SaaStr

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

IBM’s $7B Bet on Vertical AI and What It Means for SaaS Founders. Enterprise data is the differentiator: While public data dominates foundation models, enterprise-specific data represents less than 1% but delivers exponentially more value when properly leveraged.

AI 182

AI Scale SaaS Government 182

SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2025

Their unwavering commitment to our community speaks volumes about their dedication to supporting SaaS growth and innovation. Their return demonstrates their continued investment in the SaaS ecosystem and commitment to helping founders succeed. where you can connect with both teams and discover how they can accelerate your SaaS journey!

Cloud 239

Cloud AI B2B Government 239

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2025

Real-Time Data & Weather Services Get real-time weather updates and forecasts through an AI agent connected to live weather data from OpenMeteo. Build voice-first applications that integrate with any API or data source. Business Impact: Accelerate claims processing by 50% while reducing operational overhead.

Payment Solutions 267

Payment Solutions Scale AI Payment Services 267

SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2025

I’ve been in B2B and Saa sales for 15+ years. You need to check: Message relevance and accuracy Tone and brand voice consistency Technical accuracy of claims Compliance with legal/regulatory requirements Personalization quality Call-to-action effectiveness We use a simple 5-point scoring system for each message.

Scale 272

Scale AI Sales Hiring Sales 272

SaaStr

JANUARY 20, 2025

What To Do Next Audit your current payment/finance offerings Survey your customers about their financial pain points Start conversations with embedded finance providers Focus on partners who can scale globally with you Remember: In SaaS, revenue diversity is power.

Payments 246

Payments Finance Payment Services SaaS Payments 246

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Dialpad’s Top Learnings Building Its Own AI Stack When it comes to AI implementation in SaaS, most companies are still figuring out whether to build or buy. Here are the key learnings every SaaS company should know.

AI 259

AI Scale Government compliance 259

Stax

JUNE 18, 2025

That’s the main premise of vertical SaaS. Unlike horizontal SaaS solutions that serve a broad range of businesses, vertical SaaS solutions are designed with deep knowledge of specific markets—making them more intuitive, efficient, and impactful. What is Vertical SaaS? Since vertical SaaS platforms are niche-focused (e.g.,

Merchant Services 167

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments 167

SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2025

.” This brutal honesty has become Wang’s signature—and it’s exactly what propelled Deel from $1M to $100M ARR in just 20 months, making them (briefly) the fastest-growing SaaS company in history. ” The Discovery : Companies didn’t just need payments—they needed payments plus compliance.

Payment Services 184

Payment Services Sales Hiring Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 184

SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2025

Moving upmarket isn’t just a nice-to-have for most SaaS companies – it’s often the difference between building a sustainable $100M+ ARR business and getting stuck in the mid-market quicksand. Start Planning for Enterprise Earlier Than You Think The biggest mistake SaaS companies make?

Enterprise 244

Enterprise Sales Hiring Scale Outsourced Development 244

SaaStr

JUNE 9, 2025

After years of drought, 2025 has delivered a scorching hot public market for tech companies so far, with some eye-popping returns that should have every SaaS founder and investor paying attention. What This Means for Your SaaS Company If You’re Series C+ and Growing Fast The window is open, but it won’t stay open forever.

B2B 184

B2B Marketing Scale Benchmarks 184

SaaStr

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Jason starts with the meta-question we’ve been asking a lot of SaaS leaders lately ( Klaviyo , ZoomInfo ) — ‘are we in a downturn?’ The mobile phone user has the highest NPS as a BILL user because it’s super simple and easy, and the clerk does all the data entry, pulling everything in and managing it.

SMB 307

SMB Payment Services Payments Payment Methods 307

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

New spending data from Ramp reveals a possible trend: end user AI adoption may be hitting its first growth slow down. But it’s just one data point, albeit across many Ramp customers. The spending data captures signatures and payments, not the decision-making process that began quarters earlier.

