Show HN: TalkJS – Integrated messaging for web and mobile products

That pricing seems insane :o. Even on the lite setup, each conversation would need to have $2 in value, on the standard plan it would need $2.50 in value (I know there is an increase in features but an increase in price per conversation as well?). Although I am not quite sure what a conversation consists of -- it could be a chat between two people over any timespan, in which case it really isn't terrible?

Irks me slightly that they use a 3rd-party°° FrontDoor[0] (chat via Slack) integration to talk to potential customers, instead of a proprietary implementation of their own platform.<p>Yes, it&#x27;s technically a different thing (user-&gt;company instead of user-&gt;user) — but if they&#x27;re advertising an expensive JS chat service, I would expect them to be showing that off front-and-center as a way to communicate with their support.<p>[0] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;frontdoor.im" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;frontdoor.im</a><p>°° EDIT -- The creator responded below, showing that I am incorrect.

This looks really nice and something I&#x27;d be interested in, but I&#x27;m wondering how you arrived at the pricing model. $49 for 100 conversations seems steep to me and not something I could afford for smaller projects.<p>So if I have 100 users who each have one conversation, is that considered 100 conversations? If I have two users talking with each other, is that one conversation? I looked through the FAQ but can&#x27;t quite understand the pricing model.<p>Also, when I click on &quot;We can&#x27;t afford TalkJS&quot; in your FAQ, it expands the answer for the question.

Why did NSFW (porn) content come up when I clicked view demo?

From <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;talkjs.com&#x2F;hello&#x2F;terms_and_privacy&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;talkjs.com&#x2F;hello&#x2F;terms_and_privacy&#x2F;</a><p>&gt;&gt; We do not promise that our software works or is good for anything at all.<p>Is this a joke?

Love this idea, but the price is just way too expensive. Anyone know of an open source alternative?

Congrats on launching, but why should I use you guys over <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;smooch.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;smooch.io</a> or <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sendbird.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sendbird.com</a><p>Please and thanks

Is that wine offer still open?