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Whether you’re looking to understand the key differences between a licence and a contract or searching for the most popular SaaS tools, this section provides actionable insights that empower decision-makers.

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By leveraging Cledara’s world-leading dataset on software purchasing, usage, and renewals, we provide a unique lens into the trends shaping the tech landscape.

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The effects of funding on software spend

We were curious what really happens to software spend after a company raises funding, so we dug into the data to find out.
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DocuSign vs. HelloSign (now Dropbox Sign): Which Is The Better eSignature Tool?

Choosing between DocuSign and Dropbox Sign requires understanding their distinct features, pricing models, and integration capabilities to determine which eSignature solution best aligns with your business needs.
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SaaS Renewal Management: A Complete Guide to Tracking your Tech Stack

In the maze of modern business technology, SaaS renewal management emerges as the strategic compass that helps companies navigate the complex landscape of software subscriptions.
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AI Adoption: Statistics, Benefits, and Challenges for 2025

Discover how businesses are navigating AI adoption challenges and uncovering ROI opportunities, with insights and trends from Cledara’s 'AI in 2025: The Data Behind the Hype' report.
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The Top 85 SaaS Tools of 2024

From communication powerhouses like Slack to AI innovators like ChatGPT, this comprehensive guide analyzes the 85 most popular SaaS tools of 2024, backed by data from over 1.1 million software purchases across 4,000 vendors.
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Vertical SaaS vs Horizontal SaaS: The Similarities and Differences

Managing a diverse SaaS stack can be challenging, but understanding the key differences between vertical and horizontal SaaS is essential for optimizing your company's software strategy.
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The 5 Most Popular SaaS Monitoring Tools for 2025

In 2025, managing a growing SaaS ecosystem requires powerful monitoring tools to optimize performance, enhance security, and ensure efficient software usage across organizations.
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The 2025 Software Spend Report

Find out how much tech companies are spending on software, trends, spend by size, region, and more with insights from 600+ businesses.
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Report: AI in 2025 - The Data Behind the Hype

This report aims cuts through the noise and provide a clear picture of AI's current state in the business world. We explore adoption rates, spending patterns, and the value businesses are (or aren't) seeing from their investments. Buckle up – the data might surprise you.
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The Top 10 SaaS Accounting Tools of 2024 (so Far)

Navigating the crowded landscape of SaaS accounting tools can be overwhelming, but this guide to the top 10 options of 2024 will help you find the perfect fit for your business.
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Introducing our Buyer’s Guides: A Smarter Way to Buy Software

Cledara’s buyer’s guides offer for free all the information needed to make an informed decision when it comes to purchasing software.
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The Top SaaS Tools for 2023 based on data from 1,000+ companies

According to Cledara’s world-leading data on software purchasing, these are the 20 top SaaS tools for 2023—by spend, by usage and by growth.
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The Software Stack Guide for Startups

All you need to know to set your software stack for scale. Including insights from 400,000+ software purchases and renewals.
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Market Insights From our Worlds Leading SaaS Dataset

Leveraging our world-leading dataset on SaaS purchasing, usage, renewals, and churn we look at the health of the SaaS market, the purchasing differences between small and large organizations, new annual purchasing trends, and churn insights.
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SaaS Market Defies Turmoil

Cledara can reveal that overall spending on software by companies has increased by 25% over the past 12 months. Uncover more spending patterns in the software market, the evolving role of finance teams, and the top emerging software applications.
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What is SaaS?

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a cloud computing model that allows users to access applications over the Internet. But there's far more to it - find out here.
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Avoid $65m Cloud Bills with a Cloud Management Platform

Wondering if it's time to adopt a Cloud Management Platform? Here's everything you need to know before investing.
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The Top SaaS Companies in 2023 According to Our Data

We dug into our data to see what we could learn about the 300 most successful SaaS companies in 2023.
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State of AI in B2B

Discover the latest insights on AI adoption in the business world, as Cledara reveals the top 150 AI-powered SaaS products used by startups to improve efficiency and drive growth.
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Q1 2023 SaaS Market Insights

Discover the latest insights into the Q1 2023 SaaS market, including the growth in software spend, top growing software categories, and the most popular new software applications in March.
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The Future of SaaS - Five Predictions from Bessemer

Cledara is recognized as a top player in the fight against inefficiency and sprawl in the SaaS industry in Bessemer Venture Partners' State of the Cloud 2023 report.
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3 Reasons Why SaaS Vendors Are Raising Prices and What You Can Do About It

Fight software price rises and stay proactive in managing your SaaS subscriptions to get the most bang for your buck.
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Software Spend Slumps Despite Modest Annual YoY Growth

In February 2023, software spend decreased by 3.7%, despite a 21% yearly increase. Cledara found that IT and security software had the highest increase.
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Is Shadow IT Hiding in Your Company? Tips for Bringing Informal SaaS Out of the Dark

Unsure about how to tackle hidden software used throughout the company? You're not alone.
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Navigating the Storm: Insights from ProfitWell's Patrick Campbell

