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A16Z: Enterprise AI Spending is Growing 75% a Year.

SaaStr

The Price War : Google’s Gemini 2.5 Enterprise AI Procurement Now Mirrors Traditional Software Buying The Hard Data : External benchmarks like LM Arena have become the new “Magic Quadrant” for initial model filtering, while security and cost have gained ground on accuracy as key purchasing criteria. Flash costs $0.26/million

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The Great IPO Awakening: What 2025’s Surprisingly Hot Market Means for B2B Companies

SaaStr

The Numbers Don’t Lie: We’re in a Different Market Let’s start with the headline grabber: Circle’s 247% gain from IPO price to current trading levels. The company that filed at $24-26 per share and priced at $31 is now trading at levels that would make even the most seasoned growth investor do a double-take.

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The PLG Trap : Lessons Learned from Oliver Jay, former CRO at Asana

Tom Tunguz

The first is the clear demand from customers seeking security & compliance features. But more important, the sales pitch must also change (in addition to the pricing/packaging). The number of seats sold to achieve that isn’t the right benchmark of value. PLG companies provide a value-based sale to an individual.

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Rubrik: Benchmarking the S-1 Data

Clouded Judgement

There’s a lot of info to digest, so in the sections below I’ll try and pull out the relevant financial information and benchmark it against current cloud businesses. We price our subscription editions primarily based on edition tier and data volume. Our platform can be purchased in three subscription editions.

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SaaS vendor management 101

BetterCloud

Staying ahead of the game : Keeping up with the latest security threats and ensuring compliance. Mitigating vendor risks: Identifying and addressing potential security threats, data breaches, and compliance issues associated with each vendor. Software contract benchmarking : Ever wonder at renewal if youre paying the best price?

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Top 10 Learnings about Free Trials with Tomasz Tunguz (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

The first goal is to share with you benchmarks. We believe benchmarks are really useful to help you build your business, because they provide good goalposts for financial planning and for goal setting. Our second topic, benchmarks around retention. And really, that comes back to your price point. Logo retention.

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SaaS Pricing Examples, Models, and Strategies That Drive Success

User Pilot

Looking for SaaS pricing examples to get inspiration for your own strategy? In this piece, we’ll explore different pricing models and go over some brands that implemented these in real life. Hopefully, by the end of the article, you’ll have ideas on how to design a pricing strategy that contributes to product growth.

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