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		waspight on Jan 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google An... Why are most tools for analytics so expensive? Compared to other saas products I find them to be at least. Is there a significant amount of traffic that is the reason? I was thinking about implementing something myself once, but was worried about the cost of receiving all the event traffic.

iamacyborg on Jan 13, 2022 [–]

Because their customers understand the value of the data and are willing to pay for it.

waspight on Jan 13, 2022 | [–]

So are you saying that their profit is high or that the cost for running such saas is high?

iamacyborg on Jan 13, 2022 | | [–]

I'm saying they have a very high profit margin.

hiptobecubic on Jan 14, 2022 | | [–]

Maybe you're underestimating the difficulty of doing it well.

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