<aside> <img src="/icons/chat_gray.svg" alt="/icons/chat_gray.svg" width="40px" /> TLDR I estimate 3-4 weeks for the Toolbox to be ready with an initial setup cost of approximately $1.100.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/chat_gray.svg" alt="/icons/chat_gray.svg" width="40px" /> The difficult portion will be deciding how the user experience and user interface should look, which we must do together.
We must also update the app based on the user's reaction (which we can track thanks to Glide’s analytics!)
The implementation in itself isn't complicated or time consuming. As you can see in the Loom, I was able to do this in about an hour.
<aside> <img src="/icons/atm_gray.svg" alt="/icons/atm_gray.svg" width="40px" /> The initial setup of the Toolbox took approximately 26 hours of work (including meetings and development) and costed around $900 at the time.
Now that we have the main structure well-defined, we just need to refine the user experience and decide how to implement new features.
I still anticipate the same workload. At my current rate of $45 per hour, that would be approximately $1,100.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/stopwatch_gray.svg" alt="/icons/stopwatch_gray.svg" width="40px" /> I estimate that it will take 3-4 weeks for the new toolbox to be ready for beta testers, considering the time needed for meetings and development.
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<aside> <img src="/icons/chat_gray.svg" alt="/icons/chat_gray.svg" width="40px" /> TLDR We can start on the free plan but as the app grows we will have to move to the Starter plan at $25/mo
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We can start building on the free plan as it allows to editors and doesn’t have many data limitations.
We can even launch for beta testers on the free plan.
The main roadblock that will force us to go to the “Starter” plan is user limitation, file storage limitation and custom domain.