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

SaaStr

JANUARY 8, 2025

As Checkr follows usage-based pricing, it’s a transactional business that needs to be managed differently than a typical subscription SaaS model since they only earn revenue when the customer is using the product. Lindsey found a way to track this data, then brought it into every meeting.

Revenue 293

Revenue Scale Sales Hiring Compensation 293

SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2023

Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc. TripActions is now Navan.

Payment Features 246

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 246

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 28, 2025

Data from Stripe (below) shows the speed at which AI native companies are growing compared to SaaS companies. If you wanted to scale users and growth, you needed to scale a physical data infrastructure footprint. The bar to hitting escape velocity went up (in SaaS companies vs their on prem counterparts).

Cloud 302

Cloud AI Scale Scaling 302

Clouded Judgement

JULY 16, 2024

Our platform unifies core financial and broader operational data and processes within a single platform, with solutions that maintain the integrity of corporate reporting standards for Finance while providing operationally significant insights for business users.

Benchmarks 298

Benchmarks Data Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 298

SaaStr

MAY 15, 2024

A lot of you reading SaaStr are probably more B2B SaaS oriented and may not be paying attention to the consumer market, but it’s already massive and is continuing to grow quickly. In this week’s Workshop Wednesday, RevenueCat CEO Jacob Eiting and Growth Advocate David Barnard share their annual State of Subscription Apps report with us.

Subscription 301

Subscription Payment Features B2B Mobile 301

Scytale

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Did you know that the total value of losses due to fraudulent card payments worldwide – including both credit and debit cards – is expected to reach $43 billion by 2028? Thats an astronomical number, and businesses accepting card payments must take security seriously to avoid falling victim to fraud.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Features Payment Solutions 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Dear SaaStr: What is the average percentage of annual vs. monthly plan sold for a BtoB SaaS startup targeting the SMB market? Once the customers get large enough, and you have a brand … in the enterprise, for six figure deals … almost all will want to pay annually via invoice. 20%+- will pay annually to save money.

Data 282

Data SMB Payment Features Churn 282

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

This is pretty common in the prosumer space and especially in mobile subscription apps. And even where you don’t see 20% churn the first month with SMBs, it often lurks, because most B2B apps in SaaS don’t even get 80% of their SMBs activation the first month. Dear SaaStr: We Have More Than 20% Churn Our First Month.

Churn 209

Churn Onboarding Mobile B2B 209

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Some of the pitfalls that come with unplanned billing migration are faulty revenue reporting, data duplication, and customer churn. If your SaaS business’s customer base is rapidly growing, you would require a more scalable billing platform to handle high volumes of transactions for you. The current billing solution is not scalable.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

USIO

AUGUST 19, 2024

Simplify Subscription Payments with SaaS Solution Say goodbye to long, confusing, and costly payment processes. Say hello to efficiency and simplicity with advanced SaaS payment solutions for subscription services. Improved Payment Security : Security is a major concern in payment processing.

Payment Solutions 130

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments 130

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

USIO

MAY 16, 2024

Increased Revenue: Offering seamless payment solutions can boost conversion rates and customer retention. Operational Efficiency: Streamlines the payment process, reducing manual intervention and errors. Data Insights: Provides valuable transaction data that can be leveraged for business insights and optimization.

Payment Services 263

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 263

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

So recently we’ve done deep dives on the SaaStr pod with several of the top leading SaaS founders — and of course, asked their perspective on just where we are with AI in B2B SaaS today. There just arent enough people who know how to build data centers, bridges, and skyscrapers, Tooey explains. A few learnings: #1.

AI 204

AI Construction SaaS B2B 204

Blulogix

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is where the concept of real invoice calculation comes in, fundamentally changing the way organizations approach revenue projection. Schedule a Demo Today What is Real Invoice Calculation? Real invoice calculation is an approach to revenue prediction that goes beyond simple estimates.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payments Revenue SaaS Payments 52

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As a growing SaaS company, there is a lot to think about in a day: How is my ARR doing? vary on how they handle sales tax and SaaS. As a SaaS company, you could even get flagged for an audit because of quick growth. SaaS company Basecamp discovered the nee d for these steps firsthand. “ Are we delighting our costumes?

Payment Services 335

Payment Services compliance SaaS Payments Scale 335

USIO

MARCH 7, 2025

By embedding payment capabilities directly into existing business systems, companies can eliminate redundancies, improve cash flow, and create a smoother experience for customers and partners alike. Manual invoicing, reconciliation, and transaction approvals require time and personnel, leading to higher operational costs.

Payments 130

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 130

SaaStr

APRIL 8, 2020

ChartMogul’s Free-Forever Launch Plan for SaaS Businesses. 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. Where can I find the deal?

Artificial Intelligence 304

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning SaaS Consulting 304

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 25, 2023

Klaviyo Overview From the S1 - “Klaviyo enables businesses to drive revenue growth by making it easy to bring their first-party data together and use it to create and deliver highly personalized consumer experiences across digital channels. ” “Data Layer. ” “Data Layer.

