BetterCloud

DECEMBER 16, 2024

All too often, with no SaaS system of record, those licenses linger unused with only an invoice to pay while a new employee steps in and probably buys yet another new license. SaaS vendor contracts should be added to a centralized SaaS system of record at the subscription start. And when those employees leave?

Artificial Intelligence

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Keeping track of the accounting for SaaS businesses can be challenging because of the subscription model that they operate on, and that is why most companies opt for cloud-based software solutions to smoothen the processes. This is an important process as you need to send invoices to customers on time and also collect revenue effectively.

Payment Services

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Master merchant Payment facilitator that becomes the merchant of record on behalf of a network of smaller merchants (sub-merchants) or billing companies that regularly collect payments; key markets for master merchant networks include government, education, utilities, and nonprofit organizations.

Payment Services

USIO

JULY 21, 2025

The finance team dreaded the last week of the month—folding invoices, stuffing envelopes, printing return slips, manually processing payments. When they finally tried to switch to eBilling, their vendor gave them a six-month implementation timeline and a maze of compliance paperwork. Security and Compliance?

Payment Services

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The SaaS businesses have to navigate through the world of tax compliance themselves. The collected amount is then delivered to the governing body in that area. These factors make it increasingly dispiriting for SaaS businesses to manage tax compliance. Every region has its own taxation rules. What is SaaS Sales Tax?

SaaS Payments

Stax

MARCH 27, 2025

To choose the right payment method, consider transaction volume, transfer speed, cost, and security. ACH payment is more affordable and can be automated and payee-initiated, making it ideal for recurring transactions and subscription payments. per payment batch.

Payment Methods

BetterCloud

MAY 9, 2025

SaaS sprawl concerns increased by 55% State of SaaS 2025 This isnt just about managing a few extra subscriptions; its a systemic issue impacting security, compliance, and budget efficiency. Uncontrolled spending: The lack of centralized oversight leads to redundant subscriptions and unnecessary expenses.

Government

BetterCloud

JUNE 16, 2025

Fast forward to today, and your organization is probably using more SaaS applications than you have fingers and toes – each with its own login, its own billing cycle, and its own potential security headache. You’re looking at increased costs from redundant subscriptions and hidden fees. The consequences are far-reaching.

Management

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

A typical payment processing procedure involves multiple parties, including the merchant, customer, payment processor, payment gateway, issuing bank, acquiring bank, and card networks. Talk to sales What is a Payment Processing System? Card networks – The organizations that govern credit and debit card transactions.

Payment Services

How To Buy Saas

MAY 29, 2025

Typical business applications include: Back-Office Automation: AP/AR processing, invoicing, and HR onboarding can be fully automated. AI reads invoices, approves payments, and flags anomalies without human intervention. For example, automating invoice processing often cuts manual workloads by 70% or more.

Artificial Intelligence

BetterCloud

JUNE 9, 2025

You’re not alone in thinking your SaaS subscriptions have grown faster than your understanding of them. However, this very ease and flexibility have contributed to a fragmented landscape where different teams and individuals can onboard new tools without centralized oversight, leading to a complex web of subscriptions.

SaaS

How To Buy Saas

MAY 21, 2025

This model offers easy accessibility (anywhere, anytime), automatic updates, and lower upfront costs (subscription-based pricing). All the leading platforms reviewed below like Workable, Greenhouse, and Breezy HR are SaaS solutions that serve companies globally with multi-language support and compliance features (e.g.,

Systems Review

Blulogix

MAY 20, 2025

The cloud invoice balloonsbut IT has no mechanism to assign that cost back to the department. Its about governance, efficiency, and trust. Shape Why Cloud Without Chargeback Creates Risk Lets say a university’s engineering department spins up a fleet of test servers and forgets to shut them down. The bill triples overnight.

Cloud

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The pricing is generally transparent and predictable you know the flat subscription cost for your tier, though adding more marketing contacts or additional users in some Hubs can increase the price. Salesforces AppExchange apps can also carry their own subscription fees. Need advanced customer support tools? Want AI insights?

Scale

BetterCloud

JULY 2, 2025

Without this bird’s-eye view, your SaaS landscape is often a fragmented mess of departmental purchases, forgotten subscriptions, and underutilized licenses. You can then right-size your subscriptions, ensuring you’re only paying for what you genuinely need, directly cutting wasted spend. Why is this so important?

Innovation

BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In addition to functional and technical requirements, the evaluation criteria should also incorporate security and compliance considerations. These considerations are critical to ensure that any new software adheres to your organization’s internal security policies and complies with relevant data privacy regulations.

Technical Review

Blulogix

MAY 19, 2025

By BluLogix Team Audit-Proof IT: Building a GASB-Compliant Internal Billing System In government and higher education, IT spending isnt just about efficiencyits about accountability. But many are still relying on spreadsheets and outdated tools that werent designed for todays IT complexity or compliance demands. Enter Chargeback.

Traceability

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2025

Hybrid Pricing Models Dominate – Pure Subscription Is Dead The Numbers : 38% use hybrid pricing models, 36% subscription/seat-based, 19% usage-based, 6% outcome-based. ” Why This Matters : Pure subscription doesn’t work when your costs are variable and value delivery is exponential.

