Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

If you are looking for the right billing and invoicing solution for your business, Zuora and Chargebee should be at the top of your list. Do they support the payment platform you desire? Do any of them have what you want in a subscription management service? Zuora These two platforms are quite useful for billing and invoicing.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 15, 2024

There are various Cloud service models to choose from, like IaaS PaaS SaaS, and you may get confused while making a decision. Don’t worry; in this blog, we will help you know everything about the different cloud computing models like IaaS PaaS SaaS to decide which one will be best for your business. Therefore, keep reading!

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Dive Brief: Usage-based pricing has grown 32% this year and now 45% of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies use it all or in part, up from 34%, an OpenView survey shows. The survey is based on responses from 600 SaaS companies. It has tended to be used most in infrastructure platforms, like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Traditional pricing models, such as fixed subscriptions and one-time purchases, no longer align with the dynamic and ever-evolving nature of this sector. Subscription Billing The Evolution of Pricing Models in the Technology Industry The technology industry has undergone significant transformations in recent years.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Within the next 12 months, Adam Seligman, VP of Generative Builders at AWS, believes there will be an inversion of SaaS. That many of the standard assumptions and ways of doing SaaS will change a lot. He believes we’re rapidly approaching that new world where anyone can build a great SaaS product. What does that mean?

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

I also want to mention – I use this blog as somewhat of a personal journal. In the short term, enjoy the ride as the chase continues 😊 Kind of related to all of this - we now have seen the Q4’s from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

And it’s one of the three large cloud vendors that we all know: Microsoft, AWS, and Google. AWS’s marketplace has seen 1.5 million subscriptions transacted and Google’s marketplace has seen 3X growth in SaaS sales. Like I said, we run 100% of our platform on AWS, so the fit was great.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Moving from a traditional SaaS to a pure consumption model was a challenging but fun transition for MongoDB. Then, we moved to a more customer-friendly model with SaaS and subscription-based pricing. There are still some complexities around SaaS-based approaches.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 31, 2022

Did you catch our Customer Success and SaaS metrics crash-course webinar with leading SaaS expert Dave Kellogg, of Dave Kellogg Consulting ? We’d like to extend a huge thanks to Dave for his expert insights below, which will help you choose and use Customer Success and SaaS metrics in a more nuanced and purposeful way.

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Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

JUNE 3, 2017

When they talk about their websites, I find that marketing people fall into two groups: One group thinks their website is awful. For most B-to-B software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, vendors need to work with prospects through a long process with multiple steps. The other group is in the midst of re-doing it. I need to fix it.”

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 29, 2020

Here’s a common dilemma that all SaaS business owners face — should you pursue growth at all costs, or is it more important to make sure that your margins are healthy, and that you’re not losing money with each new customer that you bring on board? Benchmark the health of your SaaS company, and. Enter the Rule of 40!

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SaaStr

MAY 15, 2024

A lot of you reading SaaStr are probably more B2B SaaS oriented and may not be paying attention to the consumer market, but it’s already massive and is continuing to grow quickly. In this week’s Workshop Wednesday, RevenueCat CEO Jacob Eiting and Growth Advocate David Barnard share their annual State of Subscription Apps report with us.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

SaaS gross margins have been getting attention lately as investors dig into SaaS cost structures and revenue growth rates going into 2020. SaaS cost of revenue is comprised primarily of hosting and network costs, plus any professional services, implementation, training and other services. Source: OPEXEngine EdgarEngine 2019.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

All of those things in SaaS we know we’re super important, but when you throw a product led growth strategy on top of it, it just powers that mechanism even more. 35% versus 25% in SaaS. Many of our users begin their journey with Slack on our free subscription plan. SaaS, right? So, define it. Higher multiples.

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Chargify

JUNE 3, 2020

With the launch of Tesla’s Autopilot Full Self-Drive feature subscription service coming by the end of 2020, this could be the start of a shift in the way the automotive industry does business. Subscription based billing is not new to consumers, everyone from Spotify to Netflix to gyms have been using this model for a number of years.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher. . Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? This article shares three successful approaches B2B SaaS companies took to retain customers in the first wave. This is shocking.

