CloudGeometry

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

2020 left no doubt: the growth of cloud computing is firmly grounded in the SaaS business model. Investors like Bessemer have bet and made billions on the SaaS trajectory. Done right, multi-tenancy through tenant isolation delivers benefits to both you as a SaaS vendor and to your customers.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles. First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Second, there is no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture (the second principle is a corollary of the first).

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. So the first question is what made SaaS so successful. Customers love SaaS products and tools because it simply works. Why do developers love SaaS products?

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Panintelligence

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Panintelligence recognized as Rising Star Partner of the Year (ISV) – EMEA finalist, one of many AWS Partners around the globe that help customers drive innovation. Geo and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize a wide range of AWS Partners, whose business models have embraced specialization, innovation, and cooperation over the past year.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles. First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Second, there is no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture (the second principle is a corollary of the first). So why put it on our shortlist? More on that below.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2023

Whether you’re going from nothing to something or already scaling and thriving beyond $10-100M, healthy, sustainable growth in SaaS is on every founder’s mind. How much does culture matter in SaaS, and how do you build one that pays dividends? Ideas Are Cheap. It’s All About The Execution. How do you provide equity to early employees?

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Subscribe now ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) vs ERR (Experimental Runrate Revenue) ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) is one of the most popular SaaS (Non-GAAP) metrics. In it's truest form, ARR is used by pure SaaS business models to describe the aggregate annual value of the entire customer set.

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Frontegg

JUNE 17, 2021

As explained in the first part of this series, we clearly saw why Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is the way to go when it comes to establishing self-serving applications that can be scaled up and developed fast(er). Let’s learn more about how to get started with your SaaS journey. Related: Enterprise SaaS Architecture – The How.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. SaaS companies deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis, simplifying access and management for users. What are SaaS companies?

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Looking for SaaS pricing examples to get inspiration for your own strategy? In this piece, we’ll explore different pricing models and go over some brands that implemented these in real life. Here are some types of SaaS pricing strategies: 1. Why is a SaaS pricing strategy important? Basecamp’s SaaS pricing example.

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Clouded Judgement

MAY 31, 2024

And the promise of the software business model is as companies mature and go out of growth mode the profits will show up. The promise of SaaS is that growth in the early years leads to profits in the mature years. In theory, companies in ex-growth mode are starting to hit the outer bounds of their maturity curve.

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User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

There are many SaaS products , but knowing that, how do you choose the best? This article will look at the most successful SaaS companies, so you can decide if you want to invest in them for your business. TL;DR A SaaS product delivers software remotely, reducing the need for local installation, maintenance, and updates.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc as companies start building out AI). Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP as companies look for cloud GPUs who aren’t building out their own data centers) Infra (Data layer, orchestration, monitoring, ops, etc) Durable Applications We’ve clearly well underway of the first 3 layers monetizing.

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Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

In this post I’m going to share the most important lessons about growing a SaaS business that I learned at Buildium—collectively, these things had an awful lot to do with the company being valued so highly. I learned a million lessons about SaaS, about start-ups, and about life along the way.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is why we’re seeing more and more SaaS companies—Datadog, Twilio, AWS, Snowflake, and Stripe, to name a few—find success with product led growth paired with usage-based pricing. But growing with a usage-model is not as straightforward as traditional subscription SaaS. Then they tell their boss what to buy.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

What does this mean for B2B SaaS businesses? In our webinar, 2022 SaaS retention benchmarks , SaaS Capital Manager Director Rob Belcher shares the results from their 11th annual B2B SaaS benchmarking survey. It’s the largest survey of private SaaS companies in the world with over 1,500 responses.

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Benchmarks Retention Software Review Technical Review 98

Clouded Judgement

JULY 26, 2024

Open source is now on par with state of the art proprietary models. This will have important implications on the business models / profit margins of key model players. I asked ChatGPT how many price changes AWS has made to S3 since it’s inception in 2006, and the answer it gave me was 65. The Llama 3.1

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Cloud Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Software Review 144

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 3, 2014

Advertising-driven models, SaaS business models, consumer hardware and marketplaces are all represented in the earnings figures so far. But Amazon’s massive EPS miss has more to do with large scale capital investment in AWS than a lack of a profitable business or customer base.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 31, 2023

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. The promise of SaaS is that growth in the early years leads to profits in the mature years.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2019

It’s less expensive than it’s ever been in terms of actually getting a product to market, whether it’s leveraging platforms like Salesforce or GCP or AWS or Heroku. That’s commonplace especially within enterprise SaaS, now. There are plenty of companies that actually have that initial success.

