SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2021

Even if a lot of the revenue isn’t truly recurring SaaS revenue. “We define ARR as annualized invoiced amounts per solution sku from subscription licenses and maintenance obligations assuming no increases or reductions in their subscriptions.” Gross revenue retention of 97%. ” #5.

Outsourcing Services 362

Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Payment Features Cloud 362

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

By Kegham Khrigian The New Standard for Subscription Renewals: Intelligent, Automated, and Scalable For subscription businesses, renewals are the foundation of predictable revenue and long-term growth. Yet, many companies still rely on outdated, manual processes that create inefficiencies, revenue leakage, and higher churn rates.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 1, 2019

The new SaaS model is subscription revenue-driven, which begs the question: what is a conversion today? It’s not just SaaS; subscriptions are taking over. It turns out that it’s not just us within the SaaS business that are realizing that retention matters. Customer retention is more important than conversion.

Retention 223

Retention Onboarding Subscription Payment Features 223

Blulogix

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By BluLogix Team Navigating Complex Pricing Models in the Subscription Economy Introduction In the subscription economy, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) must adapt to increasingly complex pricing models to meet the evolving needs of their customers. Gone are the days of simple, one-size-fits-all pricing.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Pricing Technical Review 59

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By Inga Broerman How High-Performing Subscription Businesses Maximize NRR For subscription-based businesses, Net Revenue Retention (NRR) is the ultimate measure of growth and sustainability. High-performing subscription businesses use NRR as a growth engine , ensuring that renewals and expansions outpace any losses from churn.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

USIO

MAY 16, 2024

Integrating payments offers numerous benefits, including: Enhanced User Experience: Users can complete transactions without leaving your application. Increased Revenue: Offering seamless payment solutions can boost conversion rates and customer retention. Can integrated payments support subscription billing?

Payment Services 263

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 263

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Cyvatar is a technology-enabled cyber security as a service (CSaaS) provider disrupting a $150 billion industry by introducing and delivering smarter, measurable managed security subscriptions to help you achieve compliance and security faster and more efficiently.

Banking 258

Banking Payment Features Venture Capital Subscription 258

Stax

MAY 20, 2024

The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once. In the case of SaaS subscriptions, this could take several months—or even years.

Payment Features 167

Payment Features Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 167

SaaStr

APRIL 15, 2025

Heres why: Revenue in Consumption Models Comes from Usage, Not Signatures : Unlike traditional subscription SaaS, where you lock in revenue with a signed contract, in a consumption-based model, revenue only materializes when the customer starts using the product. Increasing customer consumption and retention. based on deal size).

Scale 141

Scale Compensation Retention Churn 141

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2019

Despite the hyper competition, many SaaS providers take their organization’s payment processing experience for granted. Whether we want to admit it or not, payments can play a big and often unseen role in contributing to or reducing customer churn. Securing payments. Reducing Churn.

SaaS Payments 223

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 223

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more. That is why most modern SaaS and subscription-based businesses have transitioned to using a good billing software, reducing their workload by a great deal.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Features SaaS Payments 59

FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

Most billing and subscription management solutions let you: Build various trial and subscription models (e.g., free or paid trial and usage-based or fixed price subscriptions). Manage active subscriptions (e.g., Send invoices and/or payment notifications. You can also: Create trials of any length.

Payment Services 142

Payment Services Payment Features Merchant Services Payments 142

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 19, 2024

net retention and CAC payback). Net Revenue Retention High net revenue retention is the fourth aspect of a successful quarter, and one of my favorite metrics to evaluate in private SaaS companies. Here’s the data from Q1: We have seen net dollar retention start to trail off in the last couple quarters.

Cloud 320

Cloud GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Software Azure 320

SaaStr

APRIL 8, 2020

Click here for ChartMogul’s free-forever launch plan that will give SaaS businesses access to the world’s first subscription data platform so they can analyze and improve key metrics like MRR, churn and LTV. Profitwell’s Free Pricing and Retention Audits. What are they all about? Where can I find the deal?

Machine Learning 292

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence SaaS Consulting 292

FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. You’ll still need a separate solution for payment processing, taxes, chargebacks, and more. 3 Subscription Management Software. 3 Payment Processors.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 147

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2025

Net Dollar Retention >110% and GDR of >95%: The Power of Being a True Operating System ServiceTitans NRR consistently exceeds 110%, even with SMB-heavy customers. Theyve built a true operating system for the tradeshandling everything from CRM to payments to field service management. Subscription revenue has accelerated to 31%.

Payments 141

Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 141

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We are excited to share the release of three new groundbreaking features designed to turbocharge your subscription revenue! They also complement several other subscription focused capabilities we have released over 2023. Check out our announcements for the Proration Preview and Subscription Plan Change History APIs. Interested?

Subscription 167

Subscription Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Solutions 167

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2022

10 Rules for Defining Churn with SVP of Customer Success & Retention at Solarwinds, Andrea Webb, and SVP of Commercial Strategy & Operations at ForgeRock, Tim Willey. Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie.

Scale 277

Scale Engineering Payment Features Sales 277

Sage Intacct

JUNE 14, 2022

If you’re a SaaS finance leader, your churn rate (the number of subscription cancellations you receive over a given period) is one of your most valuable performance SaaS metrics to track and improve.

