Building my app stack this month—how do you avoid bloat and pick right the first time? What criteria did you use (must-have features, integration, price per seat, support SLA, data export)? Any red flags that made you drop a vendor during trial?
Topic summary
A user is building their business app stack and seeking advice on selection criteria to avoid bloat and make the right choices upfront.
Key questions raised:
- What criteria should guide app selection? (must-have features, integrations, per-seat pricing, support SLAs, data export capabilities)
- What red flags during trial periods have caused others to abandon vendors?
Current status: The discussion is newly opened with no responses yet. The user is looking for practical insights from others’ experiences to inform their decision-making process.
You don’t that’s a trap mentality.
If you want perfect fit perfection have the budget and expertise to build it yourself
By not being vague, the amount of things this covers yet doesn’t specify in any substantial way is waaay to broad for any actual effective answer that are anything more than top 10 lists that could be found by googling the problem.
Picking the right one at the right time should be the mindset. For starting up, it’s hard to choose when there’s tons of apps even on Shopify store, let alone the 3p off platform. Priority comes on top and that’s another water that we’d like to thread with caution. Easily an overlooked or biased call could lead to a waste of investment.
Google works fine with research on our own. Also wanting to hear what others have to say about this. Yes, am aware of the forum tab and AI section as well.
Came across this platform on Product Hunt https://thesaashub.com/ (not affiliated)!
Also, don’t forget security 
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What sets them apart from the footer of this: Best Selling products Apps For 2025 - Shopify App Store
I suppose just lower volume and independently reviewed