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Our favourite open-source customer data platforms

Bap on February 23, 2024

Hey friends 👋 Segment is a Customer Data Platform also known as CDP. The main objective behind CDPs lies in aggregating, processing, distributin...
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giveitatry

Unfortunately the Tracardi Information is not correct:

Tracardi offers both open-source and commercial versions, each tailored to meet diverse customer needs. The primary distinction lies in their approach to data collection: the commercial version leverages data streams for higher data throughput, while the open-source version utilizes APIs without imposing limits on event collection. Despite the scalability challenges associated with its architecture, the open-source version has proven its capability by effectively managing installations with over 1 billion events. Additionally, Tracardi enhances user experiences with extended automation features, accessible in both versions, showcasing its versatility and robustness across different scales of operation.

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Bap

Hey there, you are right; most of the alternatives above provide paid services. After a certain scale, passing on to paid plans and discussing necessities with the respective CDP is necessary. We assumed people would discover this after experimenting with the above alternatives. Nevertheless, you are right to point this out, and I have added an edit to reflect this. Thanks! 🙏

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mattcameron

Have been working with the Tracardi open source CDP for sometime now and have found that it meets the needs and as required is easily extendable for just about any use case that has come along. Also have found the Tracardi member community very inviting and helpful. Worth a look.

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Bap

Great to hear - thanks for sharing your experience Matt 😄

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Marat

I have been using the opensource version of tracardi for about 3-4 months. The functionality that is already implemented in it out of the box is enough to just start using it in work. If something is missing, there are ready-made plugins to work with its api, which simply expands the boundaries of the software, making it limitless. Plus developer support, forum support - you will never be left alone with a problem. Only positive work experience.

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Bap

Thanks for sharing your experience. 🌟

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Matija Sosic

Solid overview! I'd love to see the table with face-to-face comparison, that would add to the value of the article

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Bap

Thanks for this, Matija - just so I get this right, are you referencing creating an Excel-like type of table? If so, I do see how that would be clearer - thanks!

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Aravind Putrevu

Interacted with Rudderstack team, amazing product.

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Bap

That's good to know! Thanks for sharing your experience on this Aravind :)

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K2 Marketing

Rudderlab's "Elastic license" is not open source, it's a source-available license.
Tracardi is also not open source, it's what is called open core...

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Bap

You are right. Tracardi provides paid features and this is why open core would be the best suited term for it. Thanks for that. 🙂

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Bap

If there are open-source alternatives we have missed, please share them below 👇🙂

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Marat

Unomi - if you have tons of time to study the code and research how it works, you're welcome. On their forum is just creating an activity, but in truth no one answers you. there is nothing in the documentation. Any youtube tutorials? I guess they haven't heard of it.