Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

However, with the introduction of Events-Based Billing by Chargify, this event-based billing model is now available to small and medium-sized businesses, giving them the ability to offer the same pricing models and bill customers just as precisely as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or the popular voice and messaging platform Twilio.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 31, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. How Will AI Effect Software Business Models? Like many, I’ve been thinking about how AI and foundation models will effect the world of software. In particular - how AI will effect software business models.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2023

The three topics of advice covered for organizations in the $1M-10M range are: Building a cloud service vs. open source. Building A Cloud Service vs. Open Source “Building is easiest when you have a tight focus,” shares Kimball. But should you build a cloud service vs. open source? Building a go-to-market function from scratch.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Bessemer Venture Partners’ Alex Ferrara takes a look at trends and predictions for the cloud industry in 2019. One of the most popular sessions from SaaStr Annual, this presentation will provides an in-depth look at the cloud computing industry across Europe and globally. Want to see more content like this? A few more.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

Cost to serve a customer-facing feature is money that comes out of your pocket, and goes straight into the cloud provider’s pocket. When you want to procure more cloud resources faster, cloud providers make it easiest to buy speed, whether or not that pays off for you in the long run. It‘s almost always a function of time.

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CloudGeometry

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

2020 left no doubt: the growth of cloud computing is firmly grounded in the SaaS business model. The Fundamental Goal of SaaS Tenant Isolation Selling the same software to different users relies on using cloud-based resources that can be leveraged across different customers.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

It turns out that software delivery velocity has been proven to correlate with greater business success. Whatever you call software-enabled, cloud-based competitive advantage, understanding the business impact of “digital transformation” is the focus of the massive 8-year study conducted by the DevOps Research Institute.

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Frontegg

JUNE 17, 2021

Type 1 SaaS Architecture – This type of architecture basically requires runtime and data isolation, but not necessarily on the cloud. Non-cloud use cases like banking and finance businesses. Type 2 SaaS Architecture – Unlike Type 1, this architecture needs runtime and data isolation on the cloud as well.

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ProfitWell

MAY 12, 2020

The three major cloud service models are SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Many business owners do not know the difference between these offerings and are therefore unaware of which option is best for their company. In this article, we'll break down the difference between the three models and help you decide which fits your needs best.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In February 2020, the public cloud market surpassed a $1 trillion market cap, with a 45% growth rate, as reported in Bessemer Venture Partners’ 2020 State of Cloud report. This data revealed a clear picture of where cloud marketplaces are heading in 2021. Here’s what we learned. . What’s accelerating this marketplace movement?

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. ISVs and SaaS providers differ in software distribution, licensing models, hosting responsibilities, support options, upgrade and maintenance procedures, and scalability.

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Chargify

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

These forward-thinking businesses are using diverse monetization strategies to better serve their customers and differentiate their offers from the competition. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a poster-child for the Relationship Economy—they truly understand the modern B2B customer. with numerous upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

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ProfitWell

MAY 15, 2020

The SaaS model continues to gain traction. It seems as though more and more companies are jumping on the cloud bandwagon…and for good reason. If you haven’t transitioned to SaaS yet, I promise moving to a cloud-based computing system sounds more complicated than it actually is. What is SaaS?

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 75

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

This article will look at the most successful SaaS companies, so you can decide if you want to invest in them for your business. Cloud computing offers three main service models: SaaS for ready-to-use software, PaaS for application development frameworks, and IaaS for scalable virtualized computing resources.

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 104

Point Nine Land

JANUARY 30, 2019

In my article “SaaS” is not to be understood as an industry, but rather as an innovation wave (product and business model innovation) which impacted the B2B software industry in the 2000s and came after the “on-premise” wave. As a side note, the “bigger picture” is the B2B software industry here. Infrastructure. Integration.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

By almost all key metrics, now is a great time to get into the SaaS business model. Gartner is estimating that the cloud services industry as a whole will outpace the growth of overall IT services by a factor of three, with SaaS making up $143.7 28% of IT spending will shift to the cloud by 2022. billion by 2022.

