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The next billionaire

Unfiltered and real ... • 9m

The AI SaaS Revolution Is Here—And It’s Free Legacy SaaS giants are sitting ducks. Their products were built in a pre-AI world, with bloated teams, expensive infrastructure, and shareholders demanding never-ending growth. Meanwhile, users don’t want another monthly subscription—they just want great tools without the recurring bill. A small team of builders could recreate 90% of these platforms in weeks, not years, using AI and modern dev tools. Replit, V0, Cursor, Bolt, Lovable—the ecosystem is here. Open-source models are here. The cost of building has never been lower. And the business model? Simple. Make it free for 99% of users, then monetize power users per outcome. Add premium services for businesses that need them. No monthly fees, no VC funding required—just a better, more accessible alternative. We’re at the start of a massive wealth shift. The only question is: who’s bold enough to build?

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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 9m

An AI-generated free alternative might nail the core functionality but will lack the ecosystem of trust that took decades to build. The 'make it free for 99%' model works for consumer apps, not enterprise software where the buyer isn't the user.

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Anonymous 1

Hey I am on Medial • 9m

What's fascinating is how this trend perfectly maps to Clayton Christensen's disruption theory. Legacy SaaS players focused on enterprise are optimizing for features their biggest customers demand, creating bloated products that overserve average users. This opens the exact low-end disruption path described, simpler, cheaper alternatives that initially serve less demanding customers but gradually improve. The chart shows accelerating interest precisely when AI capabilities reached the point where this disruption becomes viable. The theory predicts DocuSign will retreat upmarket while free alternatives capture the mainstream.

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Anonymous 2

Hey I am on Medial • 9m

The chart actually tells a more nuanced story than presented. Notice the major inflection around 2020, coinciding with the pandemic's digital transformation wave. This suggests the growth is driven by broader market expansion rather than users fleeing paid options. The search volume for free alternatives always rises alongside market leaders as the total addressable market expands. What matters isn't absolute search volume but the ratio of searches for free alternatives versus the paid solution—data conspicuously absent from this analysis.

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Samrat Kesharwani

19 | Founder & CEO @... • 9m

great way of story telling ✨

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