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Re:Show HN: Heap is a new approach to analytics. Just captur... by matm on Friday March 22, 2013 @01:41PM (#5424371)
Our bottom tier (which includes a 1 month free trial) lets you track 2,500 users/month.

That said, pricing is really hard to get right. There's basically zero chance we nailed it on the first try.

Re:Show HN: Heap is a new approach to analytics. Just captur... by web007 on Friday March 22, 2013 @02:24PM (#5424657)
You definitely didn't get it right. =) That's one of the joys of startup life, A/B test it until you do!

Even for a "successful" site (>1mm MAU) $2,000 a month feels insanely expensive. The performance difference between this and GA ($0) is not high enough _initially_ to offset the sticker shock.

Look at NewRelic, Tracelytics or even Mixpanel (expensive IMO) for better pricing levels. You've built the equivalent of "hosted snowplow" (https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow) with a nice GUI and tools, you should expect to charge something much closer to cost than your current approach appears to.

Re:Show HN: Heap is a new approach to analytics. Just captur... by eddmc on Friday March 22, 2013 @05:47PM (#5426006)
I'm not saying that Heap have got the pricing right but you should absolutely NOT look at cost when you put pricing together - rather, you need to ask your customers about the value of what it is you're providing. For example, Heap will be saving the time and hassle of deploying a generic solution on a server and the time of customising it. Plus Heap will be improving their product every day whereas the self-hosted version would need a developer to add new features. These sort of things all add up - you'll be surprised what you find out when you ask your customers.

Pricing is hard. There are a lot of good articles and discussions on HN if you do a bit of searching.

Re:Show HN: Heap is a new approach to analytics. Just captur... by stuffihavemade on Friday March 22, 2013 @02:44PM (#5424778)
If they can sell successfully at that price point, I'd consider starting a competitor and undercutting them.