Got any examples of SaaS providers who don't have low limits on their free tier offerings?
Personally I think you're badly mis-categorizing LetsEncrypt there - it's not like they're trying to bug you into signing up for a $29/month "Personal Plan" or a $199/month "Professional Plan" by keeping their limits low. They're giving their service away for free, and trying hard to only exclude the very edge cases of people who need way more resources to satisfy than the 99%.
If you've got a plan that requires hundreds of ssl certs per week to operate, and you don't have a revenue stream to pay for them, your plan needs more work. Just 'cause someone offers "free coffee", doesn't mean you can make a business out of showing up with a pickup truck full of 44gal drums and demand to have them fill you up for free so you can give it away to the customers at your restaurant...
Personally I think you're badly mis-categorizing LetsEncrypt there - it's not like they're trying to bug you into signing up for a $29/month "Personal Plan" or a $199/month "Professional Plan" by keeping their limits low. They're giving their service away for free, and trying hard to only exclude the very edge cases of people who need way more resources to satisfy than the 99%.
If you've got a plan that requires hundreds of ssl certs per week to operate, and you don't have a revenue stream to pay for them, your plan needs more work. Just 'cause someone offers "free coffee", doesn't mean you can make a business out of showing up with a pickup truck full of 44gal drums and demand to have them fill you up for free so you can give it away to the customers at your restaurant...