AI

Blulogix

JUNE 25, 2025

But many are discovering that the tools they rely on—traditional IT Financial Management (ITFM) platforms—simply aren’t built for the complexity of government finance. In public sector environments, where transparency and compliance are critical, these limitations become major liabilities. The result?

Payment Features

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 19, 2024

With CSMs working from spreadsheets, account teams using five different systems, a lack of repeatable playbooks, and a reactive approach to customer health monitoring, it was time for leading healthcare compliance analytics platform Protenus to scale and operationalize its customer success function.

Customer Success

Stax

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

They include: the merchant, cardholder, card associations, acquiring bank, issuing bank, and payment processor. Fees include (but aren’t limited to) transaction fees, interchange rates, PCI compliance, and more. Simple Flat Rate Subscription Pricing Subscription-based pricing models are very often the best choice for companies.

Merchant Services

Stax

JULY 7, 2025

When implementing a surcharging program, businesses follow local regulations, ensure legal compliance, determine surcharge percentages and communicate transparently. The benefits of surcharging include cost recovery, competitive pricing, financial flexibility, and payment method diversification.

Payment Services

Stax

MARCH 11, 2025

You need the services of a reliable payment service provider to securely accept and process card payments and the right provider for you will be one that supports your preferred payment methods, sales model (one-time payments or subscriptions), and geographical reach (international sales).

Payment Methods

USIO

JUNE 11, 2025

Compliance Posture Annual SOC 2 Type II audits, PCI-level physical controls, plus HIPAA-ready processes for healthcare disbursements. Predictable Costs & Postage Savings Forget surprise invoices and hidden fees: Bulk USPS Rates We negotiate postage discounts you can’t get retail. In 2025? ” Send to Venmo/Paypal And more!

Payment Services

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Skyflow ’s data privacy vaults deliver security, compliance, and governance via a simple API. Expensify is a payments superapp that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money.

Payments

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

After experiencing the pain of managing software subscriptions first-hand, Cristina, Cledara ‘s Founder and CEO, decided to build a platform that was 100% focused on the customer and solved that very issue. Insight Assurance is a professional services firm providing cybersecurity compliance, risk management, and tax services.

Merchant Services

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

was pretty simplified, mostly made up of annual or monthly subscriptions. From 2010 until 2015, the SaaS world was becoming more complex with the introduction of static bundles and recurring revenue as an addition to the annual/monthly subscription model. Governance and compliance are core to alignment.

Scale

Stax

MARCH 15, 2024

Data protection and security are crucial not just for safeguarding customer information, but for protecting business owners as well. Having and maintaining secure payment systems is integral for protecting yourself and your customers. Enter secure payment systems (SPS). What Are Secure Payment Systems?

Payment Services

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In simple terms, we handle everything from payments to fraud management, to custom support and tax compliance, so that sellers can focus on growing their business. Before joining FastSpring, I spent quite a number of years within the payments industry. And this showcases a unique blend of omnichannel payment experiences.

Merchant Services

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

That makes sales tax compliance easy to ignore… until it becomes a problem. . Sales tax is governed at the state level, not the federal level, so instead of dealing with one set of convoluted tax laws (hi, IRS.GOV), you get to deal with sales tax laws in some or all of the 46 US states with a sales tax. . There are a few reasons.

Merchant Services

FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

International payment processors take on the responsibility of staying in good standing with various payment providers so that you don’t have to. Related: International Recurring Payments (How We Handle It for You). Factors to Consider When Choosing an International Payment Gateway. Prorated subscription payments.

Payment Services

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

Most sales and support teams are already well versed in conversations about data deletion, risk assessments and security frameworks, but those issues are going to become an even more prominent part of the discussion once GDPR comes into effect. Almost there – we’ve sent you an email to confirm your subscription. Sign me up.

Underperforming Technical Team

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

DocSend – Best for sales engagement FileCenter DMS – Best for going paperless PandaDoc – Best for closing more deals Rubex by eFileCabinet – Best for automating daily tasks MasterControl – Best for enterprise compliance. eSignature and Payment Gateway. Find one that’s good at what you need it to be. #1

Payment Solutions

Stax

APRIL 11, 2024

TL;DR Payment Management Systems manage payment processing so you can accept payments, send invoices, track transactions, and view financial data. Government agencies have a payment management system to manage grant award payments, making the search for payment management system information more complicated.

Payment Services

Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

For businesses offering subscriptions, memberships, retainers, and other recurring services, recurring billing is a powerful solution to streamline processes and ultimately enhance revenue generation. Consider this: Consumers are already conditioned to the subscription model. Learn More What is Recurring Billing?

Merchant Services

Stax

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

ACH transfers, or payments made through the Automated Clearing House network, account for billions of dollars in payments annually. In fact, NACHA, the nonprofit that governs the ACH payments network reported 6.1% in payment volume growth in Q4 2021. The ACH network is governed by a variety of regulatory bodies.

Payment Services

Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Non-compliance can have major implications.

Merchant Services