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SaaS Is Still Slowing Down, Unfortunately: What Q1 2025 Numbers Reveal About the Cloud Software Market

SaaStr

So Jamin Ball of Altimeter has a great summary of the cumulative revenue growth of all public SaaS companies … and it’s not a great story: Aggregate net new ARR added in Q1 from the software universe isn't looking good! Aggregate quarterly net new ARR added across the cloud software universe dropped to just $1.65

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One Thing is Clear: AI Makes a Lot of Business Software Look Awfully Expensive Today. Is Deflation Coming?

SaaStr

50 cents of compute for 500 dollars of value — Sam Altman (@sama) February 3, 2025 So just how much will AI remake classic B2B software? Software is so much better than it was just 24 months ago. The post One Thing is Clear: AI Makes a Lot of Business Software Look Awfully Expensive Today. We are still learning.

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The #1 Event for SaaS and Business Software: SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

Per Google: According to most industry experts, the top event for SaaS software is considered to be SaaStr Annua l ; it is widely recognized as the largest gathering for the global SaaS community, attracting thousands of founders, executives, and investors from across the industry.

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The Mirage in the Software Clouds

Tom Tunguz

It’s not to say software spending is slowing (it’s not), or that there aren’t fast-growing businesses (they thrive in the private markets). The top quartile companies are growing at slower rates today than the bottom quartile companies in 2016. The median has never been lower in the last ten years.

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Straight Facts About PayFacs: What Every ISV Should Know

Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments

Many software companies are exploring PayFac-as-a-Service providers in an effort to drive more embedded payments revenue and gain greater control over the customer experience. But there are nuances in a PayFac relationship that often get downplayed – nuances that can impact the risk and resource responsibilities of software providers.

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52% of You Are Buying More Software Next Year. The Latest Data on How AI Impacts the SaaS Buyer Landscape with G2’s CMO

SaaStr

Software buying behavior has changed, and today we’ll share how you can leverage these changes to win in the age of AI. The ability to win these limited software budgets and access decision-makers is harder than ever. The promise of AI isn’t just hype—it’s fundamentally reshaping software purchasing.

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Cyber Weekend Benchmarking Data: 2024 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report

FastSpring

It’s almost time again for Cyber Weekend, and November sales spikes aren’t just for holiday gifts and physical goods — SaaS and software companies also benefit from this annual increase in sales. trends in year-end SaaS and software sales data. trends in year-end SaaS and software sales data. dollars for simplicity’s sake.

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5 Ways to Improve Revenue from Integrated Payments

Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments

Most integrated payments providers share a percent of the payment revenue with their software partners. But, oftentimes, that revenue share is only a fraction of the true income potential software providers can realize.

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Harness the Full Power of Integrated Payments to Drive Revenue

In today’s complex business landscape, treating payments as just a software feature is a missed opportunity for significant growth and customer acquisition. Designed for software leaders, this playbook outlines how to harness the full power of a payments strategy to drive substantial revenue and enhance the overall customer experience.

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How to Energize Customer Adoption of Your Integrated Payments Program

Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments

In this webinar, integrated payments veteran, Pete Uselman, discusses common challenges software companies face in encouraging customers to utilize their payment features and shares the latest tips and trends to overcome these obstacles.

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SaaS Payments 101: Roadmap for Monetizing Payments

Embedded solutions have taken the software industry by storm and disrupted the traditional distribution network for financial services, like payment processing. Explore this whitepaper to learn more about the payfac opportunity and why it has never been more important to your software business.

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Solving the Payments Puzzle: What SaaS Pros Need to Know

From emerging payment technologies to the importance of intuitive software design, the world of embedded payments is rapidly evolving. How do you stay ahead while serving up what merchants really want in your software offerings? The Merchant Insider report is here to help, offering unique insights into the merchant perspective.

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6 Reasons Why Your Integrated Payments Strategy Could Fail

If you're in the software industry grappling with integrating payments into your business model, understanding where others have stumbled can be a game-changer for your revenue goals. This article serves as a comprehensive guide, offering actionable insights for software companies. Discover 6 key reasons behind the struggles many face.

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The SaaS Payments Journey: Important Steps to Consider

But because payments are outside the typical software company’s core offerings and expertise, bringing them in-house can seem daunting. We’ve got an overview of the journey from software company to full-blown Payfac. What does it really take to become a Payfac?

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How Becoming a Payment Facilitator Improves Your Merchant’s Experience

Many business-to-business software companies were founded for a single, fundamental purpose: to improve the business solutions available to a certain industry or vertical. How does becoming a payment facilitator help them achieve this?