I recently had a experience with Famous.ai that left me feeling frustrated and misled. A friend of mine wanted to create a simple two-page app with an admin dashboard to display pricing, so I decided to give it a try. I advised him to use a standard model or platform and learn as he went, but we ended up using Famous.ai for a quick turnaround. Big mistake.
The platform promises 100 prompts with your subscription, which sounds great at first. But what they don’t tell you is that you’ll be charged for simply having your project on their platform, even if you’re not actively using it. You’ll be charged for every view of your own project, every backend or database change, and even for images over 1MB in size. It’s like they’re nickel-and-diming you for every single action and inaction.
We used a total of 13 prompts, but were billed for an astonishing 1,100 hours of compute time – just for having the project existing on their platform. I’ve got a full page of charges and ‘pricing’ that I’d love to share, but it’s clear that their pricing model is more like a social media viral sales tactic than a genuine attempt to provide value to customers.
It’s a hard lesson learned, but I hope others can avoid falling into the same trap.