| Interesting offering. I wonder who they're targeting with this and the problem they're trying to solve. * Is the expectation that everyone can write SQL? * If the customer can write SQL and they're sufficiently large, won't they export the data into their own in-house data architectures to use the tools and processes they already have? * Is data exporting that hard from stripe that they decided to offer a query tool instead? I'm thinking they're going after the lower end of the customer base, the customers that may have medium to small transaction volumes. Plus those customers might not yet have any data warehousing to speak of. If I was BareMetrics, I would be especially concerned because it will be a matter of time before Stripe has their own compelling offer that does almost everything it does and more. There have been other examples of building businesses around other companies APIs (granted theres always exceptions to the rule but I want to point out its a huge risk): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9512441 https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/14/why-you-shouldnt-build-a-b... |