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not OP, nor do we use airflow (not sure there is a fit for us) - but $300-500 for something that could cost our modest company an equivalent half day of human time to mitigate, with possible tens of thousands in lost revenue if it occurs at the worst possible time, seem like a win-win peace of mind proposition.

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Sure. The right circumstances this can make sense. But at a high level of your SAAS starts at $500/mo, you are selling to mid market and enterprises, not startups, almost universally. I was hoping for a product that would make sense for smaller companies. The list of business critical software we pay less for is long (GitHub, credit card processor, email, sms, managed redis, managed postgres, etc).

They can certainly sell this for what they want, I just won't buy at this price.

i guess i really don't understand what separates a startup from enterprise...i know my particular company is nowhere near enterprise level...at least as far as i know of it, but i also know we're not a startup.

edit: in this sense...i know the fundamental differences otherwise

edit #2: we're also not a SaaS, but a B2C

and i totally get where you're coming from - i'm the point guy on validating any new integrations for what we do. i was just commenting on the cost/benefit of having someone fix a home rolled version vs their managed and if it'd save money

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