Why I hit "Cancel" minutes before our launch (and started over from scratch)

Hey makers! 👋

I’m Donatien, co-founder of Meteroid. I’ll be honest: I’m quite nervous as we’re gearing up for our first PH launch next Thursday (Jan 29th), and the imposter syndrome is hitting hard.

We were actually supposed to launch two weeks ago. But at the very last moment (a few minutes before launch), I hit the cancel button. Looking at our launch page, it just didn't feel like us so we trashed the whole draft (I don't even know if we can call it a "draft" since it was literally supposed to be our launch at that point…) and started over to talk plainly about why we’re doing this.

The "Why" is about frustration. The billing space is huge, yet the pattern is always the same: powerful features gated behind "talk to sales" banners and 5-figure contracts. Early teams are stuck with rigid, duct-taped systems that can’t evolve. We wanted to flip that. Meteroid is built on a simple idea: advanced billing should be accessible from day one, not a Series B "upgrade".

To turn this philosophy into reality, we built Meteroid: an open-source monetization platform (900+ stars on GitHub! 🚀) that gives SaaS the power to swap pricing models (subscription, usage, hybrid) and GTM strategies in minutes. I’m both excited and terrified to finally show it to you in 2 days. We'll be live here.

Can't wait to meet you all!