SaaS Payments 66

SaaS Payments Trends Merchant Services Payments 66

Blulogix

OCTOBER 11, 2023

MSPs typically manage a myriad of services, from cloud infrastructure to software applications and more. However, in today’s fast-paced business landscape, Read More » November 8, 2023 Blog Transforming the Technology Industry: The Power of Usage-Based Pricing The technology industry is in the midst of a profound transformation.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2019

A fun story is that I met Sameer about five years ago at a cloud conference. This was anyone from a marketing analyst at a small startup, to a junior analyst at my firm, to a cloud CEO like him. We were split up into groups. He was put on a table with me, but with a group that he was unfamiliar with. That really stuck with me.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Enter Usage-Based Pricing – a revolutionary model that’s changing the game. This model allows customers to pay for technology services based on their actual usage. Whether it’s cloud computing resources, software applications, or data storage, usage-based pricing offers adaptability and efficiency.

Technology 52

Technology Pricing Payment Features Subscription 52

OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

The terms aren’t universally understood, nor are the implications of each on the financial model of a company, so the following is an effort to provide an overview. At OPEXEngine, we pull apart the different nuances of each business model to make sure we are benchmarking companies correctly.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Subscription Payment Features 52

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While inevitable and with multivariate causality, it speaks to the product’s maturity and business model. When this happens, fix the product, pivot the business model, or expand the distribution channels. .” Margin compression is a company’s response to the demands of selling.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 5, 2021

But it may not drive results in the enterprise, where businesses are likely to care much more about things like long-term viability of a vendor and potential for lock-in, and freemium may not sufficiently de-risk an early-stage company for enterprise use. On-premise (or “cloud-prem”) is still a thing. Yes, SaaS is powerful.

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Business SMB Scale DevOps as a Service 52

Hacking Revenue

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This sentence has been repeated by many experienced business people, especially since the introduction of SaaS and other cloud based online services. It is also what sets you up for long term business model and success.

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Outsourcing Services Branding Outsourced Development Scale 53

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

On the other side, there’s business-based innovation, which might have to do with how you go to market or a business model. Google Apps had captured significant market share, AWS was growing exponentially and Windows platforms were no longer the only game in town. Fast forward to 2013, and a lot had changed.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The most triumphant transfer of control from an original generation leader to a new CEO was surely that of Microsoft, which pivoted from chasing after Apple’s success in the consumer space under Steve Ballmer (don’t mention Nokia ) to successfully focusing on the cloud under Satya Nadella (please do mention Azure). Big tech takes over.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 7, 2025

With a background that includes leadership roles at AWS, Microsoft, and Lenovo, Fred brings a wealth of experience in building high-performing teams and driving revenue growth. And I know you’ve had some great experience, particularly while you were at AWS, running different partner sales, channel sales. They cannot resell.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Outsourced Development AWS 116

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

How to optimize your freemium model. Stories of ditching a freemium model. When is freemium the right strategy for your business? Is Freemium The Right Business Model? Is freemium an effective lead generation, conversion, and revenue driving strategy for your recurring revenue-based business? Learn how here.

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Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2020

John Mellor: But then probably the biggest transition was watching Adobe transition into the subscription business model with its Creative Cloud product as it’s known today. ” Clearly, Wall Street and the Adobe team knew the benefit of a subscription business model and the transition into SaaS.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

We’re using digital workflows and storing data in the cloud, but the rest of the world, this was an overnight just shift in how people worked and how they communicated. At the exact same time, that company hadn’t moved basic applications to the cloud. So, whether it’s cloud storage or cloud video or messaging.

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Sales Recruiting Cloud CTO Hire Sales Hiring 210

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. As we got more mature in the internet / cloud platform shifts most of the innovation we saw was “a better version of [older cloud company].” Business models changed an unlocked new vectors of scaling.

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Cloud AI Search Scale AI 157

SaaStr

MAY 21, 2019

Join Bessemer Venture Partners’ Byron Deeter and Kristina Shen as they take a look at trends and predictions for the cloud industry in 2019. This marks the company’s fifth annual in-depth look at the cloud computing industry. And guess were how many of them were private cloud unicorns? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

Cloud 202

Cloud Scale Finance Retention 202

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2020

Get back into experimentation mode with our business model, with our pricing, to really think about not just how we can shrink costs, but inflect growth on the top line so we could ultimately control our own destiny, which is in fact what we did. RingCentral is coming up on $30 billion market cap for doing cloud contact centers.

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