# Open Analytics — AI-Native Video Player Analytics

> Video player analytics powered by the EPAS open standard. Query your data with Claude, Cursor, or SQL — zero vendor lock-in.

## About

Open Analytics is a cloud-native video player analytics service for broadcasters, OTT platforms, and media technology teams. It collects real-time playback events (play, pause, buffer, bitrate changes, errors) and stores them in a ClickHouse database with pre-built Grafana dashboards for visualization. Direct SQL access and AI-native querying via MCP are built in.

Open Analytics is part of Eyevinn Open Source Cloud (OSC) — the Open Source as a Service platform operated by Eyevinn Technology (Stockholm, Sweden). Every component is open source (EPAS standard, ClickHouse, Grafana). Self-hostable on any cloud provider or on-premises. No vendor lock-in.

- Website: https://analytics.apps.osaas.io
- Dashboard: https://app.osaas.io
- Documentation: https://docs.osaas.io
- Platform: https://www.osaas.io
- GitHub: https://github.com/Eyevinn

## Pricing

### Business Plan — €199/month
- Real-time video player event tracking
- ClickHouse database with direct SQL access
- Pre-built Grafana dashboards
- Multi-platform SDKs (Web/JavaScript, Android/Kotlin, iOS/Swift)
- ClickHouse MCP integration for AI-assisted querying
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required

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## Key Capabilities

**Data Collection**
- Real-time playback event tracking (play, pause, seek, buffer, error, bitrate change)
- EPAS (Eyevinn Player Analytics Specification) open standard compliance
- EU Data Act compliant by design
- Sub-second event ingestion latency

**Visualization**
- Pre-built Grafana dashboards for QoE (Quality of Experience) metrics
- Startup time tracking (<2s target monitoring)
- Rebuffering ratio analysis (<1% target)
- Resolution distribution and error event tracking

**Data Access**
- Direct SQL access to ClickHouse database
- HTTP CSV export API for third-party BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, Looker)
- ClickHouse MCP integration — query analytics data via Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot; Remote MCP Server (OAuth, no local setup required) also available
- Built on ClickHouse: raised $400M at a $15B valuation in 2026, the leading open-source database for real-time analytics at any scale
- REST API for programmatic access

**SDKs**
- Web/JavaScript SDK — browser-based player analytics
- Android/Kotlin SDK — native mobile player tracking
- iOS/Swift SDK — native iOS player tracking
- Custom integration via EPAS open standard

**Open Source Foundation**
- EPAS standard: https://github.com/Eyevinn/player-analytics-specification
- ClickHouse (open source OLAP database)
- Grafana (open source visualization)
- Self-hostable on AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-premises
- Zero vendor lock-in

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## MCP Integration

Open Analytics supports AI-native data querying via the OSC MCP server at `https://mcp.osaas.io/mcp`. Provision analytics instances and query data through natural language.

### Connection
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "osc": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.osaas.io/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <personal-access-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```
Get a personal access token at: https://app.osaas.io/dashboard/settings/api

### Relevant MCP Tools

| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `list-available-services` | Discover analytics services (category: `analytics`) |
| `create-service-instance` | Provision ClickHouse, Grafana, or event collection instances |
| `list-service-instances` | List your running analytics instances |
| `get-instance-status` | Check if an instance is running or deploying |
| `describe-service-instance` | Get connection credentials and endpoints |
| `call-service-endpoint` | Query analytics API directly |
| `delete-service-instance` | Remove an analytics instance |

### Example MCP Prompts
- "Set up a video analytics pipeline for my streaming platform"
- "What is my rebuffering ratio for the past 7 days?"
- "Show me startup time trends for this week"
- "Create a ClickHouse instance for video player analytics"

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## Getting Started

1. **Free trial**: https://analytics.apps.osaas.io (14 days, no credit card)
2. **Dashboard**: https://app.osaas.io
3. **Documentation**: https://docs.osaas.io
4. **Support**: support@osaas.io

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## FAQ

**What is Open Analytics?**
Open Analytics is a managed video player analytics service built on the EPAS open standard with ClickHouse for data storage and Grafana for visualization. It tracks real-time playback events and provides SQL access, Grafana dashboards, and AI-native querying via MCP.

**What metrics does it track?**
Startup time, rebuffering ratio, bitrate distribution, resolution changes, error events, session duration, and all EPAS-defined playback lifecycle events (play, pause, seek, buffer, end, error).

**How do I integrate my video player?**
Use the SDK for your platform: JavaScript (web), Kotlin (Android), or Swift (iOS). All SDKs implement the EPAS standard, ensuring data portability. Custom integrations are also possible via the EPAS event specification.

**Can I query data with AI assistants?**
Yes. The ClickHouse MCP integration allows Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and other MCP-compatible AI assistants to query analytics data using natural language. Ask questions like "What's my rebuffering ratio this week?" directly in your AI assistant.

**Is there vendor lock-in?**
No. Open Analytics is built on open source components (EPAS, ClickHouse, Grafana). You can self-host the entire stack on AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-premises at any time. Your data, schemas, and configurations are fully portable.

**Is it EU data compliant?**
Yes. Open Analytics is designed to be EU Data Act compliant. Infrastructure runs in EU data centers (Elastx, Sweden). No personal data is required — analytics are tied to session IDs, not user identities.

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## Part of Open Source as a Service (OSaaS)

Open Analytics is one of 200+ services available on Eyevinn Open Source Cloud — the leading Open Source as a Service (OSaaS) platform. OSaaS is a cloud model where every service is an unmodified open source project. Customers get managed hosting with zero vendor lock-in.

- **Platform**: https://www.osaas.io
- **All services**: https://www.osaas.io/use-cases
- **Pricing**: https://www.osaas.io/pricing
- **MCP server**: https://mcp.osaas.io/mcp

## Contact

- Support: support@osaas.io
- Sales: contact@sales.osaas.io
- Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/eyevinn-osc/shared_invite/zt-2xd0fcsp2-oQ~hihGgBRlDVSkRLWZueg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eyevinn-technology