SaaStr

MARCH 21, 2025

So RevenueCat has its latest “Sate of Subscription Apps 2025” report out and there is a ton of great stuff in here. So they see 40% of all mobile subscriptions — and a ton of data from it. Across a stunning 75,000 paid subscription mobile apps. Not all of it is relevant to B2B but a big chunk is.

Data 212

Data ChatGPT Mobile SMB 212

Blulogix

DECEMBER 5, 2024

By BluLogix Team Navigating Complex Pricing Models in the Subscription Economy Introduction In the subscription economy, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) must adapt to increasingly complex pricing models to meet the evolving needs of their customers. Gone are the days of simple, one-size-fits-all pricing.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Pricing Technical Review 59

Blulogix

JANUARY 3, 2025

By Inga Broerman Preparing for Regulatory Changes in Subscription Management The subscription economy is thriving, with businesses worldwide adopting models that offer flexibility, scalability, and recurring revenue streams. Subscription management platforms simplify this process by capturing and storing consent records.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription Management compliance 52

Stax

MAY 20, 2024

The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once. In the case of SaaS subscriptions, this could take several months—or even years.

Payment Features 167

Payment Features Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 167

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By Inga Broerman How High-Performing Subscription Businesses Maximize NRR For subscription-based businesses, Net Revenue Retention (NRR) is the ultimate measure of growth and sustainability. High-performing subscription businesses use NRR as a growth engine , ensuring that renewals and expansions outpace any losses from churn.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

By Kegham Khrigian The New Standard for Subscription Renewals: Intelligent, Automated, and Scalable For subscription businesses, renewals are the foundation of predictable revenue and long-term growth. Subscription models thrive on automation, accuracy, and data-driven decision-making and renewals should be no different.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

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. Your ERP cannot bill usage subscriptions.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription Pricing Artificial Intelligence 52

Blulogix

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Inga Broerman How Industry Consolidation is Reshaping Subscription Billing The subscription economy is on a path of rapid growth and transformation, projected to reach a $3 trillion valuation in 2024. Prioritize Integration: Ensure your billing systems are seamlessly connected to your CRM, ERP, and subscription management tools.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payments Subscription Payment Solutions 52

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.

Revenue 299

Revenue Scale Sales Hiring Compensation 299

Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2025

By Inga Broerman The 2025 Blueprint for Scalable Growth in the Subscription Economy The subscription economy is entering a pivotal year. To succeed, subscription-based organizations must embrace smarter, more integrated approaches to billing, management, and strategy.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription AI Search compliance 52

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

You might be surprised to know that SaaS companies can learn a lot from their consumer subscription counterparts. 4: High-end sales teams Increasingly, SaaS organizations leverage inside sales teams, since selling subscriptions is easier and less of a commitment than selling enterprise software. 3: Make onboarding seamless.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Subscription Payment Features B2B 52

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 28, 2025

Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. Net new ARR is simply the ARR of the current quarter, minus the ARR of the previous quarter.

Cloud 299

Cloud AI Scale Scaling 299

FastSpring

JANUARY 28, 2025

Are you a Digital River customer in emergency need of a new payment and subscription provider ASAP? FastSpring has already helped many Digital River customers make the switch , and if youre looking for a new merchant of record to help your digital business with payments and subscriptions, were here to help you, too.

Merchant Services 142

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 142

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Our platform accommodates one-time purchases or recurring payments , subscription downloads and cloud-based offerings, trials with and without payments, and more. With FastSpring, here are just a few of the great features included when we serve as your merchant of record.

Merchant Services 158

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Outsourcing Services 158

Clouded Judgement

MAY 16, 2025

For those who don’t, I will take quarterly subscription revenue x 4 as a proxy for ARR. Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

Trends 144

Trends Cloud Subscription Payment Features 144

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If a business wants to shift to an entirely new model, such as it wants to move from a traditional model to a subscription based one, it needs to migrate to a new billing system. A system which supports recurring subscriptions, and advanced pricing strategies. The subscription plans must be transferred to the new software as they are.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

RevenueCat is the dominant solution to manage subscriptions in the mobile world. mobile apps with a subscription use their API/SDK, and they have a massive data set. But many of the largest SaaS and B2B vendors, from Notion to other leaders, use RevenueCat as well to manage mobile subscriptions. Over 30% of U.S.

