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- Data stored on their servers
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- 100% Open Source Code
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Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
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Detailed Breakdown
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Proprietary Algorithms
Blender Motion Tracking
1
Closed GUI
Jupyter Notebook
2
Black box
Open source code