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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. Learn More What are ISVs?

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Best Merchant Services

Neil Patel

You want to look at what the payment processor offers in addition to credit card processing. Do they offer free POS systems, hardware, mobile payments, integrations, etc? This company was one of the first to offer free account setup without any application or fees and real month-to-month contracts.

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SaaStr Podcast #398 with Salsify Co-Founder & CMO Rob Gonzalez

SaaStr

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. And we’ve really followed that strategy from the beginning even to now. Four years ago, five years ago that wouldn’t have been the case.