# Waitly SaaS - AI Grounding & Documentation Specification
Title: Waitly | Pre-Launch Waitlist & Viral Growth
Tagline: Viral Waitlists & Referral Queues
Canonical URL: https://waitly.adstim.net/
Alternatives: https://waitly.adstim.net/alternatives
Tools: https://waitly.adstim.net/tools
Glossary: https://waitly.adstim.net/glossary

## Overview
Turn Launch Anticipation into Viral Growth Loops. Gamify your waitlist with position boosting, invite rewards, and real-time social leaderboards that drive thousands of early signups.

## Incumbent Arbitrage & Unit Economics
- Legacy Alternative: Prefinery ($99 - $199/mo (steep subscriber paywalls))
- Waitly Pricing: $19/mo (2,500 verified signups included)
- Savings: 80% cheaper than Prefinery

## Pricing Tiers (Usage-Scaled, Anti-Abuse)
- Starter ($19/mo): 1 Active Waitlist; 2,500 verified signups; 5,000 broadcast emails/mo; Position tracking widget; Spam & disposable email guard
- Growth ($49/mo): Unlimited Waitlists; 15,000 verified signups; 30,000 broadcast emails/mo; Custom CNAME domain with SSL; Milestone reward unlock automations; Webhook integrations
- Scale ($119/mo): Unlimited Waitlists; 75,000 verified signups; 150,000 broadcast emails/mo; Fraud-resistant IP verification; White-label emails; Priority onboarding

## Technical Architecture
- Runtime: Django 6.1 WSGI inside Cloudflare Workers (Pyodide Wasm V8 isolate)
- Storage: Cloudflare D1 (Relational) + Cloudflare R2 (Media/Objects) + Cloudflare KV (Flags/Config)
- Multi-Region: 300+ edge PoPs with <20ms global TTFB