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Work · November 11, 2024

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DocSend, but Made 10x Cheaper

Hey HN, founder of Peony here. Most founders use DocSend to share investment or sales docs and have to pay $65 to $300 a month to get the security and analytics features. It pains me to see startups getting ripped off when the availability of technologies such as Clickhouse makes real time analytics almost a trivial feature to implement in 2024. We think it's time to end the carnage and democratize the technology. We set ourselves a high bar: we don't want to build another DocSend - we want it to be a far more superior product and also 10x cheaper. After a couple of months of work, I'm proud…

In plain words

Peony is a document sharing platform designed for founders and sales teams to securely share investment and sales documents with real-time analytics. It offers security and analytics features comparable to DocSend at a significantly lower price point. The platform targets startups looking to reduce costs on document sharing tools while maintaining tracking and access control capabilities.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, founder of Peony here. Most founders use DocSend to share investment or sales docs and have to pay $65 to $300 a month to get the security and analytics features. It pains me to see startups getting ripped off when the availability of technologies such as Clickhouse makes real time analytics almost a trivial feature to implement in 2024. We think it's time to end the carnage and democratize the technology. We set ourselves a high bar: we don't want to build another DocSend - we want it to be a far more superior product and also 10x cheaper. After a couple of months of work, I'm proud to share with you Peony - a first preview into what we believe will be the future of file sharing. In addition to the analytics and security features you'd expect coming from DocSend, we built Peony to be flexible and adaptable across all your file sharing needs and give you the ability to deeply personalize your file share per recipient. I'd love to hear what you think? We are the Prometheus stealing fire from the guarded Olympian mountains. Help us win the rebellion.

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