AI 281

AI Payment Services Payments Scale 281

Blulogix

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By BluLogix Team Revenue Recognition: Ensuring Compliance and Accuracy What is RevRec and how does it impact accurate reporting for compliance and financial integrity? Regulatory Compliance : Compliance with accounting standards is crucial to avoid legal issues and penalties.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Payments compliance SaaS Payments 52

Scytale

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you’re running a SaaS business that handles the personal data of California residents and are not actively addressing CCPA compliance, you’re missing a seriously big piece of the puzzle. If the thought of navigating compliance feels like an endless maze of legal jargon, you’re in luck.

compliance 52

compliance Technical Review Systems Review Software Review 52

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The 5 Key Things You Need to Know About Modern Go-To-Market Adam Gross, former CEO of Vimeo and Heroku and and veteran of Salesforce and Dropbox joined SaaStr Annual for a deep dive on the evolution of SaaS go-to-market strategies. What he shared was pure gold for any SaaS founder trying to navigate the complex world of GTM motions.

Enterprise readiness 144

Enterprise readiness Enterprise compliance Acquisition 144

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

Joselyn Goldfein , Managing Director at Zeta Venture Partners, which invests in AI and data infrastructure-focused startups from inception through seed stage And see everyone at 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!! ” Weavi Founded in 2020, they anticipated the growing importance of unstructured data and embeddings.

Technical Review 184

Technical Review Artificial Intelligence AI Marketplace as a Service 184

BetterCloud

JANUARY 3, 2025

SaaS has revolutionized how we work, but let’s be honest, managing all those subscriptions can feel like juggling flaming torches. This blog is your guide to conquering SaaS chaos. Whether you’re a seasoned sysadmin or just starting to dip your toes into the SaaS world, we’ve got you covered.

Management 52

Management SaaS compliance Benchmarks 52

USIO

JULY 1, 2025

If you’re a SaaS founder, product leader, or engineer, you’ve probably stared down the barrel of a tangled payment integration wondering, “Why does something so essential feel so unnecessarily complicated?” From Frustration to Flow: The Usio Way At Usio, we’ve helped hundreds of SaaS platforms move from payment frustration to financial flow.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 130

Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Takeaway #2: Inflation and surcharging compliance Ella highlighted the rising importance of surcharging as a response to inflation and escalating operational costs. Ensuring compliance in surcharging practices is critical, as violations can lead to substantial fines.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 130

User Pilot

MARCH 9, 2025

What is customer research in SaaS? For SaaS companies, this “listening” can take many forms to learn how users interact with their product and uncover areas for improvement. For SaaS companies, this “listening” can take many forms to learn how users interact with their product and uncover areas for improvement.

SaaS 83

SaaS Social Media Interviewing Scale 83

Stax

JUNE 3, 2025

The term SaaS platform gets tossed around a lotbut what does it actually mean, and why does it matter for today’s software companies? Whether you’re building your first product or scaling an established solution, understanding the SaaS platform model is essential for long-term growth. Contact sales What is a SaaS Platform?

Payment Services 88

Payment Services DevOps as a Service SaaS Payments Payments 88

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Some of the pitfalls that come with unplanned billing migration are faulty revenue reporting, data duplication, and customer churn. It does not support multiple payment gateways, and modern compliance standards. Growing businesses need to integrate with external systems such as CRM or accounting systems, to avoid data silos.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

While cutting-edge language models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities, most are primarily trained on open internet data. In AI terminology, “generalizing” refers to a model’s ability to apply learned knowledge to new tasks or unseen data. This is what I’m calling “Enterprise AI.”

Enterprise 157

Enterprise AI Cloud Artificial Intelligence 157

SaaStr

JUNE 6, 2025

Lead with integration capabilities and security compliance, not just business outcomes 5. When buyers do engage, they’re much more qualified but need faster, more technical conversations Bottom Line : The SaaS buying journey has been completely rewired by AI. Buyers have already done their homework with AI 8.

AI Search 144

AI Search AI Technical Review Software Review 144

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 22, 2024

But when it comes to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses, this statement stands even truer. So why is SaaS sales tax so challenging? The reason is, there doesn’t exist any single standardized system internationally to preside over SaaS sales tax. What is SaaS Sales Tax? Is SaaS taxable? What is Sales Tax?

