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So Ducksboard is free? Are there any details about future plans to charge for services? I hate signing up for services when there is no indication about the future.

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It's free during the beta... and someday we'll start charging. There's nothing more I can say you now except:

- We are validating the pricing, and it will cost like any other SaaS (different plans segmented on features and affordable [monthly fee like 1-2 hours of typical salary outside SiliconValley :D]

- If you are in the Hackathon, we will forget to send you any invoice during some months ;)

Instead of not sending an invoice I think it might be smarter to send one and have a line item "Early adopter bonus -$xx". That way once the bonus runs out, it won't be quite as surprising for the user.

We are in a closed beta, the final product will require a monthly fee. People participating in the hackathon with funny ideas will get a discount though.

The plans will be announced as soon as we feel the product is ready for daily use, which we expect to be really soon.

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