Open-source projects can’t simply imitate existing successful businesses and expect to succeed. Profit is crucial for open-source companies to hire employees and sustain themselves. While price may be a factor for early-stage companies, larger companies prioritize a good solution that is reliable and easy to manage. However, open source can win by solving transparency and extensibility problems. Open-source solutions like PostHog offer transparency in handling sensitive client data, gaining trust from customers. They also benefit from community-driven additions and feedback, accelerating their development and making them better than closed-source alternatives. Open-source projects have driven product improvement for years and can pose a threat to closed-source software in certain cases.
https://github.com/getlago/lago/wiki/Open-Source-does-not-win-by-being-cheaper