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It would reallllly be nice if you set up a web demo. I looked all over trying to find the link that would let me just TRY this marvelous thing you're telling me about, but it's all behind sign-ups and accounts and I just want to see the product. Not in a video-- I mean play with it.

Can you make a demo session with dummy data for people with play with?

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Ah yeah, you do have to signup to try it out (though it does start you off with demo data). We wanted to offer a non-login version but it makes things more complicated for a company that obviously needs to prioritize security highly.

This video is maybe the closest you can get without trying yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBXMTipHGfQ

Is the security story why you prevent signups from gmail.com also?

No, sorry that's a marketing/sales team decision. I'll talk with them about it.

Why would they want to ban them?

They want users to signup with their company email. I think a few companies in the enterprise software space do something similar.

Or even just a simple GIF that demonstrates putting together a simple query. Something that shows how to use the product in under five seconds.

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