Benchmarks 246

Benchmarks Artificial Intelligence Data Software Review 246

SaaStr

AUGUST 18, 2022

ChurnZero is Customer Success software for growing SaaS and subscription businesses. SaaS is now 10% of the total Enterprise IT spend, but the back-office software remains an ugly beast comprising of spreadsheets and emails. With Quolum ‘s SaaS Card you only pay for SaaS that you use.

Stax 54

Stax Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 54

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

Q: How many SaaS companies have 1 million customers? There aren’t that many companies in SaaS with 1 million paying customers. And customer count varies a lot based on pricing / ACV: Dropbox may have the most customers of any SaaS company — 15m+ at $2B in ARR. More here. More here. More here. appeared first on SaaStr.

SMB 290

SMB SaaS Subscription Payment Features 290

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

Blulogix

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Inga Broerman How Usage-Based Pricing is Transforming Subscription Billing The subscription economy is undergoing a transformation, driven by the rising popularity of usage-based pricing. The days of flat-rate subscriptions being the default option are gone. The chickens are coming home to roost for good in 2025.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription Pricing Artificial Intelligence 52

SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2025

SaaStr Annual has always been the go-to event for SaaS founders, executives, and investors, but 2025 is shaping up to be the best one yet. AI is transforming SaaS, and were dedicating two massive stages to the SaaStr.AI 300+ World-Class Speakers This years lineup includes 300+ speakers from the best SaaS and AI companies worldwide.

VP of Engineering 204

VP of Engineering CTO Coach VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) Scale 204

SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2025

Or … the established leaders, who can add AI onto their apps and not just expose vastly more functionality, but leverage all that existing customer data, to create something brand new and fresh? The grandad of HR SaaS, Workday? Subscription backlog up 19.7%, to $25 Billion (!). We’re watching. And what about Workday?

Outsourcing Services 288

Outsourcing Services Scale Systems Review AI 288

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

Debt for SaaS companies done right is a gift. Few folks have more data than Nathan Latka and he offers up some insights on how to properly leverage up in SaaS. Geoffrey Moore calls this group the Late Majority and the Laggards in his book Crossing the Chasm , a secret bible for many SaaS CEO’s. . — ed.

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital Technical Review SaaS Scale 297

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

Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

To generate accurate metrics, you need clean data—here’s how our improved data cleaning features make that easier. In ChartMogul, data imported from your subscription billing system(s) serves as the foundation for calculating your SaaS metrics. There are four other ways you can correct data in ChartMogul.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Data Subscription Metrics 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

SaaS accounting and finance has gotten pretty complicated, and the impacts of getting it wrong have gone up substantially. I’ve worked with numerous start-ups that used outsourced accounting services with zero SaaS experience, and these firms didn’t even recognize automatic upsells, additional seats, etc. Cash is king.

Finance 332

Finance Outsourcing Services Systems Review Technical Review 332

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Within the next 12 months, Adam Seligman, VP of Generative Builders at AWS, believes there will be an inversion of SaaS. That many of the standard assumptions and ways of doing SaaS will change a lot. He believes we’re rapidly approaching that new world where anyone can build a great SaaS product. What does that mean?

Generative AI 293

Generative AI AWS Artificial Intelligence AI 293

Stax

APRIL 10, 2025

In a similar vein, you will need to embed or integrate a payment gateway with your website, online app, or SaaS platform to process online credit card payments. The payment gateway will let you accept all forms of electronic payments, including credit cards, debit cards, eChecks, direct debit payments, and much more.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 88

FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Merchant Services 158

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

You might be surprised to know that SaaS companies can learn a lot from their consumer subscription counterparts. The differences between SaaS and B2C companies. 2: Payment structure SaaS is paid on a recurring basis. But most SaaS organizations still have the luxury of long-term (2+ year) contracts.

Subscription 52

Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments B2B 52

Blulogix

JANUARY 14, 2025

By Kegham Khrigian From ERP to Agile Monetization: A Roadmap for SaaS Growth For SaaS companies, staying competitive requires agility. But for many SaaS businesses, legacy ERP systems create significant obstacles. But their rigid structures and limited flexibility make them ill-suited for the demands of modern SaaS operations.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Scale SaaS Subscription 52

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 159

Enterprise AI Cloud Artificial Intelligence 159

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Letting FastSpring handle the subscription infrastructure. So that gets complex.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2025

So I’d just about given up on the second worst SaaS vendor in our stack at SaaStr. The SaaS Resurrection Playbook What can B2B companies learn from this dramatic turnaround? They didn’t just collect the data they acted on the patterns. And would never think to cancel. The 10x Feature is Real. At Least, for a While.

Social Media 175

Social Media Outsourced Development Interviewing Retention 175