Case studies

RisingWave, an open-source streaming database, is reshaping real-time data processing with its SQL-powered platform. Before Scarf, RisingWave relied on a Metabase dashboard to track anonymous telemetry. Scarf gave RisingWave the insights they were missing. By providing visibility into company-level engagement, Scarf is helping them identify, track and re-engage with companies already using RisingWave.

Scarf provided Weaviate with the clarity and actionable insights they needed. By integrating Scarf into their open-source project, Weaviate unlocked real-time developer signals, such as download volumes, referral sources, and organizational trends. 

Scarf, a platform designed to provide open-source projects with deeper insights into their users and usage patterns, was the answer ARMO needed. By integrating Scarf into Kubescape, ARMO was able to regain visibility into which company has been using Kubescape, filling the gap left after their CNCF contribution.

Prisma turned to Scarf for a monthly Strategic Insights Report. By integrating Scarf into various parts of their web and software delivery infrastructure, Prisma now knows relevant details about their users in terms of company size, industry, location and much more.

CopilotKit implemented Scarf to gain visibility into their open-source community. By adding Scarf to their documentation, they could see which companies were actively engaging with their resources, providing valuable insights into potential leads and customer segments.

As an open source company, Garden knew how hard it was going to be to get usage data. Adding Scarf for analytics on open source downloads turned anonymous numbers into company names. Using Scarf’s privacy-first analytics also helped Garden to know what kind of companies were using their OSS and where they were located.

Once Heroic started using Scarf, they learned that they were even more popular than they thought they were. Using Scarf, they were able to determine where, by country, their users were downloading from, and how many per day.

Union is an open source first company. It uses Scarf to drive their DevRel strategy and improve their open source project. It also uses Scarf to power its consultative sales approach to help customers where it makes sense. Union has been successfully leveraging Scarf funnel analysis to shape the product to better fit the market so that they can focus on ensuring that companies can get value from Flyte sooner.

Smallstep wanted to understand the impact of their open-source project on enterprise adoption of their commercial security solutions. Smallstep uses Scarf to better understand user interactions and software usage, providing insights into its user base and potential customer segments as an important signal for commercial use.