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21 pointsniccolop8 comments

I think there is a lot of value from being able to link tables together in the cloud rather than offline in csv or Excel format. Maintaining data integrity, avoiding duplicate lines and join errors are the obvious potential flaws, but Zenit has been working to overcome these hurdles so the cross platform query would be very a useful time saver and malleable enough to adjust based on the specific insight you're looking for. Automatically detecting 'like' parameters such as 'time_date' and 'date' across two tables and merging them automatically (or after user verification) is one example. Then getting real time visualization of that data in an email is what Zenit is working on. For example, a super simple query such as: SELECT event, distinct_id FROM zenit_mixpanel WHERE mp_country_code = 'UK' AND platform = 'android'ORDER BY created_at could be merged with SELECT from total_logins....just one example of a merged table. Looking forward to feedback.

Your product page... doesn't really answer any of my questions.

So it presumably asks for access to any analytics platforms we use... and uses that data to do what, exactly? Generate reports? How is it better than the various report generating features in various analytics today?

I guess I'm not convinced you can automatically link data together. Correlation rather than causation.

Is there a demo available? Personally I wouldn't want to grant permission to access to a tool when 1) I am not sure what it will do with the data (or who it will resell it to...) 2) I'm still not sure what I'll get out of it.

That said obviously its in my space and I'm interested.

Yes, the idea is that you will be able to easily create reports from multiple sources of data you already use; so you don't have to do all the work yourself manually. And then subsequently you could schedule certain reports to appear in your inbox daily/weekly/monthly.

Good point on having a demo, we need to improve our website material so you can see things in action, or at least through cases studies.

We will not resell your data, we are simply helping you to understand your data. Similar to having a data scientist explore it for you, Zenit helps you understand what your LTV of users is, or other critical elements you want to understand.

Thanks for your feedback!

Thanks for the reply.

A demo with sample data would be best if possible... It would let me explore what Zenit does while you can work to convince me how awesome it is and how much it will help me.

Do you think it would be useful on the homepage as well as when you log in?

Thanks.

If you create a demo account, perhaps just link to it from both?

I imagine having it if someone signs up but hasn't yet connected any services yet is a better alternative to leaving it blank.

Please let us know your feedback, we are interested to hear also how you currently handle issues like figuring out the LTV of your app users, and what search terms are working best for you in your app store listing.

Ideally if you use Mixpanel/Flurry/Localytics or other services together we’d love you to check out Zenit and know what you think.

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