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Noel Mathew

Trying to validate a business idea: Embeddable Uploader for saas

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With everyone vibe-coding and building SaaS products, will you pay for an embeddable uploader for your SaaS or just build it yourself?


The idea:

  • You would be able to connect any backend enterprise storage like: AWS S3, GCS, Azure blob etc. or any other storage

  • You get an embeddable uploader - a web component that you can add to your dashboard.

Whats in this for you?

  • You focus on your app.

  • We manage your file ingestion

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Ali Hesari
Launching soon!

Love the idea especially for solo builders who don’t wanna deal with file handling overhead

Couple quick q’s:

• Can I theme the uploader to match my app’s UI?

• Any plans for built-in virus scanning or file validation?

Would be fun to test this out or even collab on the MVP!

Noel Mathew

@alihesari Thanks for the response Ali.
- Yes, you would be able to theme the uploader to match your app's UI.
- Not the core feature but virus scanning and file validation can be add-ons.

Malith Gamage
Launching soon!

I've used uploadcare in the past. Exact same idea I think. I'd pay for this after a while. If you offer a free version with good enough functionality then later on charge for usage/storage. I think this is very useful.

Noel Mathew

@malithmcrdev Thanks for the response Malith. I wasn't aware of uploadcare.
Seems like a solid solution.
My idea is to provide a customizable uploader that allows you to bring your own storage - say AWS S3, GCS, Azure Blob.

Sandy Suh

If I just needed those 2 bullet points (storage + uploading), I would just build it myself. Storage solutions like the ones listed already have pretty good SDKs, and building an uploader on the frontend isn't that hard.

Now if I needed additional processing/transformation of the files after upload, that's when I might not want to build it myself. E.g., if I need to process uploaded images/videos, convert file types, scan for malware, etc., I would certainly pay for a one-stop solution that takes care of all of that.

Noel Mathew

@sand1929 Yup. Thanks for your response. Makes a lot of sense for experience builders to own their solutions.
My idea is to just provide an uploader.
You bring your own storage. We support S3, Azure blob, GCS etc.
We do one thing and do it well.