Y Combinator Startups
We're a Y Combinator startup, so we don't really want to spend money on things at the moment. Can I use FogBugz?
Absolutely. The FogBugz Y Combinator Edition allows new Y Combinator startups, with less than $500,000 in funding, to use a complete, full-featured version of FogBugz, professionally hosted at our data center, at absolutely no cost. If you have more than two people in your team, send us an email so we can put your install into one year free mode, and if you need an extension, just let us know. You don't have to provide a credit card, there's no advertising, and there's no catch. If you love FogBugz, tell your friends about it. If you make it big and your startup grows, you can hire more people and switch to the paid version. If you get bought by CondéNast, you can send us some t-shirts and mugs with your cute mascot on it and we'll call it even.
What if we don't have a mascot?
Get one! Don't underestimate the cash cow a cute mascot can be.
What if we're not in Y Combinator, but we're a startup?
No problem! If you have two people, you can sign up for the regular Student and Startup Edition. The only difference is that Y Combinator startups won't be limited to two users.
Great! But what do I get? And why is it free for us?
You get a bug tracker, wikis, discussion groups. You get an instant way to track emails for your betas and respond to your customers. Your app can even report back to FogBugz when it crashes so you can tell when things go wrong. But best of all, you can put in your estimates and track your progress using Evidence Based Scheduling, and actually give Paul a date when you are going to ship. There's a screenshot tool for entering cases in two clicks. FogBugz integrates with VSS, SVN, Mercurial, CVS, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Perforce, Vault and SnagIt. It's free because we know you don't have much money and we really want you to be using the best tools available while you're building the next cool thing. Feel free to stop by our office in New York anytime you're around and let us know what you're up to.
What if I have other questions?
Please contact us for tech support, customer service, or anything else.