B2C 310

B2C Mobile B2B Subscription 310

Blulogix

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Automate Proration and Usage-Based Adjustments : One common challenge for UCaaS companies is managing proration and changes to subscription levels mid-cycle. By delivering transparent billing information, you can reduce customer disputes, enhance satisfaction, and improve retention.

Pricing 110

Pricing B2B Subscription Payment Features 110

Blulogix

MARCH 13, 2025

By BluLogix Team Subscription Billing vs. Usage-Based Billing: Which Model Wins in 2025? Introduction Introduction Subscription billing has been the backbone of SaaS, telecom, and cloud services for years, but consumption billing is quickly gaining traction. Businesses can forecast cash flow and plan budgets with ease.

Subscription 59

Subscription Payment Features B2B Forecasting 59

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Companies need to: Ensure secure data handling Maintain clean data for model training Integrate effectively across multiple systems Enable real-time data access where needed Evolution of Business Models The integration of AI is driving changes in how vertical software companies approach pricing and business models: Pricing Strategies Traditional subscription-based (..)

AI 225

AI Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Systems Review 225

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2025

And if you’re a customer ready to cancel that long-standing subscription, maybe pause the process. Even the most damaged relationships can be salvaged with the right 10x feature at the right time. But it has to be truly game-changing not just another checkbox feature.

Social Media 178

Social Media Outsourced Development Interviewing Retention 178

SaaStr

DECEMBER 25, 2022

RevenueCat (where I was lucky enough to be the first investor) automates subscription management for mobile apps. It recently published its annual review of data from the 10,000+ mobile apps it powers subscription management for and I learned a few interesting things: Longer Trials Are Better.

Mobile 331

Mobile Subscription Payment Features Data 331

Blulogix

MARCH 18, 2025

By BluLogix Team The Hidden Costs of Traditional Subscription Billing (And How Usage-Based Models Solve Them Introduction While subscription billing offers predictable revenue, it also introduces inefficiencies that can cost businesses millions. Many customers cancel subscriptions because they dont see the value.

Subscription 59

Subscription Payment Features AI Search Customer Lifetime Value 59

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 21, 2025

Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. Net new ARR is simply the ARR of the current quarter, minus the ARR of the previous quarter.

Cloud 188

Cloud Pricing Subscription Payment Features 188

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. Net new ARR is simply the ARR of the current quarter, minus the ARR of the previous quarter.

Cloud 144

Cloud Banking Subscription Payment Features 144

SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2024

RevenueCat is the market leader for managing mobile subscription apps, with over 30% of U.S.-based based mobile subscription apps using their SDK and API to manage mobile subsriptions. We led the U.S. seed in Algolia, and were the first VC investor in Talkdesk! #2. RevenueCat Launches First App Growth Conference, Sep 25th at Shack 15!

Cloud 305

Cloud AI Generative AI CTO 305

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

You pay a subscription for websites to help you sell stuff. Fast forward to day, Merchant Solutions is a much larger share of revenue than software subscriptions. And yes, it’s a software company. Does this all count as “ARR”?

Merchant Services 360

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 360

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2021

Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. Rather, it charges for software subscriptions to take payments on its websites. 70% annual, 30% monthly subscriptions. Squarespace has rapidly expanded into ecommerce, with $3.9 Billion in GMV processed, up a stunning 91% from 2019.

Payment Methods 338

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 338

FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2025

Justin Sacks (02:08) Taking me back, I think I got a summer job in high school so that I could pay for my own WoW subscription. Back in the day, games, well, at least large online multiplayer games, required a subscription rather than just a one-time fee. How many years you recall did you pay for the subscription?

Payments 164

Payments Mobile Payment Methods Revenue 164

SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2022

Maxio provides subscription and revenue management solutions that help growing subscription businesses offer flexible pricing and packaging—without the financial headaches. With our platforms, SaaS companies can manage any subscription model, calculate revenue, and generate custom reports that investors love.

Cybersecurity 274

Cybersecurity Scale compliance Subscription 274