ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL

Re:ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL by rrggrr on Sunday November 16, 2014 @05:08PM (#8615656)

The problem is one size company fits all pricing. Small business who can benefit the most from SAAS (and have the least regulatory/bureaucratic resistance) can't justify enterprise or middle-market pricing. And the valuation/exit strategy for most SAAS offerings is quantity of users, not profitability - like it or not. I predict either Chart.io changes pricing or its market share is eroded by FOSS and cheaper alternatives like: http://idl.cs.washington.edu/projects/lyra/

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Re:ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL by rgrieselhuber on Sunday November 16, 2014 @08:32PM (#8616374)

> And the valuation/exit strategy for most SAAS offerings is quantity of users, not profitability - like it or not.

That's not true at all.

SaaS companies are valued on recurring revenue, lifetime value, retention and future cash flow. Number of users is almost irrelevant as long as those metrics are moving up and to the right to a healthy degree.

Chart.io has already changed their pricing once and I share your prediction that they will change it again: to charge even more. And grow further as a result.

SMBs are a tough market for SaaS companies with a product that has any complexity whatsoever, both in terms of usage and distribution.

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Re:ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL by rrggrr on Sunday November 16, 2014 @11:57PM (#8616909)

Lets meet again in a year. SAAS is a falling knife. I bet 20 Satoshi on it.

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Re:ChartSQL: Create Charts and Dashboards from SQL by rgrieselhuber on Monday November 17, 2014 @03:09AM (#8617299)

Been at it for 4 years already and SaaS wasn't always this hot.

Edit: what exactly are you wagering on?

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