Kellblog

MARCH 6, 2019

Enterprise SaaS has drifted to a model where many, if not most, companies do multi-year contracts on annual payment terms. Most enterprise SaaS products are high-consideration purchases. But these multi-year deals are almost always done on annual payment terms. How did we get here?

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 21, 2023

This is where revenue intelligence comes into play, helping companies to gain valuable insights into their revenue performance, identify growth opportunities, and drive profitability. In this blog, we will explore two key areas of revenue intelligence: deferred revenue and expansion revenue.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Baremetrics monitors subscription revenue for businesses that bring in revenue through subscription-based services. Baremetrics can integrate directly with your payment gateway, such as Stripe, and pull information about your customers and their behavior onto a crystal-clear dashboard.

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Kellblog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I might call this intentional MRR, much like signing up for a SaaS service on a month-to-month basis [2]. Unlike perpetual software license revenue, which was largely one-shot in nature [8], SaaS subscription revenue would recur. A customer would purchase a subscription to a service for a time period.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 3, 2022

This SaaS metric is defined as the sum of Deferred Revenue and Backlog. Deferred Revenue for SaaS companies is the contractual obligation to deliver the SaaS product for the period invoiced. The former amount resides on the balance sheet as Deferred Revenue and has always been reported as required by GAAP.

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Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 27, 2017

ASC 606 and its sister standard IFRS 15 bring a set of structured guidelines for recognizing revenue -- here's what every SaaS business needs to know to meet the deadline and get compliant. Cash is not revenue. The new reporting framework applies to any situation where there is a contract for goods and services.

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 27, 2019

Even though the money might be in the bank, you can’t count it as revenue until you’ve earned it. Treating cash and revenue the same can be a fatal mistake for any company, whether you’re selling software or groceries. So how do you know when to record your revenue, then, if it’s different for every business?

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