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS 52

BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

To reduce SaaS stack security risk, maintain effective governance and remain compliant, IT needs to effectively manage the SaaS stack and the SaaS user access permissions that come with it. Specifically, IT must actively control what users access which SaaS apps, as well as the files, groups, and data within them.

Management 52

Management SaaS compliance Government 52

USIO

MAY 9, 2025

Compliance-as-a-Service (aka Regulatory-as-a-Service, RaaS) Translation: Legal protection on autopilot. Essential for reconciliation, compliance, and transparency. Allows a single embedded finance infrastructure to securely support multiple clients, partners, or verticalseach with their own data and rules.

Payments 130

Payments Merchant Services Payment Services Finance 130

BetterCloud

JANUARY 15, 2025

With both high complexity and large volume, data within SaaS apps can be difficult to protect. This is why security teams require SaaS security assessments. Get answers to these 7 key InfoSec questions when buying your next SaaS app. A rogue actor can penetrate a SaaS app using an outdated or insecure integration.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 52

USIO

JUNE 9, 2025

You get: Full control over your users’ payment experience Ownership of the financial relationship Deeper data and monetization opportunities But also: Regulatory burden Risk and compliance headaches 12+ months of build time ~$1M+ upfront cost What Is PayFac-as-a-Service? You (hopefully) make more money. It’s a serious move.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Merchant Services PayFac as a Service SaaS Payments 130

BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

You realize you need a new tool to solve a problem so you quickly sign up for the leading, most relevant SaaS app. Youre not sure what youre paying for , which apps are even being used, and whether your data is secure. Thats where SaaS governance comes in. What is SaaS governance?

Government 52

Government Technical Review Systems Review Software Review 52

BetterCloud

DECEMBER 16, 2024

If youre like most organizations today, your employees use a mysterious number of SaaS apps. As something all IT organizations grapple with, here we discuss some of the hidden risks of shadow IT in the SaaS stack , why IT shouldnt dismiss them, and how to mitigate them. Sometimes an app is approved by IT. And other times, its not.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence compliance Systems Review Technical Review 52

Chart Mogul

JANUARY 9, 2025

So read on, and hopefully, your SaaS sales journey will be less about trial and error and more about steady progress toward success. PLG-first SaaS companies rely on their product as the primary way to engage customers, making self-service sales a natural fit for conversion after experiencing the product.

Scale 52

Scale Sales Hiring Startup Sales Recruiting 52

SaaS Metrics

JULY 16, 2025

In today’s data-driven business landscape, scaling a SaaS operation involves more than shipping features and acquiring users. Under the hood, one discipline plays a quiet yet critical role in enabling growth, maintaining customer trust, and avoiding legal landmines: data governance.

Government 52

Government Data Growth Hacking Machine Learning 52

BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

SaaS undoubtedly makes our lives easier, but it also opens up new security holes. With Tricent’s advanced governance tools and BetterCloud’s proactive file security features, this acquisition will offer the most comprehensive and robust file security solution for SaaS lifecycle management. It’s a trade-off, but one IT has to manage.

Acquisition 52

Acquisition Government Cybersecurity compliance 52

BetterCloud

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When it comes to your SaaS tech stack, there’s a lot to keep track of. From keeping all of your contracts organized to ensuring all of your data is secure, it’s nearly impossible to do it all in a spreadsheet. If you’ve found your company experiencing the same SaaS spend challenges regularly, let BetterCloud solve them for you.

Outsourced Development 52

Outsourced Development Technical Review SaaS Software Review 52

USIO

JULY 14, 2025

Whether you’re building a SaaS product, launching a curated box service, or running a subscription model, embedded payments aren’t just a backend upgrade. Real-Time Visibility into Revenue With embedded payments, data isn’t siloed—it’s live and connected. Compliance Support: Is PCI Level 1 compliance and KYC built-in?

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features 130

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2024 is coming to a close, and it has been a terrific year for SaaS businesses as the industry has witnessed quite a favorable growth. For SaaS companies, accounting becomes one of the most crucial processes to understand their financial and overall business health, and then make informed decisions about future steps.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features 52