SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2021

That is, until you’ve got a major enterprise deal close to the finish line. At Secureframe , we help companies get enterprise ready by streamlining SOC 2 compliance and get them ready within weeks, rather than months. . Security, besides having a password that isn’t “password123”, is probably not a major priority. .

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Enterprise Software Review GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure 272

USIO

MAY 9, 2025

APIs allow software systems to talk to each other. Compliance-as-a-Service (aka Regulatory-as-a-Service, RaaS) Translation: Legal protection on autopilot. Essential for reconciliation, compliance, and transparency. PCI Compliance Translation: The sacred rulebook of credit card safety.

Payments 130

Payments Merchant Services Payment Services Finance 130

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

The harsh reality: Most enterprises are adopting AI due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) rather than for specific business outcomes. Project Selection: Where Enterprises Go Wrong Many companies stumble by deploying AI in high-risk, customer-facing applications first (like chatbots). This is exactly backward.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Artificial Intelligence AI Marketplace as a Service 172

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? In this article, we’ll break down what a SaaS platform is, highlight real-world examples, and explore key strategies to succeed in the fast-moving software-as-a-service industry.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services DevOps as a Service SaaS Payments Payments 88

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

The Deceleration Evidence Ramp’s card spend data reveals several concerning trends that suggest the AI adoption curve is indeed slowing: The growth rate from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 was significantly lower than previous quarters, even accounting for typical seasonal variations in enterprise spending. ROI scrutiny is intensifying.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2020

On premisis or on prem means deploying software on datacenters the customer owns. Cloud is more expensive for larger enterprises. The third is compliance. Assume this happens at some scale in the enterprise. Imagine an enterprise now has several, maybe a dozen applications deployed this way. The first is cost.

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) 223

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) Cloud Enterprise Data 223

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2025

So Atlassian is the developer software engine that just keep going: $5.4 Enterprise Expansion is Accelerating: $10k+ Customers Up +14% Atlassian still has 250,000 tiny customers, but it’s $10k+ ones are driving growth at this scale. AI is core, not a feature or add-on. #2. This offering is tailored for U.S. Super Profitable.

Scale 189

Scale Government Software Engineering compliance 189

SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2023

There are two approaches you can take with the platform layer: Developer Tool/API Managed Enterprise Service Large businesses will gravitate toward bespoke models to their specs. In the short term, more money will go toward managed enterprise services, but there is an opportunity for tremendous growth with dev tools and APIs in the long term.

Generative AI 242

Generative AI AI Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 242

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lucid is the leading provider of visual collaboration software with over 70M users worldwide. It wasn’t long before they landed their first Enterprise customer in 2012. Your First Enterprise Customer Lucid’s first Enterprise customer was a large publishing house in the U.K. This is where product-led sales comes in.

Scale 300

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring compliance 300

SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We help B2B SaaS marketers turn organic search into a source of repeatable revenue through software and coaching. DuploCloud offers an end-to-end DevOps software platform for dev teams that don’t have dedicated DevOps engineers and augments those that do. Prismatic is the integration platform for B2B software companies.

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GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 246

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2022

So in theory, SMB SaaS is better than enterprise, at least 9 times out of 10: Deals close much faster. Customers don’t expect as much in terms of security, compliance, etc. But beyond all the other Pros and Cons of SMB vs enterprise, there’s one looming issue with SMB SaaS: Churn. This isn’t going enterprise.

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SMB Churn Payment Services SaaS 363

SaaStr

AUGUST 18, 2022

ChurnZero is Customer Success software for growing SaaS and subscription businesses. Laika is an enterprise-ready compliance platform that lets growing companies compete on the same level as any large organization. Our platform is uniquely designed to integrate with CRM systems and tightly into an application or service.

Stax 53

Stax Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 53

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

is a software training company that focuses on helping end users and companies be more productive. From the beginning, the company’s goal has been to help users achieve more with their software tools. Laika is an enterprise-ready compliance platform that lets growing companies compete on the same level as any large organization.

Payment Services 269

Payment Services Merchant Services Payments Embedded Payments 269

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Who is Peter Gassner CEO and Founder of SaaS Leader Veeva Systems Peter Gassner has established himself as a significant figure in enterprise software, particularly through his leadership at Veeva Systems. Instead of building generic enterprise software, he went all-in on life sciences. Classic vertical SaaS expansion.

SaaS 258

SaaS Leadership Cloud Enterprise 258

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 8, 2018

I’ve written quite a bit about the public market software multiples. In the private markets, high growth software companies are often priced as a function of the ARR at the end of next year. Aside from compliance efforts, not much. Inevitably, these sheets list enterprise value multiples. of spend.

Software 170

Software Marketing Acquisition compliance 170

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. There were also quite a few questions around cost and compliance. And on the latter - there will be more guardrails and structure in place to appease some of the compliance questions. Is this a sign that software headwinds have bottomed?

AWS 302

AWS Cloud AI Search Cost optimization & reporting 302

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Everyone I work with uses document management software, and you should too. Whether you are trying to go green, stay organized, build great looking newsletters, or meet the most stringent regulations, document management software can make a hard process much easier. The Top 5 Options for Document Management Software.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Services Software Review Software 145

SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2022

Sprinto helps SaaS companies become SOC-2 compliant, close enterprise deals, and pass vendor security assessments easily. 500 and the category-defining enterprise platform to operationalize trust. At the 8th ever SaaStr Annual, ~200 of the best and hottest companies on earth will go BIG as partners/sponsors.

