Show HN: QueryStorm – A query IDE inside Excel
I&#x27;ve posted about this about six months ago, the original post (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11583488" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11583488</a>) was fairly well received, and I thought I&#x27;d follow up.<p>Back then the plugin was called ThingieQuery, which turns out not to be a great name for a product aimed at enterprise customers. Since then, I&#x27;ve been quite busy, I&#x27;ve incorporated, rebranded, sold (licenses), polished, and other verbs as well. I&#x27;ve also adjusted the pricing and switched to a freemium model.<p>Here&#x27;s the free vs. paid breakdown:<p>- Free stuff: basic IDE functionality, full SQL support for tables in Excel, query automation, non-commercial use<p>- Paid stuff: (in addition to all the free stuff) connectivity to external databases, advanced IDE functionality (autocomplete, error squigglies, etc.), commercial use<p>The free feature set is pretty useful on its own. Offering it makes sense from a business perspective - to drive adoption, but also from a personal standpoint, since it&#x27;s a product I&#x27;m proud of and would like as many people to make use of it as possible.<p>The paid licenses come in two flavors:<p>1. Professional<p>- for people paying out of pocket<p>- can activate 2 machines at the same time (e.g. work&#x2F;home)<p>- licenses can be transferred ad-hoc to other machines with a 1-min procedure (e.g. when working on a client&#x27;s computer)<p>2. Enterprise<p>- a per-seat license for purchase by companies<p>- includes support<p>- can also be transferred from machine to machine<p>The license types were in large part influenced by the feedback I got in the original post.<p>I should note that I&#x27;m running a December discount promotion; you can use the following key to get a cool 40% discount on a Professional license: RZHDNDT4<p>In any case, please do take a look and give it a try. The trial licenses (for the premium features) have been reset since last post, so you can use a new one even if you&#x27;ve used a trial before.<p>Feedback, customers, and free users are most welcome and appreciated:)