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New Year, New Pricing: Build Platforms Without Breaking the Bank

The Problem With SaaS Infrastructure Pricing is that most backend platforms force you into an impossible choice: free tier with crippling limitations, or enterprise pricing that costs thousands per month.

Founders testing ideas can't afford enterprise. Startups scaling fast get squeezed by sudden jumps in cost. You either stagnate on free, or you're writing huge checks to infrastructure providers.

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Chris Addams

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5 min read

We built Anythink differently.

Usage-Based Pricing, Not Feature-Limited Tiers

Every Anythink plan, from free to enterprise gives you access to the full feature set. Databases. APIs. Authentication. Payments. Workflows. User management. Search. Content management. Multiple data views. Access control. Customisable dashboards.

You're not locked out of features based on your tier. You're limited by usage.

That means you can test your SaaS idea on our free plan, and upgrade to our new £29/month starter plan with real capabilities. You're not playing around with a demo; you're building an actual product.

The Three Tiers: Test, Grow, Scale

Free (£0/month)\ For testing ideas, getting started and familiarising yourself with the power of Anythink. Get full access to all the features, build an MVP and test it with real users, and even earn real money through our Stripe integration.\ \ Starter (£29/month)

For founders validating ideas and early-stage startups. You get real infrastructure with real capacity. Build or Scale your MVP. Launch to users. Get feedback. Iterate fast. When you outgrow the starter tier, upgrade when you're ready, not when you're forced to.

Growth (£299/month)

For products gaining traction. More capacity, more throughput, more room to grow. Your infrastructure scales with your user base. You can focus on product and marketing instead of worrying about hitting usage limits.

Enterprise

For platforms operating at scale. Custom capacity. Global deployment across any region where DigitalOcean operates. Our proprietary tooling handles Kubernetes and Terraform infrastructure so your team doesn't have to. Scale as big as you need.

All Tiers Include What Matters

Stripe Integration Built-In

Every Anythink plan includes Stripe payments. That means you can start monetising the moment you're ready. No separate billing system. No custom payment integration. Your users pay, money hits your account, you keep building.

.NET/C# Infrastructure Built for Speed and Scale

Anythink runs on .NET/C#; technology built for speed and reliability. Your APIs respond fast. Your databases scale smoothly. Your infrastructure is rock-solid whether you're handling hundreds of users or millions of requests.

Self-Generating APIs

Define your data model once. Your APIs generate automatically. No need to hand-code REST endpoints. No API documentation to maintain. Just data modelling, and everything else follows.

Zero Infrastructure Ops

Whether you're on starter or enterprise, you're not managing servers, databases, or deployment pipelines. We handle the complexity. You handle your product.

Why This Pricing Model Works

Most SaaS infrastructure platforms charge per-feature or per-team-member. They want to lock you into their ecosystem by making it expensive to leave.

Anythink charges by usage. You pay for what you actually use. If your application is dormant for a month, you barely pay anything. If it explodes with traffic, you scale up and pay more; but you're making money from that traffic, so it's a fair trade.

This model aligns our incentives with yours. We win when you win. We want you to grow because growing means you use more of our platform.

Real-World Example: From Validation to Scale

You test an idea for free, scale to the £29/month starter plan. Users like it. You upgrade to growth (£299/month) to handle more users and faster iteration. Your product gains real traction. You move to enterprise with global deployment and custom scaling.

You never feel a jarring jump in cost that forces you to make hard business decisions. You scale gradually, paying as you grow.

Built for Founders

We know what it's like to build products. Our founder lead the project to launch Amazon Prime Video internationally. We've shipped at scale across enterprises. We've worked with early-stage founders fighting for survival.

Anythink exists because founders shouldn't waste months building backend infrastructure. Your time should go to product. Your money should go to marketing and team. Infrastructure should be a solved problem.

That's what Anythink does.

Start Building Today

Pick the tier that matches where you are right now. Build your SaaS platform. Launch to real users. Grow on your own timeline. Scale when you're ready.

The infrastructure is ready. You just need to focus on your product.