Get SaaS & subscription market insights from ProfitWell's Patrick Campbell. Learn growth and retention strategies, prioritize your team, optimize pricing, & reduce churn.
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Software Comeback: January Spend Rebound among Larger Startups

Latest data from Cledara reveals a rebound in software spend for 2023, driven by larger startups increasing their spend after adapting to economic conditions.
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A Complete Guide to Optimizing Your Website Hosting Costs

Rethinking your cloud spending as you grow? In this guide, we share everything you need to know to reduce hosting costs without affecting your users' experience.
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Have Your Subscription Prices Gone Up? 5 SaaS Management Tips

Has the price of your SaaS subscriptions gone up? Discover SaaS subscription management strategies to keep your budget in check.
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Scaleups Saving on Software: Some Cut Spend by 11% in December

Data from Cledara reveals companies are adapting to the economic downturn by saving on software spend.
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Reply vs. Hunter: What’s the Best Cold Email Tool for Growing Companies?

Looking for the best cold email tool? In this post, we compare two of the most popular options for growing companies: Reply vs. Hunter.
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5 Best Jira Alternatives for Startups in 2023

Looking for a Jira project management alternative? In this post, you'll discover our top 5 Jira alternatives & how to find the best tool for your dev team.
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AI SaaS Tools for Growing Scaleups

Looking for AI SaaS tools to improve your scaleup's processes? In this guide, you'll learn what you need to know to implement AI for sales, marketing, and more.
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How to Choose a Startup CRM in 2023 [+ Our Top Picks]

Rethinking your sales stack? This guide covers everything you need to know to choose the best CRM for your startup.
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Our 2023 SaaS Predictions (and the Stats to Back Them Up)

Curious about the future of the SaaS industry? In this post, we’ll share key SaaS stats that will help you make the right decisions in 2023.
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How to Choose the Best Internal Communication Tools for your Team

Planning to change your team's messaging tool? In this post, we explain how internal communication tools affect your processes and how to choose the right one.
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5 CRM Best Practices for Better Seat Management

Is your CRM getting out of budget? In this post, we share 5 CRM best practices that will help you improve seat management and reduce tool redundancy.
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Your Guide to Cutting Software Costs in 2023

Save money and become more efficient by cutting your software costs using our complete guide.
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Finance

Payroll Automation: Should I Automate Payroll? [Pros & Cons + Best Tools]

Wondering if you should automate payroll, and how to make it work for your startup? This payroll automation guide is exactly what you're looking for.
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SaaS Insights

How to Choose the Right eSignature and Contract Management Software

Here are our top three contract management and eSignature software according to our data
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IT

9 Software Management Best Practices to Streamline Your IT

Here's how to manage your software investments effectively.
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SaaS Insights

Key Features of SaaS Management Platforms

A good SaaS management platform gives businesses the tools to manage software from end to end
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How Software Management Helps Startup COOs Scale Operations

Ensure that the tools powering your business drive real value.
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SaaS Insights

The SaaS Roundup: August

SaaS insights that help you make better business decisions.
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The SaaS Roundup by Cledara

SaaS insights that help you make better business decisions.
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Still Going Strong: 3 Insights About the SaaS Market in Q2 2022

We dug into the data on B2B SaaS purchasing to see what’s really going on.
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SaaS Insights

How are Startups Spending Their Software Budget?

Use the insights from Cledara's dataset to benchmark your company's software spending.
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SaaS Insights

How to Cancel LinkedIn Premium Subscriptions

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to cancel someone's LinkedIn Premium subscription. Warning: it’s not as easy as you might think.
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New research: Why SaaS convenience is a double-edged sword

Our new research reveals that companies’ challenges tracking and managing SaaS applications can lead to wider problems. So what are they – and how can they be fixed? Read on to find out.
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The Dark Side of SaaS: Part 2

In this second of our two-part blog, we dig into the “dark side” of the flexibility, choice and freedom SaaS affords.
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The Dark Side of SaaS - Part One: 20 Years After Salesforce

In this two-part blog, we tackle a topic 20 years in the making: Has all this SaaS piling up around us actually holding businesses back now?
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The Hidden Costs of SaaS [+ 3 Ways to Avoid Them]

Discover the hidden costs of your SaaS stack and learn 4 best practices to avoid them.
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How Fintech is Powering Vertical SaaS

How vertical markets benefit from embedded finance
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SaaS Insights

The Evolution of SaaS Distribution: Insights from Cledara's data

What our data says about software distribution models and what it means for SaaS founders.
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SaaS Insights

Which SaaS helped us scale? A chat with global charity, Project Access

We check in with Project Access' Director of Finance and Legal to learn more about the SaaS they are using to scale a global organisation
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Covid's impact on SaaS: 5 months in

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How do tech companies spend their software budget?

Cledara automatically classifies SaaS purchased into one of more than 70 different categories. This helps people understand what SaaS is available in their company, CIOs to understand the structure of their company’s SaaS stack and it creates a rich set of data for us to understand how companies apportion their software budget across different types of tools.
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A quarter of startups use 45+ SaaS apps

When I was trying to understand the potential addressable market for Cledara, I spent quite some time looking at market studies and articles about Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
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