milestone: it shows that our new pricing strategy is working and our customers are enthusiastic about what we're doing.

When I started Pinecast, the goal was to build something that's "better than free". With the rise of services like Anchor, which are free, that devotion to product quality has really been put to the test. Being able to point to the numbers to show revenue consistently doubling year over year is incredibly reassuring that the hard work being put in is in fact placing us above free alternatives. Pinecast is still priced far below some of the competition, but healthy revenue and user growth has made the business sustainable, if not competitive.

Matt Basta

, Founder of

Pinecast

on October 1, 2019

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Nice Matt! I have friends who are willing to start a podcast, I will spread the word of Pinecast.

Additionally, I launched https://www.joinsecret.com/ to help entrepreneurs save $$$ on the best software (AWS, Airtable, Pipedrive, etc.) when launching their business. It's totally free. Maybe you'll be interested in some apps for yourself!

JeanLoup

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Hi and congrats on the milestone! I am using Simplecast for hosting. If you have to compare, how would you make comparison with Pinecast?

MettQ

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  It's tough to compare two hosts apples-to-apples in a fair way. But I'd say Pinecast has a really solid foundation compared to Simplecast and others with our analytics and other services: we almost always (in a head-to-head comparison) provide more accurate analytics that are faster and more customizable.
  
  We also have a huge breadth of functionality and features, and I'd like to think that we do a great job of building really solid UIs with thoughtful touches. As Pinecast's feature set has grown over the years, quality is not something I've compromised on.
  
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Very nice, site looks slick and with the proliferation of podcasts, the market is huge. I'm an avid podcast listener, granted I'm just using spotify. But I know i'll follow some of them to whatever platform if they moved.

segmond

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  Thanks! Pinecast actually integrates with Spotify; you might be listening to Pinecast shows already :)
  
  Matt Basta
  
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I find your Add-ons pricing strategy to be interesting. Good job

Mv13

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  Thanks!
  
  Matt Basta
  
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And I am a happy customer!

alchemist

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  Thanks for being a customer! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have feedback.
  
  Matt Basta
  
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