SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Nvidia, Google Cloud, Azure, etc. 1% Dilution Many faster growing public SaaS and Cloud companies aim for 2% a year dilution or less from employee grants, down from the 10%+ common at start-ups. But how about 2026+? We’ll see. Salesforce Growth: FY26 $40.9B (guidance) FY25 $37.9B That’s a material drop. #4.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 28, 2022

o this was an interesting week in terms of reading the tea leaves on what’s going on in SaaS, Cloud, the economy, and all that. The Cloud infra side grew nicely, but growth did slow. Second, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud all grew nicely, and are still growing like a weed — but the growth rate slowed.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

So we’ve had a lot of fun in our 5 Interesting Learnings profiling the top SaaS and Cloud companies at scale, from Slack to Zoom, from Shopify to Datadog, from Box to DropBox. But are AWS, Azure and Google Cloud just too big for us to learn from? Google Cloud sees it hitting $760B+ in 2025. million customers.

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) are always some of the first companies to report earnings during earnings season (coming up in 2 weeks), and there’s always a read through for consumption names (meaning people believe there’s a correlation).

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A year ago, AWS, GCP, & Azure averaged 44% annual growth. Google: [We] are pushing Google Cloud to Profitability. One surprising nuance from the Google call: Revenue growth in GCP was again greater than Google Cloud, reflecting strength in both infrastructure and platform services. Growth will continue to slow this year.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Cloud Giants Report Q4 ‘24 We now have the quarterly reports from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. They each have some of the largest cloud businesses in the world in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud respectively.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 19, 2024

Q1 earnings season for cloud businesses is now behind us. These charts clearly show the ZIRP pull forward, the ensuing cloud cost optimizations, and then the recovery. It’s worth pointing out that Azure is a bit above the long term trendline, while AWS is still below (but accelerating up).

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Aiven provides managed open source data technologies on all major clouds. Meanwhile, we do what we do best; manage cloud data infrastructure. The post Thanks to Unit, Everstage, Aiven, Zip, and Mission Cloud for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2022! With Aiven, developers can do what they do best: create applications.

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SaaStr

JULY 27, 2022

But fast forward to today, and Microsoft truly is a Cloud and SaaS company, with Azure and LinkedIn its fastest growing business units! Azure and other cloud services grew a record 40% and the total Microsoft Cloud grew to a $90 Billion run-rate. Microsoft Cloud gross margins remain high at 70%. And does.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 26, 2022

Microsoft Azure. Google Cloud Platform. Microsoft Azure grew 40% y/y, tying the fastest quarterly growth rate in the past 5 quarters. That suggests the cloud market is quite strong. Here are some hypotheses: Google may have greater customer concentration in GCP than Azure. Amazon Web Services.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Microsoft Azure. Google Cloud Platform. Meanwhile, Azure has declined in a more steady cadence. This week Microsoft, Google/ Alphabet, & Amazon reported their third quarter figures. Amazon Web Services. The meaningful decline in growth rates started four quarters ago is hard to ignore. Public software multiples - 4.9x

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

And broader Cloud players had great years too, from MongoDB to Cloudflare to Azure, if not quite as crazy as at the peak of 2021. And Gartner still predicts overall Cloud spend will grow to record rates in 2024. But at some point, perhaps, Cloud spend will be so saturated, it just has to slow.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 31, 2024

So is it a downturn in SaaS or Cloud — or not? There are so many mixed signals: Unicorn product is up 2x over last year, but layoffs continue AI spend is fast and furious, with Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, etc. seeing record acceleration in growth.

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2020

Yet, the Cloud is on fire during Work-and-Do-Everything-Possible-from-Home. Zoom is growing at rates we’ve never seen before in SaaS and Cloud. And Morgan Stanley has predicted Cloud penetration will be pulled forward 5+ years or more. And yet … the Cloud and the overall economy can’t be disconnected forever.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Jessica Alexander, Senior Director Cloud Technology & OEM Partnerships, Crowdstrike. So for the audience, cloud giants are turbocharging startup sales, and the predominant reason for this is because they’re fundamentally changing IT budgets at the customers that we’re all selling to. Rico Mallozzi, Sr.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

AI companies] have a real use case for the cloud which is somewhat different than what we see from some other companies. I’m adding Cloudflare to the list of tracked companies for this series.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 28, 2022

AWS’s growth rate is the slowest of the three largest public infrastructure clouds. Results from these clouds suggest the market isn’t as soft as the 30% estimate - at least not yet. With about 39% market share, AWS reigns supreme as the largest provider. GCP reported 37% growth & Microsoft 40%. Q/Q Growth Rate Change.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Again, epic growth but a material slowing from what AWS cited as “economic headwinds” Still — Google Cloud didn’t see a slowing of growth, and Azure’s growth rate barely budged. So real impact from headwinds at the Cloud leaders, but they are still growing at jaw-dropping rates, if not as fast as before.

