In fact the BYOC model has some tension and perverse incentives. Most of their billing models are priced as the number of nodes under management. Their way to increase revenue is to add more nodes to your cluster! An optimization that shrinks node count will drop revenue. The SaaS provider has the opposite incentive - it optimizes its stack at ever... See more
* RaaS: Offering resale-as-a-service for brands like Everlane and Madewell. They helps merchants monetize returns. As e-commerce grows, so will this channel.