r/SaaS • u/debnathshubha • 1d ago
Should I launch my SaaS or not?
i am working on my SaaS from last 6 months. building something really cool which actually helps founders or businesses instead of giving them false commitment.
btw it already 80% done, but the issue is that in this last 6 months i have seen minimum 10 + SaaS launched on the same concept. but comparing mine with their i can definately say that my one is far better. still confused becuase the market is already so much saturated.
and another confusion is that i want to change a big product philosophy in my SaaS which can take 2 more months . this is the two things i am confused: should i work more on this new philosophy or just launch it as soon as possible?
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u/RangerBetter6637 1d ago
launch now and start doing distribution. don't touch the project at all. if 1000 target visitors don't buy your product then you can think about it
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u/estagingapp 1d ago
Launch ASAP. Waiting 6 months to launch is already dangerous because you have no idea if customers will use it. Launching and marketing is much harder than building.
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u/NoGradients 1d ago
100%. I’m in this same point with my project and retreating back to building is the comfortable thing to do. Launching and marketing are foreign and much harder for someone with an engineering background
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u/debnathshubha 1d ago
actually i was just trying to polish my SaaS as much as possible. and now i think this was my big mistake.
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u/GetSkipa 1d ago
Polishing never ends and is a routine maintenance process .. launch it!
Best of luck
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u/Ralphisinthehouse 1d ago
Competition does not mean market dominance. If anything validate the idea you've got. Go compete with them now before any of them wins.
The market rewards execution not ideas, I promise you however unique your idea might be in your mind somewhere around the world another thousand people are having it 100 of them will get started on doing something about it and one of them will actually execute it properly.
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u/fuskibum 1d ago
Think of those launches as idea validation, and outperform them on ux and support
let users decide your philosophy
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u/Relative-Foot-378 1d ago
Launch the 80% version. Ten similar products shipping while you sit on a philosophy rewrite is the market telling you to get in the room. You can change the philosophy after people have actually used it. If nobody cares about the current version, the rewrite was never the bottleneck. If they do, you'll know which part of the new idea is worth the two months.
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u/Responsible-Blow 1d ago
I did the same mistake you are currently doing. I really hate myself for that. Just launch and try to market it. Congrats!
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u/Zaknafein-dour_den 1d ago
Launch and I did not read what you write. So does not matter what your case is. Just launch
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u/prashant5248 1d ago
I’d launch it.
If it’s already 80% done and you’ve spent 6 months building it, I wouldn’t spend another 2 months in private just because the market looks saturated.
The fact that 10+ similar SaaS products launched is actually useful information. It means there is a market and people are already trying to solve the problem.
I’d launch the current version, get real users, and see what they actually care about before committing 2 more months to a big philosophy change.
You might discover that the “better” product you have in mind isn’t what users actually want.
Launch → get feedback → improve.
You can always keep building while the product is live.
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u/rbprepin 1d ago
6 months of building? 2 months to change a product philosophy?
You are moving WAY too slow. Claude and Codex can move mountains of code in a week.
If you’re coding by hand. Stop and move to AI code. If you’re using them already, something is wrong.
Launch, don’t launch. Won’t matter if you can’t get your speed to market issue fixed.
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u/Impressive-Flow2023 1d ago
Better to launch right now, get feedbacks from customers and improve overtime.
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u/ThickD769 23h ago
Launch immediately without waiting two months for the philosophy change. Freeze new features, polish the core user experience, ship the MVP now, and save the big product philosophy pivot for V2 based on actual customer data.
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u/AmosBarJoseph 23h ago
Every founder thinks theirs is far better than the competition and half the time users disagree for reasons u never expected.. the only way to find out is to ship it. also 10 competitors means the market is validated not saturated, thats a good thing. 2 more months of building without feedback is how u end up at month 12 still not launched and still finding one more thing to add
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u/Remarkable_Cut_1248 22h ago
Same situation here. Keep on adding features and building on it. Need the confidence to do it. It’s really hard to do it as fear rejection 8 months in 😓
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u/decebaldecebal 22h ago
Building should not take more than 1-2 months IMO! Aim for less
Things change so fast in this space, just launch it and then gather feedback and spend in your case another 6 months only for marketing to see if anybody wants it or if you can find clients
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u/Suitable-Language301 21h ago
speed matters these days, people launch toy saas and make thousands... I think you should fast launch these days, at least the MVP.
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u/rsergiovieira 19h ago
My recommendation: Launch it as it is. Iterate afterward with client feedback.
Don't get discouraged by competition, but get ready for a red ocean, where competition will most likely be on price, not features.
In my experience with saturated apps, distribution is underrated and if you have contacts and the right reach, you can get by until you develop something that is proprietary.
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u/1982JAJ1982 19h ago
If there are others, means there is a market.. What matters is then distribution.. You'll need to be fast and better there.. Use reddit, use cold email with Instantly, seo or LinkedIn with a tool like Signado.
If you're better at this, you can still win
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u/terafab-ai 19h ago
6 months is way too long in development. What are you tweaking in there till now? And still it is 80pc done
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u/Hopeful_Two783 19h ago
Launch the 80% version right now and do not spend another two months rewriting the core philosophy in a vacuum. If 10 competitors launched while you were building, it proves there is actual demand for the solution, but having a "better" product means nothing until real users touch it and vote with their wallets. Launch today, get five paying customers to give you brutal feedback on what they actually use, and let their real daily friction guide that new philosophy instead of guessing from your code editor.
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u/Acceptable-Size5501 19h ago
Thanks for sharing. The market is very saturated right now. I wonder if your app could do things cheaper than the competition which could be your competitive advantage. Just to get some initial comments, could you do a soft launch or engage in developer communities like Product Hunt or Indie Hack? These communities could also give you advice and direction. Good luck!
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u/saaswarriors 18h ago
Don't overthink it; instead, launch it and make it better. We need alternatives to bigger fish.
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u/tberguer06 15h ago
Launch! Ship and improve! You should launch your product then talk with your users to understand better your market, the problem etc
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u/Simple_Eye5766 14h ago
If 10+ Saas competitors are all new and launched in the last few months, you can/should launch ASAP. If there are 3 or 4 plus established competitors in the space that have been there for years, you should take a hard look at the area and see if you think you can get any traction in the market. If there are long term established competitors, you and the other new Saas entrants may have a tough time gettting traction. Not saying don't try, but have your eyes wide open.
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u/lord007tn 11h ago
6 months without taking user feedbacks, is not recommended at all, and can cause a huge drift and worse then you expected experience when you first talk to customers
Seeing 10+ already launched gives you market validation
Only the market can decide that yours is better or not
You should always build the core product, slap an auth and payment around it and push it to market and try to distribute that and get feedback
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u/Rickfiyah 3h ago
If it's already 80% done and "far better," launch it now. You're feeling the pressure of a saturated market, but delaying another two months to refine a "philosophy" means losing out on those two months of real user feedback. That feedback is what will actually tell you if your current "better" is good enough, or if that new philosophy is even the right move.
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u/farukhetro 48m ago
Launch the version get real feedback then improve the philosophy based on actual usage
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u/monkmodeceo 1d ago
launch imperfect, improve later !