SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2023

Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc.

Payment Features 246

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 246

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Metrics are the key to evaluating success and setting goals, but not every SaaS business should orient itself around the same one-size-fits-all numbers. The Evolution of Language For SaaS Business. This flexible mindset creates just the right conditions for embracing evolving business models and new metrics.

Metrics 272

Metrics Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Technical Review 272

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The current public market environment might look like a great SaaS crash for many people. As things appear to slow, how do we get back to the fundamentals, find the things that are great about SaaS that are measurable, and help people see the value in your business? It captures the predictability of SaaS revenue and built-in growth.

Metrics 261

Metrics Marketing SaaS SMB 261

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2024 is coming to a close, and it has been a terrific year for SaaS businesses as the industry has witnessed quite a favorable growth. For SaaS companies, accounting becomes one of the most crucial processes to understand their financial and overall business health, and then make informed decisions about future steps.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features 52

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 21, 2025

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. The promise of SaaS is that growth in the early years leads to profits in the mature years. Top 5 Median: 18.4x

Cloud 188

Cloud Pricing Subscription Payment Features 188

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2021

UiPath is one of the most amazing not-really-an-overnight success stories in Cloud, SaaS and software. One of the fastest-growing SaaS companies ever. Is it really SaaS? But since the effective NRR is still 145%, ARR-style metrics still work. Even if a lot of the revenue isn’t truly recurring SaaS revenue.

Outsourcing Services 362

Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Payment Features Cloud 362

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. If you don’t have the time to watch the whole session, here are the main metrics you should be mindful of. Why do developers love SaaS products?

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more. That is why most modern SaaS and subscription-based businesses have transitioned to using a good billing software, reducing their workload by a great deal.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Features SaaS Payments 59

FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

Most billing and subscription management solutions let you: Build various trial and subscription models (e.g., free or paid trial and usage-based or fixed price subscriptions). Manage active subscriptions (e.g., Send invoices and/or payment notifications. You can also: Create trials of any length.

Payment Services 142

Payment Services Payment Features Merchant Services Payments 142

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

Debt for SaaS companies done right is a gift. Few folks have more data than Nathan Latka and he offers up some insights on how to properly leverage up in SaaS. Geoffrey Moore calls this group the Late Majority and the Laggards in his book Crossing the Chasm , a secret bible for many SaaS CEO’s. . — ed.

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital Technical Review Scale SaaS 297

SaaStr

APRIL 8, 2020

ChartMogul’s Free-Forever Launch Plan for SaaS Businesses. Click here for ChartMogul’s free-forever launch plan that will give SaaS businesses access to the world’s first subscription data platform so they can analyze and improve key metrics like MRR, churn and LTV. Where can I find the deal?

Machine Learning 304

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence SaaS Consulting 304

FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Different monthly recurring billing solutions will cover different areas, so you’ll want to make sure the one you choose has all the features you need (or at least easily integrates with other software). FastSpring: All-in-One Billing Solution for SaaS. Chargebee: Supports Complex Subscription Management. Table of Contents.

Payment Solutions 146

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods Software Review 146

FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. Payment processing: These solutions gather payment details and facilitate the transaction between two parties. FastSpring: Your MoR for All-in-One SaaS Billing.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 147

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 28, 2025

Data from Stripe (below) shows the speed at which AI native companies are growing compared to SaaS companies. The bar to hitting escape velocity went up (in SaaS companies vs their on prem counterparts). So you can’t apply the same pattern match to AI company scaling that existed in SaaS company scaling.

AI 184

AI Cloud Scale Scaling 184

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Given most software companies are not profitable, or not generating meaningful FCF, it’s the only metric to compare the entire industry against. Given most software companies are not profitable, or not generating meaningful FCF, it’s the only metric to compare the entire industry against. Top 5 Median: 18.4x

Cloud 144

Cloud Banking Payment Features Subscription 144

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

SaaS pricing isn’t static – it’s a living strategy that grows with your company. From your first paying customers to enterprise domination, here’s how successful SaaS companies level up their pricing game to maximize growth and profitability at every turn.

Pricing 112

Pricing Scale SaaS Technical Review 112

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

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. The promise of SaaS is that growth in the early years leads to profits in the mature years. Top 5 Median: 19.9x

Enterprise 157

Enterprise AI Cloud Artificial Intelligence 157

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Letting FastSpring handle the subscription infrastructure. So that gets complex.

Payments 158

Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

What data and metrics do you need to convince SaaS investors you’re in good shape and aligned with what they care about? These metrics are more targeted to those preparing for a Series A or B round and could make the difference between an excited-to-invest-in-you investor and a pass. They’re looking for excellent retention.

