SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

Dear SaaStr: What is The Average Ratio of Support Staff to Customer Count in SaaS? Typically support consumes about perhaps 5%-7% of your revenue at scale (excluding customer success) in most SaaS models. Another 5%-7% go to core infrastructure costs (AWS, Azure, Snowflake, etc). Have instant support while you can.

Azure 226

Azure AWS SaaS Customer Success 226

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Hyperscalers Report Quarterly Earnings This week we saw AWS (Amazon), GCP (Google) and Azure (Microsoft) report earnings. Overall, it wasn’t pretty… AWS grew 28% when expectations were 30-31%. At the same time, Azure came in below expectations. Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 130

Cloud Azure AWS Cost optimization & reporting 130

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2022

ChurnZero is the Customer Success platform and partner for growing SaaS and subscription businesses. You need an efficient way to keep your customers successful, reduce churn, drive adoption, and increase net revenue retention.

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 196

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 196

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

So, it’s more customer-friendly, but it also has its pros and cons. What’s evolved over the years and is driven by hyper-scalers like Google Azure, AWS, Twilio, and Stripe is the consumption-based model. It’s a very customer-oriented approach — you pay for what you use, and closing a deal is the start of a journey.

Compensation 164

Compensation Sales Azure AWS 164

SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The role of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplace is becoming increasingly important. “45% From the first quarter of 2018 to the last several years, there has been a nearly 8X increase in software helping companies drive existing customer outcomes. Demand is up for software that drives customer time to value .

Software Review 201

Software Review Software Azure Cloud 201

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The most triumphant transfer of control from an original generation leader to a new CEO was surely that of Microsoft, which pivoted from chasing after Apple’s success in the consumer space under Steve Ballmer (don’t mention Nokia ) to successfully focusing on the cloud under Satya Nadella (please do mention Azure).

Payment Solutions 259

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is why we’re seeing more and more SaaS companies—Datadog, Twilio, AWS, Snowflake, and Stripe, to name a few—find success with product led growth paired with usage-based pricing. Some folks might have feared that investors would hate usage-based pricing because customers aren’t locked into a subscription.

Scale 98

Scale Pricing Scaling AWS 98