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The Two SaaS Tools Every Indie Founder Needs (and Both Cost Under $20/mo)
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The Two SaaS Tools Every Indie Founder Needs (and Both Cost Under $20/mo)

via Dev.to WebdevDiven Rastdus2h ago

I've been building tools for indie SaaS founders, and I've noticed two problems that almost every founder faces but very few solve early: You're losing revenue to failed payments and don't know it You have no structured way to collect customer feedback Both are solved problems -- but the existing solutions are priced for enterprise. Here's what I built instead. Problem 1: Failed Payments (Involuntary Churn) Stripe Smart Retries handle retry timing, but they don't email your customers when a charge fails. They don't alert customers before cards expire. They don't show you recovery analytics. The enterprise tools (Churn Buster $249/mo, Baremetrics Recover $58/mo) solve this, but they're priced for companies doing $500K+ MRR. Rebill does the same thing for $19/mo: Dunning email sequences when payments fail Card expiry alerts before the failure happens Win-back campaigns for churned customers Recovery dashboard Connect Stripe in 30 seconds. Free calculator to check your numbers: rebill.ast

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