SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

ChartMogul is an analytics platform to help you run your subscription business. Our mission is to build powerful and secure cloud software for subscription businesses of all sizes, with a strong emphasis on good design and ease of use.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 6, 2023

Cloud Downgrades This week UBS came out with a couple research reports citing concerns in AWS / Azure growth. This brings me back to AWS / Azure downgrades. This was the worst tone that we’ve heard in years from large AWS/Azure partners, a group that usually expresses different shades of optimism about AWS/Azure growth.”

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. SaaS companies deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis, simplifying access and management for users. Learn More What are ISVs? What are SaaS companies?

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The pricing model, which leads to increases or decreases in revenue based on how much customers engage with a service, has been gaining on the more traditional subscription model as the main way SaaS companies make money. It has tended to be used most in infrastructure platforms, like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Enterprise companies.

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User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Cloud computing offers three main service models: SaaS for ready-to-use software, PaaS for application development frameworks, and IaaS for scalable virtualized computing resources. Quickbooks and Xero are accounting SaaS products that help you send invoices, track expenses, and process payroll. You don’t handle maintenance or updates.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

You hear the terms SaaS, subscription, term licenses and perpetual license software tossed around frequently. We sometimes hear companies call themselves “SaaS” companies, because they sell subscriptions, but they do not host software. The product is hosted by the vendor or a 3 rd party (like AWS).

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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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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 28, 2021

How can we maximize returns without introducing developer friction and slowing company growth rate ? This team can take on the everyday management of your infrastructure costs, for example: Developing a savings plan policy for your top-tier infrastructure. Exploring new or different instance options for performance and cost benefit.

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CloudGeometry

JANUARY 15, 2022

Before you shout “Digital Transformation” in a crowded marketplace, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles in developing a SaaS product plan. For a deep dive, have a look at the AWS Definitions – SaaS Lens ; for a deeper dive, see the Google DevOps Catalog here. Or just drop us a line.

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Chart Mogul

JULY 18, 2023

This way we managed to: Context ChartMogul receives millions of webhooks from various billing systems daily, normalizes and stores them in aggregated tables, and then presents subscription analytics as metrics and charts. A few years ago, ChartMogul was in hyper growth, which increased the volume of processed and stored data.

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CloudGeometry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Is collaborative software development enough? DevOps changed software development – whether cloud-native, cloud-hosted or “Oops! Twenty years into the Agile Revolution , the virtuous cycle (time boxing, scrum, kanban, iterative discovery-and-development) pays dividends all around. Feature agility is sexy.

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ProfitWell

MAY 15, 2020

PaaS stands for ‘platform as a service,’ providing developers with a complete environment for developing and deploying apps over the internet. Google Compute Engine (GCE), Digital Ocean, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are all good examples of IaaS. However, the subscription model is flexible. Cheaper upfront.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Subscribe now OpenAI Updates OpenAI had their big developer day this week, and I wanted to call out two key announcements (and trends): increasing context windows and decreasing costs. Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4).

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles. It’s easy to get lost in the noise of “SaaS monetization makes the world go round,” “Subscriptions mean printing money,” and other hype. First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy.

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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. Adam came up with the wildest idea he could think of for an app and used Anthropc, a large language model company, to help develop the idea. All these developers will have agents to help them write faster and faster.

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Audacix

JUNE 9, 2023

These vulnerability scanner and network-related security tools work together to give you a multi-layered defense against various types of threats and vulnerabilities. Which businesses benefit most from application security tools? This helps you catch and fix issues early on, before they become a part of your application.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 15, 2024

Cloud computing services provide on-demand solutions and IT resources to companies via the Internet with pay-as-you-go or subscription-based pricing models. This may include infrastructural support like storage, security, network equipment, and data centers, as well as comprehensive applications built to perform specific tasks.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 25, 2024

The Development of the SaaS Field through Years Today, the software as a service market boasts tremendous global revenue and is projected to achieve a valuation of $232 billion in 2024. As almost any business relies on SaaS, their success depends on the persistent eagerness to learn more and develop its expertise.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, technology companies like AWS, GCP, and Snowflake offer no contracts for customers interested in using their self-service option or beta-testing the solution. Many companies want to migrate their subscription or perpetual business to consumption pricing models; however, it doesn’t always result in incremental business.