Metrics 184

Metrics Sales Hiring Retention Churn 184

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2024

Metrics, Metrics, Metrics The first thing Secureframe thinks about is metrics. If you don’t know your key company or North Star metrics, talk to your investors or other experts to figure out what they should be. So they can take action on the metrics in real time if they’re going in a direction they don’t like.

Sales Recruiting 299

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Engineering 299

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 7, 2025

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

Cloud 157

Cloud Forecasting Payment Features Subscription 157

SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Churn increase due to greater scrutiny of costs Contract values declining More stakeholders involved in decision-making Capchase combined the study with their data set of thousands of SaaS companies and looked at what the best companies do to overcome these hurdles. 2: Offer Flexible Payment Terms This is another debate going on in SaaS.

SaaS Payments 282

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Features 282

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The issue is that most SaaS start-ups are terrible at collecting cash that doesn’t come from a payment gateway. – metrics that break and don't make sense. Both of which require … invoicing. The invoice is sent out, and … the start-ups just … wait. And often after. Just terrible.

Sales Hiring 267

Sales Hiring Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 267

User Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

What is a SaaS marketing funnel, and how do you create one for your business? TL;DR A SaaS marketing funnel outlines the steps users take from their initial awareness of your product to becoming loyal users. SaaS sales funnel metrics focus on short-term results, while marketing efforts play a longer-term game.

SaaS Payments 103

SaaS Payments Metrics Scale Marketing 103

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Given most software companies are not profitable, or not generating meaningful FCF, it’s the only metric to compare the entire industry against. Given most software companies are not profitable, or not generating meaningful FCF, it’s the only metric to compare the entire industry against. consensus) and 0.5% YoY and 0.4%

Cloud 144

Cloud Software Subscription Payment Features 144

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: The Average SaaS Leader Grows 54% … At $1 Billion in ARR. Why NRR is Probably The Wrong Core Metric for Your Customer Success Team. When to Go Multi-Product in SaaS. The Only 2 Things That Really Motivate a Salesteam.

Scale 284

Scale Engineering Payment Features Sales 284

Kellblog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Just a quick post to share my slides from today’s presentation at SaaS Metrics Palooza 2024 , entitled The Impact of AI on SaaS Metrics. In the future, we’re going to read invoices , instead. And the metrics won’t mean quite the same thing as they once did. Thanks for coming!

Metrics 94

Metrics AI SaaS Payment Features 94

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 19, 2024

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. My hope is that this analysis can provide startup entrepreneurs with a framework for how to manage their businesses around SaaS metrics (e.g., This metric is more self-explanatory, so I won’t go into detail.

Cloud 318

Cloud GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Software Azure 318

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.

Sales Hiring 233

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Features Marketplace as a Service 233

SaaStr

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s talk about Vimeo and what it’s really like to make a large public SaaS company profitable in a short amount of time. They also have a media segment, a separate business supporting creators who want to do subscription-based video monetization. The two of them together own their metrics, and on free, it’s 100% MAU.

AI Search 273

AI Search SaaS Advertising Sales Hiring 273

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 11, 2024

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. The promise of SaaS is that growth in the early years leads to profits in the mature years. Top 5 Median: 17.3x

Cloud 167

Cloud Cost optimization & reporting GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Software Review 167

FastSpring

APRIL 23, 2024

Depending on your needs, sellers may run into a number of potential limitations with the Paddle platform: Paddle doesn’t accept as many alternative payment methods as other MoR partners. The subscription management system doesn’t support multi-product transactions. Digital invoices. Subscription and recurring payment collection.

Payment Methods 142

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 142

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Chargebee is a robust subscription management platform. However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. Zoho Subscriptions. Remitting taxes at the end of the year.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 148

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2024

But now a second SaaS security leader has filed to IPO, Rubrik. They’re still transitioning from onprem / appliciance model to cloud, which makes some of the metrics a touch confusing. Is this the new bar to IPO in SaaS? For me, Net New Customer Count has become the metric I obsess the most about at scale.

Scale 298

Scale Pricing Scaling Cloud 298

TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

What are your key Startup Metrics ? eCommerce Does your startup run on a subscription model? How many kinds of subscriptions do you support? What are the rules for subscriptions? Analytics/Metrics What key startup metrics will you need to track? How will you be taking this to market? Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)?

Innovation 780

Innovation Development CTO Hire Technical Review 780

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

The SaaS industry has seen explosive growth in the past decadeand this is expected to continue this year. Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Customer lifetime value. Customer acquisition cost.

Scale 117

Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

BetterCloud

JANUARY 3, 2025

SaaS has revolutionized how we work, but let’s be honest, managing all those subscriptions can feel like juggling flaming torches. You’re dealing with contracts, security concerns, and costs that seem to spiral out of control. This blog is your guide to conquering SaaS chaos. It’s about sanity.

Management 52

Management SaaS compliance Benchmarks 52