Dolt now comes in four flavors: Dolt, Doltgres, DoltLite and Dumbo. Our redesigned homepage and pricing page reflect that expanded lineup. This article walks through the new designs and highlights some of the messages we’re trying to emphasize.
Homepage#
DoltHub started as a data sharing company. We still think DoltHub is great for sharing data but our customers mostly want to run our databases in production instead. Our fastest-growing use case is serving as the backing store for systems where agents make writes. Our new homepage reflects that.
A few things to note about this design: the image of agents hanging out on the branches of a tree growing from a database-shaped pot is not new. But it’s one of my favorite images our designers have ever made. It stays. We also wanted to make sure people knew from the start that we are the version-controlled database company and that our databases are perfect for agents. The new above-the-fold language reflects this.
AGENTS NEED VERSION CONTROL
We Build Databases for Agents
The only databases with version control
We also wanted to highlight our three non-alpha databases above the fold: Dolt, Doltgres, and DoltLite. Dumbo will be included once it sheds the alpha tag.
When we only had Dolt, most new folks visiting the homepage would assume Dolt was a MySQL add-on. Now that Dolt comes in four flavors, it’s clearer from the start that our databases are built from the ground up on novel storage to provide Git-style features. The messaging no longer centers on MySQL.
Clicking on a database in the first section takes you to a card explaining what that database is and when to use it. These cards are my favorite part of the homepage. I think they are the best distillation of what makes each Dolt flavor special.
Also, while you’re down there, throw my baby DoltLite a star. It’s getting mogged by Dolt and Doltgres.
Pricing#
We applied lessons from designing the database cards to the new pricing page.
All of our databases are free and open source. We wanted to make that clear from the pricing page.
We make money in two ways:
- Enterprise Support
- Services
The pricing page explains our services and links to our Enterprise Support page. I have a few ideas about how we could make paid support a clearer option so come back and refresh the pricing page every once in a while if you are curious.
Conclusion#
How do you like the new homepage and pricing page? Did we accomplish our design goals? Come by our Discord and give us your feedback.