Government 268

Government compliance Enterprise Technology 268

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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. Maast offers payments, banking, lending and more as features in software provider’s platforms – with one relationship, contract and integration.

Payments 258

Payments Payment Services GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Payment Solutions 258

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 5, 2020

These are just two of the reasons that any business looking to grow should get auto dialer software. Here are the top six auto dialer software options on the market. The Top 6 Options For Auto Dialer Software. How to Choose the Best Auto Dialer Software for You. Compliance. Managers get real-time KPIs at a glance.

Software Review 144

Software Review Software Scale compliance 144

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

From hiring to onboarding, employee scheduling, and HR compliance, there are dozens of responsibilities being juggled. That’s why HR software has become so popular over the years. Interested in getting HR software, but don’t know where to start? The Top 5 Options For HR Software. You’ve come to the right place.

Software Review 131

Software Review Software Systems Review compliance 131

SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2023

Setting out to revolutionize the way team members collaborate for increased efficiency, Lark delivers a seamless user experience for the modern enterprise. Our mission at Vanta is to be a layer of trust on top of cloud services, to secure the internet, increase trust in software companies, and keep consumer data safe.

Payment Features 53

Payment Features Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 53

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2019

Join Kevin Egan, Slack’s VP of North American Sales and Dannie Herzberg, Slack’s Director of Sales as they walk you through Slack’s Freemium to Enterprise strategies. We’re here to talk for the next 25 minutes or so about our experience going from freemium to enterprise. Want to see more content like this?

Enterprise 158

Enterprise Scale Sales Hiring SMB 158

SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2023

Remote makes it easy to manage international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance in 50+ countries. Trustero aims to be the trust clearing house for SaaS businesses, replacing the need for a traditional approach to compliance through 3rd party consultancy.

Scale 244

Scale Banking compliance Forecasting 244

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2022

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. Our Customer Success software is uniquely designed to integrate with CRM systems and tightly into an application or service.

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 254

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 254

SaaStr

DECEMBER 18, 2023

At SaaStr Annual , IBM’s VP of Software and Technology Raj Datta and Director of Startups Kylie Rutherford shared how AI is changing the game for companies of all sizes. AI has been with IBM for 20 years, and now they have Enterprise-grade software. growth in the last few months alone. How to create a competitive advantage.

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AI Technology Scale Startup 293

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Pilot’s leading team of US-based experts, supported by elegant software, delivers world-class bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services trusted by growing businesses like yours. SafeBase enables sales and security teams to efficiently collaborate and close enterprise deals faster.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Payment Services PayFac as a Service Marketplace as a Service 246

SaaStr

JANUARY 20, 2022

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. The software runs within the customer’s cloud account and is accessed via portal, Terraform or API. to unlock growth.

DevOps as a Service 246

DevOps as a Service AI Search Cloud compliance 246

CloudGeometry

APRIL 25, 2022

Big enterprise customers have been buying software for a long time. Many started long before SaaS emerged as a smarter, better way to build, buy and sell software. That means they’ve got plenty of software they already depend on that needs to work with whatever your SaaS product can do for them. How do you respond?

Enterprise readiness 130

Enterprise readiness Enterprise Technical Review Software Review 130

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Scaling to satisfy customers’ demands depends on innovation and foresight combined with enterprise-ready technology and the right partners. The main driver behind this success is that from day one, Atlassian took a product-led self-service approach to enterprise software.

Scale 258

Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 258

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

An applicant tracking software , also known as ATS software, can help businesses reach a wider pool of qualified applicants as well as manage data from various sources – all at a single platform. This software is used by departments and hiring managers to carry out internal hiring. ATS Software Type.

Software Review 144

Software Review Software Interviewing Scale 144

SaaStr

JULY 12, 2024

Plus, some of the best software in the world was being created by geographically distributed teams working in an async manner. Their goal was to build really popular open-source software and a community, yet the goals of open source vs commercial ambitions are in stark contrast. Back then, remote first was a recruiting advantage.

Scale 284

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 284

SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

“For large enterprise customers, your stakeholder map is almost always too small” — Alex Farmer, VP CS, Cognite Data. Another top mistake SMB folks make trying to sell enterprise. You lose enterprise deals when someone that knows the playbook outsells you by getting to all the stakeholders. A good one.

CTO Hire 321

CTO Hire Sales Hiring New CTO CTO 321

Payrix

APRIL 10, 2025

In todays competitive software market, forward-thinking trade and field service platforms are no longer asking if they should modernize their payment infrastructure, theyre working diligently to source the right payments partner to implement innovative solutions before their competitors beat them to the punch.

Payments 100

Payments Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 100

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Adopt the best call center software and you will outfit your teams with the tools they need to communicate effectively. Modern call center software is all you need to get up and running. The Top 5 Options For Call Center Software. How to Choose The Best Call Center Software For You. End of story. Calling Capabilities.

Payment Solutions 144

Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Methods Software 144

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. With many payment processors, you’ll need additional software to manage complex recurring payments, taxes, chargebacks, dunning, and more. 3 Subscription Management Software.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 147

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The unlock here of “group + triage + agent” will be the backbone for the next wave of software. Not the best start to cloud software earnings season! Follow along to stay up to date! The list goes on. There are so many others.

Systems Review 146

Systems Review Cloud AI Artificial Intelligence 146