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SaaStr

JULY 27, 2019

What did the 100,000+ subscribers to SaaStr’s Cloud Daily find most interesting in the Cloud this week? 2: LinkedIn is Migrating to Microsoft Azure. 3: Microsoft Invests $1 BIllion in OpenAI to Develop AI Technologies on Azure. The Cloud Wars continue to heat up. Cloud is Huge. Let’s find out!

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. You can see some quotes from Azure / AWS in my Q2 recap , and pasted below. After the cloud giants reported this week, the timing of the presumed re-acceleration is very much in question. On Tuesday, Azure and Google spooked the market.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

SaaS and Cloud growth overall will remain strong. Shopify , Datadog, Crowdstrike , Google Cloud-Azure-AWS, Snowflake , etc. But also focus on the prize at the same time — record Cloud spend. But many will find 2024, those stretches have stretched as far as they can. That’s what this Pilot data also reflects.

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SaaStr

APRIL 8, 2020

In 2015, Microsoft wanted to help accelerate its SaaS / Cloud strategy and made a bunch of bets. Once Office 365, Azure, etc. took off, and Microsoft’s Cloud strategy became clear … a new task manager wasn’t important enough. Once Office 365, Azure, etc. They didn’t all have to work out. But the bet just didn’t pan out.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q4 ‘23 Two quotes from the Amazon and Microsoft earnings call really stood out to me this week. Sometimes they’re classic cloud migrations. Follow along to stay up to date!

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SaaStr

MAY 2, 2023

So there’s no doubt things are a bit harder for everyone in SaaS and Cloud right now. A few of us are seeing no macro impacts, but probably the biggest tell are Cloud platform giants — AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. The Cloud is still growing. All are still growing at very strong rates.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 25, 2023

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) & Microsoft Azure had strong quarters with about 28% annual revenue growth each. The total customer count for Azure’s OpenAI has grown dramatically. In Azure, we expect revenue growth to be 26% to 27% in constant currency, including roughly 1 point from AI services.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If you’re selling cloud infrastructure, for the most part, growth may be down a smidge but is still strong, e.g., MongoDB. Growth in public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, etc.) And budget does clearly seem to be going to incumbents over new vendors. But it’s not that simple.

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SaaStr

MAY 16, 2024

And AI is obviously on fire, pulling up AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, etc. SaaS outside of classic “B2B’ is often holding up well. Klaviyo, Toast, etc. just had very strong quarters. More B2B2C there. Security remains on fire overall as well. But classic B2B SaaS is definitely in many cases seeing tougher times.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 23, 2023

We saw moderated consumption growth in Azure and lower-than-expected growth [elsewhere]. Segment Expected Growth Productivity 12% Office Commercial 6% Office On-Premise -25% LinkedIn 5% Dynamics 13% Intelligent Cloud 18% Azure 26% Server -3% Services -3% 2. At some point, the optimizations will end.

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Clouded Judgement

MAY 3, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q1 + Early Look at Software Results Q1 earnings seasons has officially kicked off! We now have results from the three hypersclaers (AWS / Azure / GCP). Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment

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SaaStr

MARCH 9, 2022

So DigitalOcean is the quiet Cloud platform that keeps on growing. Focusing on smaller developers, in some ways it’s been a bit overshadowed by AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. DigitialOcean doesn’t want to take AWS, Azure and Google on in the enterprise and doesn’t really try. That’s impressive.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 2, 2024

So the growth rates of Cloud infrastructure leaders have been all over the place. Billion in ARR GitLab is growing 30% at $730m ARR Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud are on fire, fueled by AI But others are seeing more headwinds due to downturns in the “B2B2B” segment of tech. Cloudflare is growing 30% at $1.6

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2024

But it’s become so central to Cloud the past years, and both LinkedIn and GitHub (which Microsoft acquired) are at the pulse and heart of B2B and B2D, respectively. Just about everything in Cloud, SaaS and AI is firing on all cylinders at Microsoft: Azure and Cloud up +30% (!) Overall Cloud up +22% (!)

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

And while AWS’s growth is down a bit, it’s still at epic levels, Azure isn’t even really down, and Google Cloud is growing faster than ever. Cloud stocks are down 50%, and multiples are down 75%, from their peaks. And yet … the stock markets have plummeted.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 25, 2023

At last, we see a change in slope in the annual growth rates of the cloud services. Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next. The cloud migration is about halfway as percentage of GDP. The desire for AI is broad. The acceleration is really quite broad.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

An amazing exit at the time, but one that happened as Siebel was clearly losing to the Cloud transition that Salesforce came to own. Many Cloud leaders took an initial hit from Covid, but C3 had a tough 2020 overall. He founded Siebel, the dominant CRM before Salesforce, and sold it for billions to Oracle. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 25, 2023

Microsoft also reported strong growth overall and for Azure and Cloud especially. What a visceral comparison to Salesforce, which has seen a dramatic slowdown in enterprise growth. But ServiceNow? None really. Not for now, at least. The impacts of today’s shifts in the economy are … well, they’re uneven.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Look no further than the massive companies pushing the public & the private market forward: Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon, Azure, Google Cloud. Cloud databases generated $39b in spend , about half of all database revenue. On October 25th, I’ll share my 10 predictions for data in 2023 at The Impact Data Summit.

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