The pricing depends on the number of connectors you need (but not the volume of data), the features you use, and the SLA. We already saw that there was a great willingness to pay, so we’re not really worried about that part. We will learn a great deal about that next year. Our sole focus in 2021 is the open-source part of the project, and becoming the new standard to replicate data.
Regarding cloud providers as AWS, there are several things we can do to monetize this part with them (including with “Powered by Airbyte”). But, honestly, that would be a great problem, as it would indicate that we’ve become the standard way to replicate data.
> The pricing depends on the number of connectors you need
It's not uncommon for even small companies to have as many as a dozen sources. This sort of pricing schema can hurt smaller companies with low data volume but many sources (think e-commerce, especially in the era of "headless").
Very true. We're thinking about offering some kind of volume-based for small companies but with a limit that we won't go over. There are some solutions and we will try to offer the pricing the most adapted to the needs of our users. It will be an iterative process for sure!
Regarding cloud providers as AWS, there are several things we can do to monetize this part with them (including with “Powered by Airbyte”). But, honestly, that would be a great problem, as it would indicate that we’ve become the standard way to replicate data.