SaaS is part of the cloud computing family. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) are other members.
Software in the cloud, not on the company network.
Two SaaS companies, you know.Netflix.comZoom.com
The technology emerged in ’99 with Salesforce.com’s CRM. It was a good investment. The 2001 dot-com bust and the ’08 crash shifted enterprise software to the cloud.
Canva
Salesforce
Gmail
Microsoft 365
HubSpot
Trello
Builtwith.com
Zendesk
DocuSign
Slack
Shopify
Mailchimp
SaaS payment structures vary.
You’ll pay a monthly fee and expect a discount and extensive promotion to pay yearly.
Each SaaS company provides different levels of services. Chat, phone, levels uptime, or data available.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Email Marketing
Accounting and invoicing
Project and Workflow Management
Human resources