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ProfitWell

MAY 15, 2020

The SaaS model continues to gain traction. If you haven’t transitioned to SaaS yet, I promise moving to a cloud-based computing system sounds more complicated than it actually is. There are many different cloud-based models for storing data, but this article is focused directly on SaaS. What is SaaS?

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The SaaS industry is growing fast, but if you want to be one of the companies contributing to that trend, you'll need to know the secrets of successful SaaS businesses. In this post, we'll lay out a SaaS growth blueprint. In this post, we'll lay out a SaaS growth blueprint. SaaS growth is looking strong.

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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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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

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Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Oddly, after 3 days packed with new connections, great talks, and a lot of wisdom, I feel like a similar trend is happening in SaaS too. The Golden Age of SaaS: From attention to value. When we’re talking about SaaS becoming more mature, it doesn’t mean the industry is past its prime. advertising). The simple LTV formula.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

You hear the terms SaaS, subscription, term licenses and perpetual license software tossed around frequently. 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. In addition, it affects cash flow.

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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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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

This philosophy applies to both low and high touch business models, where the vendor has to eliminate all potential usability problems that may arise. Also, no PLG strategy can work with traditional SaaS indicators. Stripe is soon becoming the default payment infrastructure for all things SaaS. Best For: Product Adoption.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Point Nine Land

JANUARY 30, 2019

How the AI wave could impact the B2B software industry in the next decade Last year I explained in a video, embedded below, that I believed the B2B software industry was entering a new stage: the SaaS wave was now in its deployment phase, and at the same time, the next big innovation wave, driven by AI, was in its installation phase.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Cloud marketplaces like AWS Marketplace, Azure Marketplace and Google Cloud Platform Marketplace are digital storefronts where companies can list their offerings for software buyers to find, purchase and provision software. . Marketplaces will enable creative and flexible new business models.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Advertising can’t save awful products. They’re experienced pros when it comes to promoting tech companies, whether they’re in SaaS, Ecommerce, Tech, or Transportation. KlientBoost has a unique business model that works well with low/entry budgets. Directive – Best for SAAS Companies.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

What does this mean for B2B SaaS businesses? In our webinar, 2022 SaaS retention benchmarks , SaaS Capital Manager Director Rob Belcher shares the results from their 11th annual B2B SaaS benchmarking survey. It’s the largest survey of private SaaS companies in the world with over 1,500 responses.

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Benchmarks Retention Software Review Technical Review 52

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Oddly, after 3 days packed with new connections, great talks, and a lot of wisdom, I feel like a similar trend is happening in SaaS too. The Golden Age of SaaS: From attention to value. When we’re talking about SaaS becoming more mature, it doesn’t mean the industry is past its prime. advertising). The simple LTV formula.

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Scale SaaS Automotive AWS 52

User Pilot

JULY 23, 2020

You’re signing up new users for your SaaS product every day. If “marketing” is only a matter of new customer acquisition for you, then you’re missing the point of being in SaaS. The overwhelming majority of SaaS business revenues come from renewals and upsells, as the diagram above shows. Congratulations!

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Retention SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 95

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Developer relations, or DevRel, is a critical element of any SaaS growth strategy. The Blockbuster/Netflix situation is one of the most frequently cited examples: A newcomer arrives on the scene with a better business model than the incumbent, and the incumbent doesn’t mimic the new model for fear of damaging their existing business.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Here are some notable examples: Cloud Computing Major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud offer pay-as-you-go pricing, enabling businesses to access computing resources based on their actual usage. This approach has transformed the way companies manage their IT infrastructure.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While inevitable and with multivariate causality, it speaks to the product’s maturity and business model. Related read: Freemium vs. Free Trial: How to Know Which One to Pick for Your SaaS Startup. Offering free usage is par for the course as a SaaS customer acquisition strategy.

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