Stax

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Small businesses in America and worldwide have to choose from a wide variety of accounting software solutions, and this range of choices can be overwhelming. Research shows that 64% of small businesses use accounting software and the market for accounting software solutions is projected to be worth $4.3billion by 2023. Quicken Inc.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

By BluLogix Team The Role of Invoice Forecasting in Financial Planning Introduction Predicting revenue accurately is a game-changer for businesses of all sizes. Invoice forecasting is not just a financial functionits a strategic tool that helps companies optimize cash flow, improve budgeting, and reduce financial risk.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Owner.com has distinguished itself by consolidating dozens of point solutions into a single, integrated platform that helps small business owners compete effectively online. Her company specializes in API integration platforms that enable SaaS companies to launch integrations faster and automate complex business processes.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 3, 2025

By Inga Broerman Preparing for Regulatory Changes in Subscription Management The subscription economy is thriving, with businesses worldwide adopting models that offer flexibility, scalability, and recurring revenue streams. impose strict requirements on how businesses handle customer data.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By BluLogix Team Navigating Complex Pricing Models in the Subscription Economy Introduction In the subscription economy, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) must adapt to increasingly complex pricing models to meet the evolving needs of their customers. Gone are the days of simple, one-size-fits-all pricing.

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USIO

MARCH 7, 2025

Integrated payment solutions offer a streamlined approach, helping businesses cut costs while boosting revenue. By embedding payment capabilities directly into existing business systems, companies can eliminate redundancies, improve cash flow, and create a smoother experience for customers and partners alike.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, these tools often fall short of providing the accuracy that modern businesses need to thrive. This is where the concept of real invoice calculation comes in, fundamentally changing the way organizations approach revenue projection. Schedule a Demo Today What is Real Invoice Calculation?

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Inga Broerman How Usage-Based Pricing is Transforming Subscription Billing The subscription economy is undergoing a transformation, driven by the rising popularity of usage-based pricing. The days of flat-rate subscriptions being the default option are gone. Your ERP cannot bill usage subscriptions.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

By Kegham Khrigian The New Standard for Subscription Renewals: Intelligent, Automated, and Scalable For subscription businesses, renewals are the foundation of predictable revenue and long-term growth. Subscription models thrive on automation, accuracy, and data-driven decision-making and renewals should be no different.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Inga Broerman How Industry Consolidation is Reshaping Subscription Billing The subscription economy is on a path of rapid growth and transformation, projected to reach a $3 trillion valuation in 2024. For smaller and mid-sized businesses, this consolidation presents both challenges and opportunities.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2025

By Inga Broerman The 2025 Blueprint for Scalable Growth in the Subscription Economy The subscription economy is entering a pivotal year. Trends like usage-based pricing , complex provisioning , industry consolidation , and evolving regulatory landscapes are reshaping how businesses operate and thrive.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By Inga Broerman The Renewal Blind Spot: Where Subscription Businesses Lose the Most Revenue Renewals should be a source of predictable, recurring revenue yet for many subscription businesses, they are a pain point filled with inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and revenue leakage. The result?

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Subscription Flow

MAY 16, 2024

A few important reasons why businesses flocked to CardPointe was because it simplified the payment process for their end consumer, it seamlessly integrated with other systems like accounting software, and offered solid security to the businesses to protect their end consumer’s payment details. What is CardPointe?

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 21, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Top 10 EV / NTM Revenue Multiples Top 10 Weekly Share Price Movement Update on Multiples SaaS businesses are generally valued on a multiple of their revenue - in most cases the projected revenue for the next 12 months. Subscribe now M&A is Back!

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 27, 2024

By Inga Broerman Overcoming Revenue Leakage with Smarter Billing Practices Revenue leakage is one of the most insidious challenges subscription-based businesses face. In todays competitive subscription economy, addressing revenue leakage isnt optionalits critical for sustaining profitability and building trust with customers.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2023

They wanted to quantify this trend of a longer sales cycle, so they commissioned a study of 500 revenue leaders in the U.S. Offering flexible payment terms increases the likelihood of closing the deal. How can you justify flexible payment terms to your internal stakeholders? to find out what was going on.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. It might also boost sales forecasting accuracy by using your enterprise’s historical transaction data to predict future trends more reliably. Follow along to stay up to date! Revenue multiples are a shorthand valuation framework.