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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. What’s new in ChartMogul in 2021? ChartMogul is a product-led company.

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Summit gathered ~40 CPOs and product leaders to chat through topics centered around product development and product-led growth. Disappearing photos however was not a good fit for either of those models, and likely best lent itself to subscriptions and virtual goods, both largely unproven at consumer internet scale.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The internet revolution led to the dawn of the executive era, where on-prem developed into on-demand, with factors like ROI and KPIs entering the picture. Embrace self-service: Your development teams are embracing the self-service philosophy – your teams can focus on product adoption and self-service enablement. 6 ChargeBee.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

At Twilio, I think my entire job there my first two years was throwing t-shirts at people, because everyone had a Twilio t-shirt I think in the developer community in 2010, and that was our marketing strategy. Many of our users begin their journey with Slack on our free subscription plan. I have a developer background.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2019

Let us commence the celebrations with today’s subscription news and recurring revenue resources you can’t miss. SUBSCRIPTION NEWS DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX. AWS Guide by Cloudability Cost manager Cloudability brings the thunder , snagging the nomination as a finalist in the Most Disruptive category in the #ORTechAwards.

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 4, 2021

For their first five years in business, HubSpot offered three subscription packages ranging in price from $3,000 to $18,000 per year. Products like Snowflake and Google Cloud Platform take this a step further and even offer $300+ in free usage credits for new developers to test drive their products. Keep more customers.

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How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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). Can be a little tricky to set up for non-developers. However, it ensures fast delivery for all the subscription plans. Provides limited features for low-tier users.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 19, 2019

To alleviate the distrust of nebulous subscription payments, SaaS companies need a strong focus on keeping customer data secure and communicating that security to their users. Just understanding the concern exists isn’t enough—you need concrete security measures in place that customers can understand.

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ProfitWell

MAY 12, 2020

Some SaaS products allow the user to download the application, but require an internet connection to confirm their subscription for it to operate. SaaS ensures that consumers are always up to date with the latest version, while also ensuring that developers have a continuing source of revenue with which to maintain their product.

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BetterCloud

JANUARY 8, 2021

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) , role-based systems “were developed by a variety of organizations, with no commonly agreed upon definition or recognition in formal standards.”. Allow a DBA group to manage SQL databases in a subscription. In AWS, these attributes are called tags.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 9, 2013

Because of the competition, tablet prices are plummeting - I saw a $49 7inch tablet ( and some were giving Nexus 7s away for free with subscription. Unfortunately, many equipment manufacturers lack the skill set to develop compelling software. Ignore - Contract the development to an agency 3. LG has copied each Samsung model.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

While you might be tempted to renew their subscription or sell them a new product, the best course of action is to empathize with their current situation and listen to what they truly need. You and I both know how awful it feels to have someone disregard what we say and focus on their end goal instead. Update Customer Knowledge Bases.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

This guide, by LinkedIn’s Head of Global Monetization Strategy Josh Gold, is intended to teach subscription-based businesses how to evaluate whether the freemium model will drive revenue and lead gen for their business or result in failure. Freemium benchmarks. The Best Way to Win the Freemium Model Is by Challenging the Very Model Itself.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Support the marketing programs that develop customer-specific case studies and references. Ensure information from key clients is being communicated to the appropriate group and action is being taken by collaborating with the Nliven Development and Ticketing Services teams. Know your assigned customers’ business inside out.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Salesforce, which turned 20 in March, surpassed $13 billion in annual revenue this year. Everywhere you look there are dominant SaaS companies with thriving products.

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Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This is already at play — services like AWS, Stripe, and others have brought down the cost of starting and running a business to a fraction of what they used to be just a decade ago. Once a company is out of its early stage of development, it really needs to start thinking about how it markets the product.

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

one related to selling your main product such as subscription services, and another for billings from your onboarding/consulting sales. Setting up Engineering (or Research & Development) is similar to the earlier section. If you have sales from Professional services, you’d want to create two sets of Cost of Goods Sold?—?one

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Julien, who previously directed business development and partnerships at Microsoft and is on the board of French media giant Le Monde, was perfectly poised for a conversation at the SaaStock conference in Dublin that ranged from the different missions within Facebook to why he’s betting big on chat. Different visions for different products.

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