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Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. How AWS Does It. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 15, 2019

Let's go ham and cheese on this day of subscription news and resources you won’t want to miss. He did this by first building an online audience and creating content through his blog, which then led to books. He also kept himself accountable by documenting his SaaS journey, step by step, which put him in contact with the right people.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2021

Many entrepreneurs have joined the bandwagon of SaaS industry, but they are yet to realize that SaaS growth model is quite different from traditional ones. A deep understanding of SaaS growth levers can take your business to the next level. SaaS is a growing industry. There are some 14 courses in SaaS on Udemy itself.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

An automatic subscription renewal charge for a subscription you’re no longer using or that you don't even remember signing up for. Even worse, you go to cancel your subscription, only to discover it's nearly impossible. What is a subscription renewal? Shipping the product to customers (for ecommerce subscriptions).

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions have revolutionized how businesses and enterprises interact with computing platforms. SaaS is broad in its range of applications, allowing users a lot of freedom and control over how they evaluate their software. But not every SaaS solution is created equivalent. And how can SaaS help?

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. 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? They love SaaS products.

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Chargify

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Over the last decade, recurring revenue has emerged as the preferred model for businesses moving beyond transactional commerce. While the first generation of recurring revenue was defined by simple subscriptions—think Netflix’s original “one-size-fits-all” $7.99 From Static Subscriptions To The Relationship Economy.

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How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Amazon SES is more suited for sending bulk transactional emails, but in this blog, I will suggest some leading Amazon SES alternatives for sending both transactional and promotional emails. Amazon also offers you the option to access the API using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) or the AWS Software Development Kit (SDK).

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Our mission is to build the world’s most powerful subscription analytics platform for the SaaS community. Building the leading subscriptions analytics platform means listening to our customers, and implementing changes to the product that bring them the most value. This year, we also migrated ChartMogul to AWS cloud.

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Sylvia Ng

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Saas experience is a major plus. Previous experience in a Saas company or role in product (for the sideprojects we work on). Work across the stack: mostly Python/Flask, PostgreSQL, JavaScript (React/JQuery/Backbone) and working with AWS. Ability to work in a fast paced, team environment. Background in UX.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

I’m going to skip by my life story, and how I grew up as a small child in India, and how the dusty streets influenced my take on unit economics, and SaaS subscription models. Let’s assume the probability of success for a SaaS company is roughly one percent, and that formula is true, given some definition of success, right?

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Churn is the enemy of subscription-based businesses; it measures the rate at which your hard-won customers cancel their subscription to your service. Making subscription renewals difficult with ineffective outreach, login pages or simply payment issues that go unnoticed. We can do better. “Focus on adoption.

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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. When I started thinking about this roundup of SaaStock 2019, I was worried about fitting so much into a single blog post. The Golden Age of SaaS: From attention to value. advertising).

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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. When I started thinking about this roundup of SaaStock 2019, I was worried about fitting so much into a single blog post. The Golden Age of SaaS: From attention to value. advertising).

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

I’m looking at it and I’m like, “Who’s got the Wall Street Journal subscription? Patrick Campbell’s got thousands of SaaS companies and pricing and issues. For us, it’s been, “Migrate things that you have on invoice over to card.” We can save companies $100,000 on their AWS bill.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most famous lines from Citizen Kane is, “It's no trick to make an awful lot of money, if that's all you want is to do is make a lot of money.” Choosing which revenue model works best for your SaaS business, though, is not easy (even if that's all you want to do is choose a revenue model for your SaaS business).

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Cassie spent the first pre-SaaS chapter of her tech career in growth roles in subscription and marketplace businesses (TheLadders.com, GLG). are just as critical as understanding the fundamental SaaS metrics such as LTV/CAC, payback, etc. Understanding how various decisions impact the company’s margin (e.g.

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Baremetrics

JUNE 22, 2020

The onboarding process is obviously make-or-break if you’re in SaaS. Meanwhile, it’s oft-cited that ~50% of SaaS users will log into an account and never return. 9 onboarding email templates that pull users into your product Below we’ve put together nine onboarding emails that are fair game for any SaaS company.

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