Choosing an Analytics Deployment Model: SaaS, Single-Tenant, or Self-Hosted?
Most teams evaluate product analytics platforms based on features, integrations, and pricing. Few evaluate the underlying deployment model. That usually works - until it doesn’t. As products scale, analytics moves from being a dashboarding tool to becoming critical infrastructure. Performance expectations increase. Compliance reviews become stricter. Internal stakeholders demand reliability. At that point, the deployment architecture behind your analytics system starts to matter.