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Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Why does every B2B SaaS have to look like Linear/Stripe?

9•PaulShin•2mo ago
I'm a founder (and ex-architect) building a logistics OS. Recently, I received feedback that my site looks "cheap and ugly" because I used Serif fonts and an engraving style aesthetic instead of the standard Sans-Serif "Clean Tech" look.

My intent was to evoke the "Age of Exploration" vibe, since the AI era feels like charting unknown territories. But users seem conditioned to trust only "Standard Blue SaaS UI."

My question to HN: Does a B2B tool have to follow the "Standard Modern UI" to be taken seriously? Or is there room for distinctive, maybe even polarizing, aesthetics in enterprise software?

I'm debating whether to cave in and redesign to "boring but safe" or double down on our soul. Would love to hear your thoughts on "Brand Distinctiveness vs. UI Familiarity."

Comments

akerl_•2mo ago
I think the boring answer is that the people who are looking to procure B2B SaaS solutions aren't looking for artistic sites that "evoke" a feeling. They're looking for a product that meets their needs, and one of those needs is "when I tell my superiors / peers / users about this product, and they Google it, it looks crisp and professional, like giving this SaaS a big stack of money will be worth it."
PaulShin•2mo ago
Exactly. they're not visiting the site for an artistic experience. Thank you for the clarification.
stephenlf•2mo ago
The answer to your question is ShadCN
tpcollns•2mo ago
I believe this is a big part of why many recent websites look identical. Also, LLMs seem to be great at it, and it is the default for generating websites in products like Lovable, Bolt, V0, etc.
PaulShin•2mo ago
LoL
sema4hacker•2mo ago
Evoking a vibe is what artists try to do. Visually enticing buyers of your product is what graphic designers do. Either use a designer or copy from the millions of expertly designed sites that already exist. You'll have to change it all anyway in a decade or two when styles and fashions change.
PaulShin•2mo ago
You're right. Rather than trying to stand out in a unique way, it's better to look like something already trusted and established. Thanks for the insight!
KellyCriterion•2mo ago
Orienting according to look & feel patterns that people are already familiar with are always a good thing to follow: Like "X" for closing some object usually on the upper right etc.

People actually decide if they like to use an app if the adaption to the usage of that app is as low as possible, so copying existing patterns is good practice.

PaulShin•2mo ago
Yes, I agree
rozenmd•2mo ago
pattern matching. if you stray too far from the group, procurement folks get jittery about needing to explain it to their company.
PaulShin•2mo ago
Seen from that perspective, it makes sense to shift toward a more modern, familiar look
android521•2mo ago
well, listen to the users.
PaulShin•1mo ago
I got this
gethly•1mo ago
The UI matters A LOT. We are the creators who know the product inside and out to the last comma in the code. This makes us completely blind to what our users actually see.

We design our UIs to be functional, because of the aforementioned. But the users have absolutely no idea what is going on under the hood. The UI is THE product to them.

So as a fellow founder/architect/... i strongly urge you to hire a professional designer who will create a CONSISTENT and INTUITIVE user interface. YOU will not see much value in that but your users WILL.

Personal anecdote, when I launched my last project, Gethly.com, I asked a friend to do some user stuff and give me some feedback. I very quickly realised that I had a lot of work ahead of me when he told me he had no idea how to do absolutely basic things because of the wording used in the UI(nomenclature can become a problem) or click a link that was staring him right in the face was completely invisible to him. Again, I call this "founder's blindness" type of thing where we are incapable of seeing our own work through user's eyes as we have too much knowledge of the whole thing and cannot even comprehend how someone would be unable to do a, in our eyes, most basic thing.

retentionissue•1mo ago
This response is AWESOME. I really enjoyed your perspective on what USERS actually SEE instead of what's under the HOOD, as you put it.

Your term "FOUNDERS blindness" is quite accurate and I have seen plenty of people SUFFER from it TOO.