Blulogix

MARCH 24, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Overcoming Customer Success Complexities Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions. Recurring & Usage Billing Navigating the Maze of Customer Success: 1.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2024

y/y, estimated sales efficiency is 0.11, & contribution margins are negative : Rubrik sells $1 of subscription software for $0.88. It’s a strategic imperative to metamorphose from an on-premises perpetual-license company to a subscription-software company as fast as possible. But overall revenue is growing 4.5%

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The essence of the Subscription Economy lies in its ability to forge lasting relationships between businesses and consumers, transcending traditional transactional models. For instance, subscription businesses observe customer retention rates, customer acquisition, and whatnot.

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Blulogix

MARCH 20, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Understanding the Renewal Process in B2B Subscriptions In the competitive landscape of B2B subscriptions, the renewal process is a critical moment of truth.

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Blulogix

MARCH 15, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Achieving End-to-End Automation In the competitive arena of B2B subscription s , the quest for operational excellence is unending. Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions.

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Blulogix

APRIL 11, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Conquering Channel Business Management In the dynamic landscape of B2B subscription models, channel business management emerges as a pivotal strategy for expanding market reach and enhancing product distribution.

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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. For me, Net New Customer Count has become the metric I obsess the most about at scale. Is this the new bar to IPO in SaaS?

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Blulogix

JANUARY 23, 2024

The ROI of Your Subscription Billing Platform By BluLogix Team Selecting a powerful subscription billing platform is a strategic move with the potential to revolutionize your business operations and yield considerable returns on investment (ROI). This self-service capability enhances customer satisfaction and reduces support costs.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 7, 2023

B2B Subscriptions in 2024: Embracing a Paradigm Shift with Usage-Based Pricing By BluLogix Team As the clock ticks towards 2024, a seismic shift is brewing in the B2B subscription landscape: the rise of usage-based pricing (UBP). This is not a subscription snooze-fest. Buckle up, B2B leaders.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Explore the Power of Changelog Integration in Our Documentation Navigating the Tax Landscape: Key Changes That Demand Your Attention in 2024 Quarterly B2B Onboarding Update: Your Complete Guide to Seamless Transactions! Maintenance of secure payment processing systems. Visit our Support page. Estonia VAT rate increased to 22%.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 23, 2024

What is the ROI of a Subscription Billing Platform? By BluLogix Team Selecting a powerful subscription billing platform is a strategic move with the potential to revolutionize your business operations and yield considerable returns on investment (ROI). Why Choose BluIQ by BluLogix?

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Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscription pricing with the help of automated billing software has transformed many industries and provided businesses with a dynamic way to generate revenue, especially in the SaaS space. SaaS companies’ success is largely dependent on their use of subscription billing.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Here, in this article, we are going to jot down the SaaS financial metrics that investors look into before giving you funding for your project or business idea. Today, metrics or KPIs have made it easier for investors to see if they should invest in a project or not. So, here are the metrics that you need to monitor: 1.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 27, 2023

UBP: The Theme for 2024 By BluLogix Team With the insights gleaned from this series, it’s clear that UBP is not just a pricing model; it’s a strategic theme that will shape the B2B landscape in 2024 and beyond. Stay tuned, adapt, and be prepared to ride the wave of the UBP revolution in 2024 and beyond!

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 11, 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.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 1, 2024

” Many who said this in 2021 were right…And they’re starting to say it again in 2024 Unfortunately two competing statements can be true: AI is a major platform / tech shift and will change the world AI is in a bubble There’s lots of fomo in the venture markets today. Even a DCF is riddled with long term assumptions.

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Chargebee

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As we transition into 2024, reflecting on 2023 events marked by rising interest rates, capital market challenges, and evolving customer behaviors, businesses are at a pivotal juncture. The past year’s trials have prompted a hard reset, compelling organizations to reassess their operating models for increased resilience.

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Chargebee

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As we transition into 2024, reflecting on 2023 events marked by rising interest rates, capital market challenges, and evolving customer behaviors, businesses are at a pivotal juncture. The past year’s trials have prompted a hard reset, compelling organizations to reassess their operating models for increased resilience.

