We have a personal experience to share. Posting from a throwaway account for obvious reasons. We have a product in aws marketplace with decent traction. We have also gone jointly with aws for some big opportunities in government space. They have started thier own competing product in the same space and started sabotaging our joint opportunities with large customers. AWS marketplace is a big idea engine for them to identify profitable opportunities and copy the products ruthlessly. Our stomach twiches as they copy every one of our features including the UI.
It is unfair for startups but i guess that is business. I think dropbox moved away from them for right reasons.
Think twice before listing your products in aws marketplace. You will be thier next victim if you become profitable. AWS for startups is the biggest joke of our time.
It is unfair for startups but i guess that is business. I think dropbox moved away from them for right reasons.
Think twice before listing your products in aws marketplace. You will be thier next victim if you become profitable. AWS for startups is the biggest joke of our time.