Upbase

Productivity

project management

SHOW HN2022

632points
453comments
#32of 2,570 in 2022
Top 2%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

43 positive, 73 neutral or asking, 15 mixed, 47 critical, out of 178 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.

Idea: 14 for, 11 againstDesign: 6 for, 4 againstPricing: 6 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 9 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 7 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, polished UI

    From 2 comments
    • Very polished, I'm impressed! It seems like everyone ends up recreating a PM or todo tool at some point. It makes me wonder if there could be a world where we have a standard…
      cliffwarden on HN
    • I love the clean UI. All the best!
      tonypham on HN

Objections

  • Per-user pricing is unattractive

    From 1 comment
  • Lacks offline support

    From 1 comment
    • Does it have offline support? This is the one thing I'm missing the most about Notion, Miro, Google Calendar, and all of this - offline support. In German trains, I'm offline, on…
      philippz on HN
  • No import or export of data

    From 2 comments
    • Obsidian meets all my (personal productivity / PKM / Tools for Thought) needs for this kind of thing for now and the forseeable future. But I'm happy to share my thoughts as…
      chrisweekly on HN
    • Nice design! Your features do resonate to me as a contractor because a lot of my clients know very little about computers and sharing them links to Trello, Slack, etc. often…
      ArlenBales on HN
  • Positioning and website copy are unclear

    From 2 comments
    • I would think about your positioning some. You’re marketing this as having “less complexity” which first of all, isn’t going to appeal to people unless they’ve already used the…
      twobitshifter on HN
    • Recovering marketer from the productivity space here. Your product looks great. Here's my two cents on the "positioning" dicussion happening: the copy on your "Our story" page…
      vsri on HN

Requests

  • Data import and export

    From 2 comments
    • I got your point! Exporting data is on our roadmap, and it's one of the top priorities since a lot of users are asking for it. So you're not alone here.
      tonypham on HN
    • Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. And yes, you're right. Not being able to import/export is a deal breaker for many people who are really interested in Upbase. We'll need…
      tonypham on HN
  • Google Calendar integration

    From 2 comments
    • Due to popular demand, Google Calendar will be our first integration. After that, we'll consider adding more Calendars, like Outlook.
      tonypham on HN
    • Google Calendar is our top priority on the roadmap. And we aim for 2-way sync.
      tonypham on HN
  • Markdown support throughout

    From 2 comments
    • Does it support Markdown? That's what I find lacking in many of these PM tools - they either use some custom, complicated markup, or wysiwyg, which makes it hard to format text…
      laurent123456 on HN
    • Currently, only the Chat tool supports Markdown. But we do plan to have Markdown all over the place.
      tonypham on HN
  • Offline support

    From 2 comments
    • Does it have offline support? This is the one thing I'm missing the most about Notion, Miro, Google Calendar, and all of this - offline support. In German trains, I'm offline, on…
      philippz on HN
    • Offline support is costly, and we do not have the resources for it yet. For businesses that have a lot of small customers, offline support is challenging.
      tonypham on HN

Questions

  • Is there a self-hosted version?

    From 2 comments
    • Would be great to have a self-hosted version for the lifetime plan
      rrgok on HN
    • Sorry, we don't have a self-hosted version now.
      tonypham on HN
  • What is the tech stack?

    From 2 comments

Alternatives named

  • Trello

    From 1 comment
    • I would think about your positioning some. You’re marketing this as having “less complexity” which first of all, isn’t going to appeal to people unless they’ve already used the…
      twobitshifter on HN
  • ClickUp

    From 2 comments
    • I would think about your positioning some. You’re marketing this as having “less complexity” which first of all, isn’t going to appeal to people unless they’ve already used the…
      twobitshifter on HN
    • Thanks for your feedback. At the moment, ClickUp does have real-time chat in lists, not global chat, so you can't send one-on-one messages to someone yet. For some people that…
      tonypham on HN
  • Notion

    From 1 comment
    • Upbase has a completely different way of structuring all the tools it has to offer. Each tool has its own place, separated from the others. And that creates clarity. In a…
      tonypham on HN
  • Todoist

    From 1 comment
    • Yes, Todoist and Nirvana work great for personal task management, but not for teams. We want to build a tool for teams that empowers personal productivity.
      tonypham on HN
  • Basecamp

    From 1 comment
    • Basecamp is great for team collaboration, but not so great for task planning/management. It's mainly a team communication platform.
      tonypham on HN

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