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Kellblog

MARCH 29, 2023

Just a quick post to share the slides from the presentation I gave today at the KiwiSaaS conference to discuss the SaaS metrics that matter in 2023 and 2024. This includes an explanation of why I excluded (what I view as old school) churn, lifetime value (LTV) and LTV/CAC analysis from those metrics.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 5, 2024

As you can see, from December 14th to today we’ve seen projections for where rates end 2024 move up As we head into this year, I think there’s really one thing to keep an eye on - do 2024 estimates trend up or trend down throughout the year? I created this subset to show companies where FCF is a relevant valuation metric.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

” The Rule of 40 looks at the sum of a companies growth rate and FCF margin (or some other profitability metric like EBIT margin) and says that the sum should be >40%. For both of those metrics I look at NTM (next twelve months) vs LTM (last twelve months). So the 2024 guides would be supportive of that.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Couple takeaways for me: 2024 is shaping up to be the “prototype to production” year for AI. On the former - we’ll see a lot of these experiments translate to production facing apps in 2024. I created this subset to show companies where FCF is a relevant valuation metric.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Usage Pricing: Turning Consumption into Revenue – A Practical Guide to Transitioning to Consumption Subscription Billing By BluLogix Team In the realm of consumption-based billing, navigating the intricate network of data staging and mediation stands as a pivotal factor in driving efficient billing processes.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Net new ARR is something I track very closely for all of the private companies I work with, and it’s also an important metric to look at in public companies. Many public software companies don’t report ARR, so I’ll take the quarterly subscription revenue and multiply it by 4 to approximate ARR. trillion by 2027.

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Cloud Marketplace as a Service AI Subscription 161

Blulogix

DECEMBER 21, 2023

2024 and Beyond: The Future of UBP – Where Usage Takes Flight By BluLogix Team Time get prepared, B2B experts. Subscription Billing 1. We’re about to blast off into the future of UBP , where usage-based pricing transforms from a strategic imperative to a foundational force shaping the B2B landscape.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

” From AWS (paraphrased): They said they expect the reaccleration they saw in Q4 to continue into 2024 2024 Estimate Updates One important metric I’m tracking this quarter is the change in 2024 estimates pre / post earnings. I created this subset to show companies where FCF is a relevant valuation metric.

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Cloud AWS Metrics Subscription 161

Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

That said, in 2024 the subscription economy is booming and there is generally a lot of intense competition in the industry. A platform called SubscriptionFlow helps companies to design and oversee subscription-based goods and services. Users can avoid switching between different tools and save time in this way.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Going in to this earnings season I expected a big driver of stock price performance to be how 2024 full year estimates change pre / post earnings. The chart below shows how companies’ 2024 guidance compares to consensus estimates prior to the earnings call. Follow along to stay up to date! Confluent guided 1.4% Palantir 0.3%.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Key Definitions in Subscription Billing: Demystifying the Jargon By BluLogix Team Welcome to the fourth installment of our comprehensive guide on selecting the right subscription billing platform. Before we go much further, let’s go deep into essential definitions and concepts in the world of subscription billing.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Demystifying UBP: Models and Metrics – A Deep Dive into Your Pricing Playground By BluLogix Team Welcome, B2B pioneers, to the playground of UBP models and metrics! Subscription Billing 1.  Don’t get lost in a sea of metrics! Fear not, intrepid explorers!  Striking this balance is key.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The Art of Flexibility: How to Master Dynamic Pricing Models in Subscription Billing By BluLogix Team Adapting to the Pulse of the Market for Maximized Revenue In today’s rapidly evolving digital marketplace, static pricing models are becoming a relic of the past.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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.

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Cloud Software Benchmarks Retention 177

Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Let’s put aside the short term, and think about what the drivers will be of software valuations over the next couple quarters into the first half of 2024. Are 2024 estimates too high? Are 2024 estimates correct, and what level of re-acceleration is baked in? As you can see, for the most part 2024 estimates stayed constant.

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As you can see, the market is predicting one more hike, and then a slow decrease throughout 2024. As you can see, Fed officials are saying the fed funds rate will be ~5% in 2024, and ~4% in 2025. The below charts show the distribution of projections for GDP growth in 2023, 2024, 2025. Two takeaways. Two takeaways.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Said another way, I believe that software valuations were holding up so well in the face of a ~5% 10Y because the market expected acceleration and 2024 numbers to come up. And for 2024 they provided an initial “guide” of 22% when the market was expecting closer to 28%. This is very reminiscent of the Tableau drop in 2016.

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Software Review Cloud Software Azure 161

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 5, 2024

While the importance of SaaS B2B metrics has already been covered to death, what has not been covered in as much detail is the whisking out of important B2B SaaS product metrics from the unimportant ones. Read more: The Most Important Metrics to Secure SaaS Funding in 2024 What are B2B SaaS product metrics?

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This is stagflation — and economists are predicting a period of stagflation to last into 2024. With over eight years of experience in SaaS, the large majority of which are within SaaS payments and billing, Tony is constantly immersed in growth driven projects and dialogues with SMB and Enterprise SaaS companies looking to scale.

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