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 So the ability to do flexible payment plans, financing, retire that pre-committed spend has been a really significant a way for us to accelerate and amplify our transactions.

Scale 258

Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 258

SaaStr

MAY 6, 2022

And the lower multiples are, the harder anything involving external financing matters. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and even Google Cloud are on fire, adding insane amounts of revenue this year. The reality is, the high multiples are, the easier it is to get funded, the more everyone’s shares are worth, and more.

SaaS 348

SaaS Azure Cloud AWS 348

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.

AWS 98

AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 31, 2021

A lot of our workload was getting moved to AWS, and wouldn’t you know it: they want you to move compute to them so they have migration services to match. The post How and why we spent $400K on AWS in 4 months appeared first on Baremetrics. Of course, our “brute force” approach didn’t include this step.

AWS 115

AWS DevOps as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 115

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Pothole #6 – Massive Hiring of Salespeople Immediately After a Financing Round. Pothole #4 – Promoting Your Best Salesperson to Manager. It’s a common occurrence in SaaS –– the highest-performing sales rep gets promoted to manage a team. Instead, establish a scaling pace.

Sales Hiring 253

Sales Hiring Scale Compensation Sales 253

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

Using Brex also saves time for your finance team (or, depending on headcount, your finance person ??) AWS – Cloud computing. Many of the biggest and best companies in the world use AWS – and many of them were once startups using AWS, too. Apply now.

Scale 163

Scale Payment Services Startup AWS 163

Blulogix

MAY 20, 2025

From statewide digital transformation initiatives to university research platforms running on AWS and Azure, cloud services have become essential infrastructure. Cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft Azure dont operate on fixed fees. Finance flags it, but IT has no internal ledger to show whos responsible.

Cloud 59

Cloud Azure AWS Government 59

How To Buy Saas

MAY 29, 2025

This article goes beyond the buzz to show how AI is already driving results in SaaS, finance, retail, and operations, with lessons and case examples that any executive can learn from. The payoff is faster, more confident decisions: AI-augmented analytics have become indispensable tools in corporate strategy and finance teams.

Artificial Intelligence 59

Artificial Intelligence Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 59

Blulogix

MAY 21, 2025

That enables: Better alignment between IT and finance Smarter investment decisions The ability to justify innovation (e.g., AI, cloud migrations, platform consolidation) For example, instead of saying We need $5M for cloud, IT can now say, Our AWS costs support 12 agencies. Heres a breakdown. Heres the cost trend.

AWS 59

AWS AI Search Azure Finance 59

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 28, 2021

One of the challenges of a reactive program is monitoring ongoing infrastructure costs and overall spend so your finance team doesn’t get any nasty surprises. Thanks to the evolution of our cost program, we now spend only one hour a week on cost management with great success. No surprises.

Management 211

Management Government Cost optimization & reporting Engineering 211

Blulogix

MAY 19, 2025

CIOs and IT finance leaders are expected to track every dollar, justify every allocation, and survive every audit. AWS, Azure, SaaS providers) Self-service visibility for internal stakeholders and finance teams BluLogix helps public sector IT organizations implement these capabilities without overhauling existing ERP or finance systems.

Traceability 59

Traceability Payment Features compliance Finance 59

How To Buy Saas

JUNE 18, 2025

This fuels a robust ecosystem of AI chips (Nvidia, AMD), cloud AI services (AWS Sagemaker, Azure AI, Google Cloud AI), and SaaS integration (Salesforce Einstein, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Adobe Firefly). AWS Trainium2 & Ultracluster supercomputer details unveiled; embeds 64 Trainium chips, used by Anthropic + Apple trials.

AI 69

AI Scale Technical Review Software Review 69

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 30, 2024

Previously, Amit led marketing efforts at startups like Tact AI (1st AI Assistant for Sales backed by AWS, Microsoft, and Salesforce), HP Inc (next-gen computing) and Spire AI (Human Capital SaaS). Amit Pande is CMO and EVP of Strategy at Aviso AI, a leading revenue intelligence platform.

AWS 104

AWS AI Advertising Finance 104

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

We can save companies $100,000 on their AWS bill. Everybody wants to save $100,000 on their AWS bill right now. We want to tell anybody that listens, you can save $100,000 on your AWS bill and demos are actually as high as they’ve ever been in late stage tech. We found something that works. Jason Lemkin: Got it.

Merchant Services 239

Merchant Services Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 239

CloudGeometry

JULY 8, 2021

Leverage in SaaS architecture, like financing leverage from the capital markets, only works when you have a plan to keep the learned improvements delivering value. Well-Architected Framework scorecard : One of the great advantages AWS has over other cloud providers is what it learns from the Amazon consumer eCommerce business.

Well Architected Framework 130

Well Architected Framework Payment Methods CTO Hire Payment Solutions 130

CloudGeometry

MARCH 14, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams The State of DevOps Dora Report shows the progression of everyone in this SaaS arms race – leaders and laggards alike – towards a model that produces faster cloud-driven commercial and technical success. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

DevOps as a Service 130

DevOps as a Service Well Architected Framework SaaS AWS 130

CloudGeometry

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams SaaS multi-tenancy means achieving a reliable level of efficiency and security, delivering an application that is feature-rich and cost-effective. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

Well Architected Framework 130

Well Architected Framework SaaS AWS Construction 130

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 25, 2015

Then finance tools for operations management and expenses. PagerDuty, AWS and New Relic are the three listed in Okta’s reports. Collaboration tools should top the list because employees bring them to work. Sales teams, always looking for an edge, also belong to the early adopter segment and buy CRM and online meetings software.

