Prerequisites:
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Retrieve the API keys and secret required for the Amplitude Metric Connector in Costory: this will import the Active Users (daily active users) metric in Costory.
- Get the api tokens and secret in: Amplitude → Settings → Projects → [Your Project] → General
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Know how to scope your production app costs in Costory: use the Advanced Explorer to write the perfect where clause.
- If you can’t perfectly scope your production app costs, you can at least remove marketplace purchases and known non-production costs: you will have time to improve the where clause over time !
Output:
- Share monthly or weekly with your tech teams your product usage and how it scales with the active users !
- Set an alert if the cost per thousands active users is too high.
Steps:
Step 1: Connect Costory to Amplitude
Connect the Amplitude Metric Connector to CostoryIn the last step you will need to choose how to aggregate the active users metric when viewing at the weekly or monthly level?For active users, it’s usually best to rely on average to get a cost per average activer users over the month.
Step 2: Create the correct view
Go to Advanced Explorer: in
query A write the perfect where clause to scope your production app costs.
The idea is to at least remove R&D costs to have a stable metric !
Step 3: Save that view
Save that view and schedule it to be sent to your Slack channel every month. This will give you a monthly headsup on your production costs and also allow to share within the tech teams your product usage !
