Three prevailing themes in the discussion
| Theme | Key points | Supporting quotes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. The product is essentially a Hex clone | Users note that LiveDocs mirrors Hex’s design and feature set. | “That website has an uncanny resemblance to Hex circa 2024.” – brettgriffin “I mean the whole product is a Hex clone, literally every feature is something Hex has had for a long time…” – barrrrald “Haha, as if Hex isn’t a clone.” – basket_horse |
| 2. Login after data entry is seen as a dark pattern | The requirement to sign‑up after entering data is criticized as a tactic to inflate sign‑up numbers. | “Not a fan of asking to log in to continue after the user has entered data. It's a dark pattern that indicates you are trying to inflate sign up numbers rather than just making your site sticky enough that people want to sign up organically.” – colordrops |
| 3. Pricing, free tier, and value proposition vs Hex | The team defends authentication as a safeguard, highlights a free tier, and compares cost/value to Hex. | “In our case, in order to run the queries we need to provision a sandbox and connect to your data sources to give meaningful answers… we need to have some authentication to prevent abuse here, but the product itself has a free tier so you can use it without paying or needing a card.” – arsalanb “As others have mentioned, if you want a notebook, compare this hard against Hex. It's unclear what LiveDocs would give you over Hex (cheaper maybe?).” – mritchie712 “Livedocs runs locally on your machine or on customer‑managed infra, has full terminal access, supports canvas mode for building custom UIs (not just charts), and uses long‑running agent workflows with sub‑agents coordinating work over time, etc.” – arsalanb |