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Blulogix

MARCH 27, 2025

With businesses adopting diverse pricing modelsranging from subscriptions to usage-based billinglegacy systems often struggle to keep up. These challenges result in: Billing Errors Manual processes increase the risk of incorrect invoices, leading to customer disputes and revenue loss.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 7, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. We’ll see how these consensus estimates trend over the year, but the initial guides out of the gate do not inspire confidence that 2025 will be a year of out performance. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. It shows the number of months it takes for a SaaS business to payback their fully burdened CAC on a gross profit basis. Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Seeing a real demand for business courses in their consumer marketplace, the team identified an opening in the market to disrupt corporate training and hypothesized that employers would be more than willing to pay. Today Udemy for Business boasts 80% of the Fortune 100 – the top 100 largest US companies by revenue – as customers.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 7, 2025

By Inga Broerman Why Billing Automation is the Foundation of Scalable Growth In the dynamic world of the subscription economy , businesses face increasing competition and mounting customer expectations. Schedule a Demo Today The Challenge of Scalability in Subscription Management Scaling a subscription business is inherently complex.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 31, 2024

By Inga Broerman Scaling with Usage-Based Models: A Practical Guide to Metering The rise of usage-based pricing is revolutionizing the subscription economy. For businesses, these models present tremendous growth opportunities, but they also introduce operational challenges that require precision, agility, and advanced technology.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 28, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Any disruption of service at this facility could harm our business… We currently intend to add a second data center facility in 2008, the primary purpose of which is to add capacity. Follow along to stay up to date!

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

“Pendo for Startups” gives companies access to the product usage data that today’s investors consider alongside business metrics as they vet deals, as well as sentiment and guidance tools to improve product usage and adoption. Blissfully unveiled their SaaS Trends 2020 report, hitting on a few highlights in the virtual presentation.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

By Inga Broerman Building a Competitive Edge Through Channel Partnerships In an increasingly competitive subscription economy, channel partnerships have become a beacon for businesses seeking scalable growth and sustainable revenue streams.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 14, 2025

But for many SaaS businesses, legacy ERP systems create significant obstacles. If your business is still relying on an ERP to manage revenue operations, you may already feel the strain. This leads to delayed invoices, inaccurate charges, and customer disputes. ERP systems lack the flexibility to support these adjustments.

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Stax

JULY 9, 2024

It’s no question that the world has been digitally transformed — both in business and in life. Physical wallets are phasing out, left behind in favor of digital wallets and other digital payment options. The adoption of digital payment systems in the US has grown, with 78% of consumers using at least one type by the end of 2020.

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Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Like most business owners, your instincts tell you to hop on the bandwagon and launch an online store for your business. But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. of retail sales in 2025, amounting to $6.862 trillion.

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Blulogix

MARCH 12, 2025

By BluLogix Team The Future of Monetization: Why Usage-Based Billing is the Key to Scalable Growth Introduction Introduction Subscription models have dominated the digital economy for years, but in 2025, usage-based billing is emerging as the smarter, more scalable approach. Automate Billing & Invoicing to prevent revenue loss.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

By BluLogix Team How Intelligent Revenue Management Transforms Business Growth Introduction Revenue management has evolved far beyond simple invoicing and billing. Businesses that fail to adopt intelligent revenue management solutions risk revenue leakage, inaccurate forecasting, compliance risks, and operational inefficiencies.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. It shows the number of months it takes for a SaaS business to payback their fully burdened CAC on a gross profit basis. Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. YoY and 0.4%

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 23, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now MongoDB Atlas Consumption Trends I loved this chart from Mongo’s investor day. I posted a longer recap that you can find here , but wanted to highlight a few trends around growth, net retention, sales efficiency and FCF margins.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 11, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The weakness they called out was from larger cloud-native businesses. However, they called out strength when looking at new business (ie net new customer signups). The broadly was a reversal from the trend in Q1.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

They want a slick site that does more, from eCommerce to payments to marketing and more. Wix has benefitted from those trends, not just crossing $1B in ARR, but growing a very impressive 29% year-over-year at $1B in ARR! That’s the power of recurring revenue. But much lower in Payments. And SMBs are back in SaaS.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2021

There’s a trend in pitch decks and startup pitches I’ve been watching - the commingling of metrics definitions, especially ARR. Everyone reports ARR today, even in transactional businesses and market place businesses, and for good reason. Then, consumer subscription businesses began pitching using ARR.

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