Hi, a co-founder here. My name is Andrey.
Actually, Plotly is our source of inspiration in a way. However, I think, the problem we are trying to solve lies a different direction.
Just a few points to show how we are different:
1. We would like to support Plotly as one of the plot libraries (which is super great by the way). In addition we'd like to support many other libraries – anything that the user is using, incl. ggplot2, Matplotlib, Bokeh, etc.
2. We would like to combine the approaches Plotly offers in two different products (Chart Studio and Dash) into one and simplify the process of reporting data and the process of organizing dashboards.
3. Ideally, we'd like to help companies also organize and simplify their security around accessing the data.
4. We'd like to help build dashboards easier – by eliminating the needs of development entirely.
Just also want to mention, that our current offering and all other basic functionality that we will add, such as permission control, dashboards, etc will remain free.
Anyway, it's just a start for us to really learn what our potential customers and users are doing and build that things that are currently missing – not blindly copying anyone's features.
Having said that, I'd still like to thank you for your feedback. In case you have an idea of how we can help your teams collaborate around data, please let me know andrey at dstack.ai
Just also want to mention, that our current offering and all other basic functionality that we will add, such as permission control, dashboards, etc will remain free. Anyway, it's just a start for us to really learn what our potential customers and users are doing and build that things that are currently missing – not blindly copying anyone's features. Having said that, I'd still like to thank you for your feedback. In case you have an idea of how we can help your teams collaborate around data, please let me know andrey at dstack.ai