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. Subscription management platforms simplify this process by capturing and storing consent records.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription Management compliance 52

Stax

MAY 20, 2024

The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once. In the case of SaaS subscriptions, this could take several months—or even years.

Payment Features 167

Payment Features Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 167

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By Inga Broerman How High-Performing Subscription Businesses Maximize NRR For subscription-based businesses, Net Revenue Retention (NRR) is the ultimate measure of growth and sustainability. High-performing subscription businesses use NRR as a growth engine , ensuring that renewals and expansions outpace any losses from churn.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

You might be surprised to know that SaaS companies can learn a lot from their consumer subscription counterparts. 4: High-end sales teams Increasingly, SaaS organizations leverage inside sales teams, since selling subscriptions is easier and less of a commitment than selling enterprise software. 3: Make onboarding seamless.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Features Subscription B2B 52

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.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

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.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription Pricing Artificial Intelligence 52

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. Prioritize Integration: Ensure your billing systems are seamlessly connected to your CRM, ERP, and subscription management tools.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payments Subscription Payment Solutions 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 8, 2025

As Checkr follows usage-based pricing, it’s a transactional business that needs to be managed differently than a typical subscription SaaS model since they only earn revenue when the customer is using the product.

Revenue 299

Revenue Scale Sales Hiring Compensation 299

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. To succeed, subscription-based organizations must embrace smarter, more integrated approaches to billing, management, and strategy.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription AI Search compliance 52

Blulogix

MARCH 13, 2025

By BluLogix Team Subscription Billing vs. Usage-Based Billing: Which Model Wins in 2025? Introduction Introduction Subscription billing has been the backbone of SaaS, telecom, and cloud services for years, but consumption billing is quickly gaining traction. Businesses can forecast cash flow and plan budgets with ease.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription B2B Forecasting 59

Blulogix

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By BluLogix Team The Rise of the Subscription Economy for IT Service Providers Introduction The subscription economy is reshaping how businesses across all industries operate , and IT Service Providers (ITSPs) are no exception. Increased Customer Loyalty Subscription-based services also help build stronger customer relationships.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Outsourced Development Pricing 59

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If a business wants to shift to an entirely new model, such as it wants to move from a traditional model to a subscription based one, it needs to migrate to a new billing system. A system which supports recurring subscriptions, and advanced pricing strategies. The subscription plans must be transferred to the new software as they are.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

RevenueCat is the dominant solution to manage subscriptions in the mobile world. mobile apps with a subscription use their API/SDK, and they have a massive data set. But many of the largest SaaS and B2B vendors, from Notion to other leaders, use RevenueCat as well to manage mobile subscriptions. Over 30% of U.S.

B2C 310

B2C Mobile B2B Payment Features 310

Blulogix

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Automate Proration and Usage-Based Adjustments : One common challenge for UCaaS companies is managing proration and changes to subscription levels mid-cycle. By delivering transparent billing information, you can reduce customer disputes, enhance satisfaction, and improve retention.

Pricing 110

Pricing B2B Payment Features Subscription 110

Blulogix

MARCH 18, 2025

By BluLogix Team The Hidden Costs of Traditional Subscription Billing (And How Usage-Based Models Solve Them Introduction While subscription billing offers predictable revenue, it also introduces inefficiencies that can cost businesses millions. Many customers cancel subscriptions because they dont see the value.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription AI Search Customer Lifetime Value 52

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?

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 59

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Companies need to: Ensure secure data handling Maintain clean data for model training Integrate effectively across multiple systems Enable real-time data access where needed Evolution of Business Models The integration of AI is driving changes in how vertical software companies approach pricing and business models: Pricing Strategies Traditional subscription-based (..)

AI 222

AI Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Systems Review 222

SaaStr

DECEMBER 25, 2022

RevenueCat (where I was lucky enough to be the first investor) automates subscription management for mobile apps. It recently published its annual review of data from the 10,000+ mobile apps it powers subscription management for and I learned a few interesting things: Longer Trials Are Better.

Mobile 331

Mobile Payment Features Subscription Data 331

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 7, 2025

Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. Net new ARR is simply the ARR of the current quarter, minus the ARR of the previous quarter.

Cloud 157

Cloud Forecasting Payment Features Subscription 157

SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2024

RevenueCat is the market leader for managing mobile subscription apps, with over 30% of U.S.-based based mobile subscription apps using their SDK and API to manage mobile subsriptions. We led the U.S. seed in Algolia, and were the first VC investor in Talkdesk! #2. RevenueCat Launches First App Growth Conference, Sep 25th at Shack 15!

Cloud 305

Cloud AI Generative AI CTO 305

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. Net new ARR is simply the ARR of the current quarter, minus the ARR of the previous quarter.

Cloud 144

Cloud Banking Payment Features Subscription 144

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

You pay a subscription for websites to help you sell stuff. Fast forward to day, Merchant Solutions is a much larger share of revenue than software subscriptions. And yes, it’s a software company. Does this all count as “ARR”?

Merchant Services 360

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 360

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2021

Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. Rather, it charges for software subscriptions to take payments on its websites. 70% annual, 30% monthly subscriptions. Squarespace has rapidly expanded into ecommerce, with $3.9 Billion in GMV processed, up a stunning 91% from 2019.

Payment Methods 338

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 338

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

We did a recent Workshop Wednesday with the CEO of RevenueCat, which manages the mobile subscriptions for over 10,000 paying mobile apps — 30% of all U.S. mobile subscriptions. That’s a lot of apps.

B2C 288

B2C Mobile B2B Payment Features 288

FastSpring

JANUARY 28, 2025

Are you a Digital River customer in emergency need of a new payment and subscription provider ASAP? FastSpring has already helped many Digital River customers make the switch , and if youre looking for a new merchant of record to help your digital business with payments and subscriptions, were here to help you, too.

Merchant Services 108

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 108

SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2022

Maxio provides subscription and revenue management solutions that help growing subscription businesses offer flexible pricing and packaging—without the financial headaches. With our platforms, SaaS companies can manage any subscription model, calculate revenue, and generate custom reports that investors love.

Cybersecurity 274

Cybersecurity Scale compliance Payment Features 274

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 21, 2025

Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. Net new ARR is simply the ARR of the current quarter, minus the ARR of the previous quarter.

Cloud 144

Cloud Pricing Payment Features Subscription 144

SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2022

Subscriptions and services are growing 72% at a $3B run-rate. So while just under 20% of Square/Block’s revenue, subscriptions are growing the fastest and the highest margin. Square is at 57% margins blended between transaction revenue and subscription/services: There’s a lot going on at Square / Block.

Payments 306

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Revenue 306

Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Epidemic Sound Source: Epidemic Sound Licensing: Royalty-free Pricing: Subscriptions start at $17.99/month. Epidemic Sound Source: Epidemic Sound Licensing: Royalty-free Pricing: Subscriptions start at $17.99/month. Annual subscriptions offer significant savings. Significant savings are available for an annual subscription.

Payments 21

Payments Social Media Payment Features Payment Methods 21

SaaStr

AUGUST 30, 2021

62% of revenue from annual subscriptions. A reminder that, like Zoom , you don’t have to force annual subscriptions. But it’s just the start. Freshworks quintupled its customer base from 2015 to 2021. And a few bonus learnings: #6. 62% annual is up from 54% in 2019, so a big push there.

Scale 361

Scale SMB Scaling Payment Features 361