[JamesBrooks]

I came to write exactly this comment, specifically I wanted to check what the pricing for forward geocoding was, as I've got a very significant monthly Google Maps bill for geocoding and if Radar gives results which are 95% as good as Google's at a cheaper price then I'd be jumping

[freyfogle]

Hi, there are much more affordable geocoding options: https://opencagedata.com

[nunodonato]

why do so many people rely on Google for this? ArcGIS is vastly superior and much cheaper.

[Helmut10001]

ESRI is as evil as Google (if not worse). If pricing is the only consideration, maybe ESRI is the way to go, but I would take other aspects into account, too (e.g. walled-garden signals, tricking customers, software-lock-in).

[nickpatrick]

Would love to chat. Worth considering best solution given tradeoffs: Cost, coverage, customization options, enterprise-readiness

[michaelmcdonald]

I believe the point is that Op doesn't _want_ to chat. I believe the originally point is you should be up front and _clear_ with your pricing rather than trying to force a conversation.

[nickpatrick]

Yep, I get it. Working on a self-serve pricing calculator. Reality is that enterprise convos do make sense at sufficient scale. If it does here, our inbox is open!

[15457345234]

You get that they don't want to chat but circle right back around into 'our inbox is open' lol

Odd

[mikeocool]

Often, if a company has "Contact Sales" on their pricing page it's because they only want customers who have a budget big enough to warrant contacting sales.

At an early stage, it's often easier and more lucrative to build for and support a few large customers than many small ones.

[15457345234]

Yeah I understand that, I was just amused at the extent to which the guy was convincingly impersonating a half-bright chatbot