Churn 145

Churn Retention Revenue Finance 145

SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Of course, it’s still important to track the big ARR picture, but GRR (Gross Revenue Retention) and NRR (Net Revenue Retention) are just as important to monitor. So here’s a quick reminder on how to calculate these numbers: GRR = (ARR at the Start of Year – Churn – Contractions) / ARR at the Start of Year.

Strategy 265

Strategy B2C Scale Payment Features 265

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By Inga Broerman The Renewal Blind Spot: Where Subscription Businesses Lose the Most Revenue Renewals should be a source of predictable, recurring revenue yet for many subscription businesses, they are a pain point filled with inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and revenue leakage. Delayed payments and unpredictable revenue.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 59

User Pilot

MAY 27, 2025

Which in-app behaviors correlate with long-term user retention? Spot early signs of churn by identifying patterns in disengaged users. How to use it: Break the complete user journey into stages: Acquisition, Onboarding, Activation, and Retention. You compare the March cohorts 30-day retention with the February cohorts.

Mobile 93

Mobile Retention Payment Features Onboarding 93

Subscription Flow

MAY 16, 2024

In this blog, while understanding more about CardPointe and why it still works for so many businesses, we will take you through a guide on managing Cardpointe recurring billing with SubscriptionFlow to ensure that you do not miss out on collecting recurring payments just because CardPointe has dropped it. What is CardPointe?

Payment Features 105

Payment Features Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 105

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Wondering how churn rate vs retention rate are different? Both metrics are important to track if you want to implement a successful product retention strategy. Other important metrics related to churn and retention efforts. Ways to analyze churn and improve retention rates based on the data.

Churn 101

Churn Retention Benchmarks Customer Lifetime Value 101

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). Interestingly, even though I paid for a year-long subscription, the company didn’t let me keep the last three weeks of access to its premium features. This action will immediately downgrade your subscription. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks.

Benchmarks 147

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

Monthly invoices can make things even worse, of course. But getting paid in a simple ACH or credit card payment each month can be magical. Annual deals mask churn. You may like annual deals for a second reason — they take a year to churn. Annual deals can create unnecessary customer friction.

SaaS Payments 306

SaaS Payments Payment Services Scale Payments 306

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 2, 2024

For subscription-based businesses, revenue leakage means the waste of potential capital which has been rightfully earned. The causes behind this gap range from errors in subscription handling to recurring billing inefficiencies. Boasting revenue is the central goal for subscription-based businesses.

Payments 105

Payments Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions 105

Stax

APRIL 15, 2025

For subscription-based businesses achieving consistent and predictable revenue growth is the holy grail. In fact, monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is one of the most important metrics subscription businesses should be aware of. Talk to sales What is Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)?

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Revenue Payment Services 88

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2024

Dedicated Slack Channel For Every Metric From the early days at Secureframe, they have had a dedicated Slack channel for every metric: every net new sale, every expansion, every churn, and every expense. Let’s use net dollar or net revenue retention as an example. They can use this to calculate what CAC looks like in real time.

Sales Recruiting 292

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Engineering 292

Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

Subscription models offer companies large and small the opportunity to build predictable revenue and high customer lifetime value. But managing subscriptions effectively and freeing up time and resources for expansion is no picnic. In a subscription business model, customers pay a recurring fee in exchange for a product or service.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 88

Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Similarly, to be successful, an enterprise needs to be able to prevent churn and increase revenue growth. That’s why it is important to understand and track both gross retention and net retention. What is gross retention? What is net retention? Calculate it!

Retention 115

Retention Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Churn 115

SaaStr

DECEMBER 27, 2020

New Relic’s net negative churn / net dollar retention has dropped to 98% in the last quarter, despite a record 77% of revenue being from the enterprise. Do whatever you can to drive up NRR / net negative churn. In New Relic’s case, moving from subscription to consumption based usage has increased net revenue 15%.

Scale 339

Scale Outsourced Development SMB Cloud 339

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2022

ChartMogul is an analytics platform to help you run your subscription business. You get a complete overview of your global subscriber base; MRR, ARPU, ASP, churn and LTV are presented in a beautiful and easy to use dashboard. ChurnZero is the Customer Success platform and partner for growing SaaS and subscription businesses.

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 253

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 253

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

Deals pushing into next quarter Deal close and upgrade rates under pressure Larger deals are taking longer They aren’t planning on it getting any easier through the end of the year But GRR and retention is consistent, even if NRR at 102% is down from the 110% peak a few years ago. I.e., folks aren’t churning or leaving.

B2C 276

B2C Mobile B2B Subscription 276

Blulogix

MARCH 17, 2025

By BluLogix Team Why Consumption-Based Pricing Drives Higher Customer Retention Introduction One of the biggest challenges in subscription-based businesses is churn. Many customers cancel subscriptions because they dont see the value. Many customers cancel subscriptions because they dont see the value.

Retention 59

Retention Pricing AI Search B2B 59

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Each of the companies Jon worked with lowered churn by creating a better notification process, including a reminder about their renewal six weeks prior to the billing cycle. In this piece, we offer seven case studies from SaaS companies — small tweaks they made to reduce churn and increase customer LTV. Small things matter,” Jon added.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146