There have been some pretty ho-hum deals on AppSumo lately with not-ready-for-prime-time SaaS, but Brilliant Directories is definitely NOT one of those. The first thing that struck me was the onboarding in the Dashboard area is very impressive with step-by-step instructions, onboarding videos, lots of other help resources and a nice clean layout. That shows a level of thought and helpfulness that is often lacking in the SaaS world.

The web page produced is attractive and functional, but the page builder is pretty basic with a limited number of drag-and-drop blocks and templates. It seems to work well for a directory-type site though. There are separate locations for "Design Settings" and the actual pages, so that took a bit of figuring out, but seems to work pretty well once you get the idea down. The results seem to work pretty well.

Brilliant Directories does have a lot of add-ons, but a good selection of them are included in this deal. Most of the rest are available at $10/month, if you need them.

I have a more limited use case for Brilliant Directories where we are putting together a consortium of pre-vetted contractors who provide water-well-related services in California, so membership on the site will be by invitation and we will not likely be charging for membership - at least at the beginning. I think Brilliant Directories will serve our needs nicely.

I'm continuing to explore the software, but am pretty impressed with what I have seen so far and think Brilliant Directories will be a great tool in our toolbox.