Fogbugz vs Jira

Prashant Deva wrote an interesting post comparing the success of two SaaS bug tracking platforms Why Fogbugz lost to Jira. Among many reasons he calls out, there is an intersting pricing note.

Fogbugz's free license only allows 2 users, making it basically useless. Jira's starter edition allows 10 users, making it actually usable as a starting tier. While they do charge a token $10 instead of Free, that is to keep non-serious users away and also established it as real 'paid' tier. To compare, Fogbugz's 10 user edition currently costs $100/month. A full order of magnitude costlier! At this much price difference, it is very, very tough for startups to chose Fogbugz over Jira at this tier.

Jira charges a token $10 instead of Free, to keep non-serious users away and also established it as real 'paid' tier.

So if have an allergy to giving away your software for free, here is a successful B2B SaaS company without a free account.