In reply to Carl Hancock.

See Chris Christoff's reply above.

HIPPA and FINRA aren't exactly things that most WordPress sites have any need for. There is definitely a need for HIPPA and FINRA compliant products, but those are a niche markets that call for more niche specific solutions.

Frankly you are unlikely to find a solution that is indeed HIPPA or FINRA compliant that ISN'T a hosted SaaS solution like Stream because by their very nature they require things that a hosted plugin is not going to be able to bring to the table.

If enough Stream users voice a concern regarding the location of their data not being within the EU then I am sure that the team at Stream would explore allowing users to select the data center location as Chris mentioned above. That's the beauty of building products on cloud solutions like Amazon AWS and others. You can introduce the ability for users to do things like select their data center location, etc.

You are correct. I and the team at Stream are not hobby coders. I can't speak for the guys at Stream (although I know they originate from the X-TEAM which does enterprise work) but I come from an enterprise background. I've never been a WordPress hobby coder. I got involved in WordPress development after already having an extensive background building enterprise solutions.

Don't assume that because you have qualms about using a hosted solution that the vast majority of business also have qualms about doing so. It's simply not true. If it were true then the SaaS industry would not be as big as it has become. Solutions like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, etc. would not have grown like they have.

Your screaming regulation, compliance and audits but haven't taken a minute to actually think about what Stream does and if regulation, compliance and audits are going to be an issue. For the vast majority of businesses using WordPress this is going to be a non-issue because Stream simply doesn't provide functionality that falls under regulation such as HIPPA, FINRA, etc.

Those are definitely important topics. But only in the context of a SaaS solution that provides caters to users who need HIPPA and FINRA compliance. That isn't Stream.

Do you use Google Analytics? Or any analytics service? There really isn't much difference than them and Stream. One is logging actions by site visitors and the other is logging actions by people logged in. The end result is still a form of site analytics.

You need to trust in the services and solutions that you use. If you trusted the Stream team enough to run their plugin on your WordPress site then you should have enough trust in them to allow their SaaS to power Stream. Either way you have to trust the developer of the plugins you use on your site because at the end of the day their plugin code can impact your web site.

If you don't trust them, don't use them. But that certainly doesn't mean they won't find a market with both existing users and new users.