Sales Recruiting 100

Sales Recruiting Data SaaS AWS 100

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 28, 2021

If you’ve seen our recent articles on AWS migration, the updated stripe integration and the acquisition of Flightpath Finance, it will come as no surprise to you that our team is getting pretty busy! You may have noticed some exciting things happening here at Baremetrics. Product Team Our product team has expanded by a factor of 3!

AWS 94

AWS Forecasting Onboarding Finance 94

CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams Of course, not all customers want to pay for all the features. For a thorough assessment of options for a SaaS business model, download the AWS SaaS Journey Framework whitepaper , and/or take a technical deep dive into the SaaS Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Well Architected Framework 130

Well Architected Framework VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) SaaS Cloud 130

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Currently, there are 3 primary options available to implement AI in a company: Cloud or LLM providers: Large cloud providers, like AWS, Google, or Microsoft, all provide services to implement generative AI in a secure way in the cloud. They typically specialize in a specific business function or area.

Artificial Intelligence 119

Artificial Intelligence AI Generative AI Blockchain 119

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

Cloud 104

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 104

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Check out our Transparent Pricing Dashboard How our finances have evolved while staying true to our mission Looking at our finances over the last nine years, you’ll notice fluctuations within the different categories. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 98

CloudGeometry

APRIL 25, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams In fact, it is entirely reasonable to ask about “Security and _” for almost any aspect of your SaaS application and platform. It’s not just that enterprises are rich targets. Risk and flexibility are practically two sides of the same coin. How do you respond?

Enterprise readiness 130

Enterprise readiness Enterprise Technical Review Software Review 130

Frontegg

JUNE 17, 2021

Non-cloud use cases like banking and finance businesses. Going the Amazon Web Services (AWS) route? Your SaaS tech stack should ideally be powered by Python, React, and AWS programming combo. What’s it right for? The cost of isolation is put on customers. Related: Common Security Pitfalls of User Management.

ECS (Elastic Container Service) 97

ECS (Elastic Container Service) multi-cloud Kubernetes K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) 97

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Flex is a finance super app built around a credit card with unique Net-60 day terms that enables businesses to make an investment today and pay it back 60 days later with zero percent interest. More for your eardrums : Amit Pande is CMO and EVP of Strategy at Aviso AI, a leading revenue intelligence platform.

Metrics 118

Metrics Revenue Scale Marketing 118

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 24, 2022

Every year Tackle surveys sellers and buyers at software companies across the spectrum—from less than $10M to over $1 billion in ARR, across multiple industries, and in roles like alliances/partnerships, sales, operations, product/development, finance, marketing, IT, and more.

Marketplace as a Service 98

Marketplace as a Service Cloud Trends Software 98

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

And so when Amazon called me and they’re like, “Hey you want to come with us and do you want to actually start the mobile services, backend business within AWS?” David: Maybe you can talk about that transition, coming from a business like AWS to financial services, which I think was new for you.

Development 109

Development Technical Review AWS AI 109

Baremetrics

JANUARY 25, 2022

Examples of cost management software include in-platform cost optimization modules like GCP Billing and AWS Cost Explorer. Financial Modeling Tools As well as dedicated cost management software, another key component of the FinOps toolkit is a powerful financial modeling tool like Flightpath Finance.

Payment Services 97

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Scaling 97

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. Finance allocates your cost, but finance also models the impact of what you do.

VP of Engineering 165

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Engineering 165

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. Finance allocates your cost, but finance also models the impact of what you do.

VP of Engineering 165

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Engineering 165

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

I was interested in starting a company from scratch, and I had actually managed the corporate card at SoFi, as the VP of finance. We’ve done that with a number of software vendors, probably most notably AWS, because AWS is just so expensive that they’re able to offer a pretty big discount to our customers.

Strategy 36

Strategy Payment Methods Payment Services Startup 36

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

” —Deputy CISO, AWS “In my career, the deployment of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform was perhaps the easiest global security rollout I’ve seen.” Customer testimonials backed up the numbers, showing that major enterprises viewed CrowdStrike as a security platform, not just a product.

Travel 113

Travel Forecasting Pricing Scale 113

Sales Hacker

APRIL 26, 2019

A disorganized, negative and indecisive manager makes sense to be awful! Did you finance any of your college tuition? For example: “2009 was an awful year. Stories about awesome and awful interview experiences are also appreciated. Do: Separate the person from their behaviors. It’s a simple yes or no question.

Sales Recruiting 22

Sales Recruiting Interviewing Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 22

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Founded : 2011 Known customers: Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, AWS, Unity, Udemy, Shopify Price starts at: $38/month per user. #2 Stripe can also be used to send payouts and manage finances in one centralized dashboard that is extremely user-friendly and full of useful graphic elements. Best For: Product Adoption. This is not all.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Stax

APRIL 17, 2025

From healthcare to construction to finance, every industry is powered by digital solutions tailored to their unique needs. AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce) to integrate, co-market, and grow together. Think: cloud platforms and operating systems like Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Salesforce ecosystem, or a payment platform.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 88

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.

Scale 96

Scale Startup Technical Review Software Review 96