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The response was overwhelmingly positive.\n\nSince then, we've grown far beyond analytics – into an entire product & data toolkit – used by 500,000+ teams.\n\nBut our approach to building PostHog is very different.\n\n[Read our story](https://posthog.com/handbook/why-does-posthog-exist)\n\n* * *\n\n## Why we're different\n\nWe're building the company we've always wanted to work for. This means rejecting all the annoying parts of the SaaS industry that have somehow become industry-standard.\n\nIf it gives you the ick, you know it gives us the ick too.\n\nYou can sum it up our ideology with this: we try to treat you how _we'd_ want to be treated.\n\n### We just do the right thing\n\nThe _TLDR newsletter_ highlighted an article that covered some of the key things that make us different. Here are a few more they missed:\n\n-   **No loss leaders.** We don't sell products at a loss - we run the company default alive. This means we've never had layoffs, and we don't take huge risks that could result in the company disappearing overnight.\n-   **No sleazy renewal tactics.** We don't screw you on contract terms like auto-renewal. And while most companies will try to _increase_ your prices every year, you won't find that here.\n-   **Use it without talking to us.** You can use all our stuff monthly until you want to lock things in with us. We don't pressure people.\n-   **Actually technical support.** We don't offshore our support. In fact, the entire[\n    \n    Support Team\n    \n    Support Team](https://posthog.com/teams/support) has engineering backgrounds!\n-   **Here for the long haul.** We have zero intention of selling our business. We want to see just how crazy huge this gigantic software stack can get - and we think that it will reach at least $100bn in value. We'll be around and fighting for a long, long time. It's our life's work.\n-   **Honest communication.** Even in [our content](https://posthog.com/posts), it's more honest and not like the marketing-speak you've come to expect from other companies. It actively helps developers build successful products. That's our mission.\n\nThe reason we uniquely love doing all these sorts of things is that **we grow because of our reputation on the internet,** whereas every single competitor grows by salespeople. This aligns us with customers. Long term, that is what wins.\n\n### Transparency \\>\\>\n\nYou can see how our entire company operates.\n\n-   Our [manual for our salespeople](https://posthog.com/handbook/growth/sales/overview), [marketing team](https://posthog.com/handbook/marketing), and so on\n-   You can even [see what everyone is paid](https://posthog.com/handbook/people/compensation)\n-   Our [product roadmap](https://posthog.com/roadmap) is public – you can vote on what we should build next\n-   [See who's working on which product and what their goals are](https://posthog.com/teams)\n-   Our codebase is [open source](https://github.com/posthog/posthog) – if you're interested in seeing how we handle customer data, you can audit our entire codebase\n\nYou won't get this level of transparency from most companies!\n\nIf you're thinking about bringing PostHog into your business – or if you're interested in [joining us](https://posthog.com/careers) – you should be able to make an informed decision. Not just about what exists today, but about the future and longevity of the organization.\n\n## Everything in one place\n\nSure, building one product is great, but why stop there?\n\nOne of the advantages of PostHog is that we're building all the _tools_ you need, so you can have all the _context_ you need in one place. This frees up your time to focus on your users instead of fixing endless data integrations.\n\nWe have **10+ paid products** today, and even if we don't offer it yet, we will eventually.\n\nOur unique approach to building a company has allowed us to attract top talent. Many of our team are former founders. We allow our [small teams](https://posthog.com/teams) to operate mostly autonomously, which means it's like we're building a bunch of mini startups within an organization that already has product-market fit.\n\nWe're going to build every piece of SaaS you need to make your product successful. You read that right. We've already got the world's best track record at delivering them by being the widest with so many customers.\n\n## Value-based pricing _Usage-based pricing_\n\nCompanies with large sales teams use _value-based pricing_ where they try to suss out how much you're willing to spend. PostHog operates more like a utility – we cover our costs with razor thin margins, and we make up for it with scale.\n\nPostHog is priced to match the cheapest major competitor, so you know you don't have to compare pricing for each new product.\n\nAnd because every product has a generous free tier, you can always try it out before paying anything at all. Without talking to sales. 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