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> I have to assume the fact that nobody is just cheap-hosting opentiles mapsets for a tenth of the price indicates that the underlying infrastructure (bandwidth?) is pretty pricey.

Mapbox charges ~$4 for a thousand map views, while we charge $0.10 for a thousand map views (less than a tenth of Mapbox's price). How do we convince you to switch to our services? https://www.nettoolkit.com/geo/about

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Privacy guarantees (or, rather, an explanation as to what you do with the statistics you can gather from people using the tile server) – currently it's not clear what's the policy for your site v.s. the API.

Plus, actually knowing about it in the first place would be nice! You have a piece of text saying "you don't need to credit us; just credit OpenStreetMap contributors because they made the thing", but it might be a good idea to say "but if you're feeling generous, you can tack a 'via NetToolKit' on the end". I found out about Mapbox, Leaflet and OpenStreetMap via those little copyright signs at the bottom of maps – and if asked, I'd certainly put one in for you if I were using your services.

Thanks for your answer and for your suggestions. We'll try to find a place to clarify the privacy policy (we don't do anything externally facing with it, but might use it to track down performance issues), and I like your wording regarding attribution.

I agree that we have a marketing problem (letting people know about our services). However, even if we to solve that, I want to understand what it would take for someone who is aware of our services to actually convert. Hence, I appreciate your answer and hope others chime in as well.

Thanks again.

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