Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by feross » Thu, Sep 26, 2019, 3:22 PM UTC

Rudder, an open source Segment alternative
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Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by mushufasa » Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 11:39 PM UTC

also, segment was the O.G. segment alternative https://github.com/segmentio/analytics.js

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by amelius » Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 11:49 PM UTC

If every successful business is eventually copied by open source, can we really blame big companies for protective practices such as customer lock-in?

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by dv_dt » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:01 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #3

If every successful business is eventually copied by open source, can we really blame big companies for protective practices such as customer lock-in?

If there is no competition, markets cannot work as intended.

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by soumyadeb » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:25 AM UTC

One of the authors here. This post was a pleasant surprise!! Happy to answer any questions. Or please feel to reach out to me at soumyadeb@rudderlabs.com.

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by soumyadeb » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:26 AM UTC

mushufasa wrote: post #2

also, segment was the O.G. segment alternative https://github.com/segmentio/analytics.js

Analytics.js was only a client/browser side utility. They developed an entire backend stack later - which is needed for data-warehouse dump, event replay etc etc. We are also developing a complete backend stack with all those features. This is still a work in progress

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by AndrewKemendo » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:30 AM UTC

soumyadeb wrote: post #5

One of the authors here. This post was a pleasant surprise!! Happy to answer any questions. Or please feel to reach out to me at soumyadeb@rudderlabs.com.

This is awesome, I've been hoping someone would make this! And being enterprise focused is even better.

Thanks!

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by jarfil » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:31 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #3

If every successful business is eventually copied by open source, can we really blame big companies for protective practices such as customer lock-in?

Yes. Customer services, as in both support and feature development, should be enough to keep paying customers paying. If a bunch of "use at your own risk" software can replace it, what's the actual value of a business?

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by soumyadeb » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:31 AM UTC

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #7

soumyadeb wrote: post #5

One of the authors here. This post was a pleasant surprise!! Happy to answer any questions. Or please feel to reach out to me at soumyadeb@rudderlabs.com.

This is awesome, I've been hoping someone would make this! And being enterprise focused is even better. Thanks!

Thank you :)

Re: Rudder, an open source Segment alternative

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Post by HillRat » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 12:32 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #3

If every successful business is eventually copied by open source, can we really blame big companies for protective practices such as customer lock-in?

It’s licensed under SSPL, so the definition of “open source” may vary. (Specifically, they have an enterprise business model, so this is more properly a proprietary, source-available on-prem Segment competitor.)