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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. What are SaaS companies?

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What Every ISV and SaaS Company Needs to Know When Switching to a New Payments Partner

Stax

Innovative ISVs and SaaS companies know that one of the best ways to provide value to merchants—while improving your bottom line—is to provide integrated payments. For example, if you’re an invoicing software provider that lets SMBs manage their billing, then it makes sense to add payment processing tools to your platform.

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5 Best Paddle Alternatives in 2024

FastSpring

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. The subscription management system doesn’t support multi-product transactions.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. However, several complex types of risks come along with this. Let’s get started.

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SaaS Companies: Four Signs You’ve Outgrown Stripe

FastSpring

When you’re using a DIY payment solution like Stripe, making it work for your business falls on your developers. From testing out plugins to setting up new payment methods, maintaining Stripe can be very time-consuming. I interviewed him live on LinkedIn about four signs that SaaS companies have outgrown Stripe.

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8 Best No-Code SaaS Tools in 2024

User Pilot

Looking for the best no-code SaaS tools to build innovative solutions and improve your product management workflows? TL;DR No-code SaaS tools are software products that allow users to create applications, websites, or in-app experiences without writing any traditional programming code.

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Thanks to Akamai, GuideCX, Paddle, Tropic, and Zomentum for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2023!

SaaStr

With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. Engage teams by enabling them to interact with the project in the way they prefer. Tropic is procurement paradise.