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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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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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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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10 CFO Performance Metrics: What Makes a Great Finance lead?

These 10 performance metrics indicate a great CFO. Fulfil these criteria, and you’re on track to lead your business to financial success. 
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Software Tail Spend: Why It Matters and How to Manage It

Uncover the hidden impact of tail spend on your company's software purchases and learn how to effectively manage it with our free, downloadable cheat sheet.
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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Top 10 Software Tools

Interested in learning how to enhance your FP&A strategy with the right software tools? This guide is here to help.
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Budget Reporting: The Ultimate Guide

Budget reporting is the comparison, analysis, and documentation of the current company's financial performance against the projected budget.
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How to Write a Good Software Business Case [+ Template]

Do you think your company needs to invest in new software? In this post, you'll learn how to write a good software business case. Free template included.
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What is SaaS Operations?

SaaS Operations (SaaSOps) is a new field that's quickly becoming essential for companies of all sizes.
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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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A Complete Guide to the Procurement Process

Procurement is the backbone of every business, guiding how organizations acquire goods and services efficiently to save money, streamline operations, and build strong supplier relationships.
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CFO Dashboard: What it is and Why You Need One

Spreadsheets can only take you so far—discover how a CFO dashboard can transform the way you manage financial metrics, automate tasks, and optimize decision-making.
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Everything You Need to Know About Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses might sound complex, but they’re simply the costs your business has incurred but hasn’t yet paid—understanding them is key to accurate financial reporting.
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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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A Guide to Virtual Debit Cards: All You Need to Know

If your business is tired of dealing with the hassle and risks of physical cards, virtual debit cards offer a secure, efficient solution for managing spending online and in-person.
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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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Revenue Multiples: The Pros, the Cons, and How to Calculate Yours

Discover revenue multiples as a key valuation method for early-stage companies, what they are, their pros and cons, how to calculate them, and the factors that impact their effectiveness in startup valuation and funding.
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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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How to Identify and Prevent Expense Reimbursement Fraud

We explore the various types of expense reimbursement fraud, their potential cost to organizations, and provide practical strategies for identifying and preventing such fraudulent activities in the workplace.
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How to Become a CFO in Tech: An Analysis of 100+ Careers

A comprehensive analysis that examines the career paths of over 100 CFOs in the technology sector, providing valuable insights into education, experience, and skills required to reach this pivotal leadership role in today's fast-paced tech industry.
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A Thorough Guide to Automated Invoice Processing

Automated invoice processing can revolutionize your business's financial operations by streamlining workflows, reducing errors, and saving valuable time and resources.
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Demystifying Maturity Models: Their Significance in Measuring Business Success

A comprehensive overview of maturity models in organizations, explaining their importance, types, how they work, their limitations, and how to choose the right model for a company's needs.
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14 Smart Strategies to Reduce Software Costs as a CFO

Software is typically a company’s second biggest expense after payroll, so here are 14 actionable ways to get your spending under control
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Venture Debt: Raising Funds for Your Early Stage Startup

A financing option for startups and small businesses that allows them to access funds without diluting equity, providing a valuable tool for growth, cash flow management, and runway extension.
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SaaS Governance for CFOs: Why Collaboration with IT Matters

SaaS governance is essential for CFOs to collaborate with IT in managing SaaS applications to control costs, mitigate security risks, ensure compliance, and optimize software usage across the organization.
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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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SaaS License: What They Entail and How to Negotiate

Navigating the diverse landscape of SaaS licensing models can be daunting for a CFO, but understanding their nuances is crucial for making informed decisions that optimize costs and functionality for your organization.
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OTE (On-Target Earning): What It Is and How It Works

OTE (on-target earning) is a payment model consisting of base salary and commissions. Here's how to calculate it and present it to your employees.
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Conquering the Pyrenees: Cledara Runners' Experience at UTMB Val D'Aran

In its fourth consecutive year as the Official Technology Partner of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), Cledara proudly supported the event and sponsored six runners in the races.
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Cledara secures 15 Badges in G2’s Summer 2024 Report

We're thrilled to announce Cledara's 15 new G2 Badges and recognition in 33 reports for SaaS spend management and SaaS operation management in G2's Summer 2024 rankings.
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Month End Without the Headache: How to Automate Your Accounting

As companies grapple with the overwhelming increase in SaaS subscriptions—from eight in 2015 to an average of 130 in 2022—effective management tools like Cledara are becoming essential for streamlining software spend and enhancing financial efficiency.
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Connect Cledara and NetSuite to Transform Month-end

We're happy to announce our latest integration with NetSuite, aiming to transform the month-end process by seamlessly connecting software spending with the accounting platform.
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The Rise of Finance AI Tools: Transforming CFO Operations

AI tools are revolutionizing financial operations by enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and strategic decision-making for CFOs across various domains such as financial planning, compliance, sales forecasting, and more.
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A Guide For Your First 90 Days as CFO

Your first 90 days as CFO at a new company set the trajectory of this chapter of your career. Here’s a checklist of how to play these valuable initial weeks for maximum impact.
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SaaS Vendor Management 101: How To Manage Subscriptions

Learn best practices, tackle key challenges, and see how Cledara can transform, step by step, your approach to SaaS vendor management.
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Cledara Sponsors Val d'Aran 2024 by UTMB

This prestigious event, taking place from July 3 to 7, 2024, in the stunning Pyrenees, is a highlight in the world of mountain ultramarathons.
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The 15 Top Podcasts for CFOs in 2024

Level up your knowledge as a finance professional with these 15 leading podcasts for CFOs.
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A CFO’s Guide to SaaS Contracts

Here’s what to look for when you sign a SaaS contract—which clauses to read carefully, which to insist upon, and how to come away with a great deal.
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SaaS Insights

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.
Read more

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.
Read more

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.
Read more

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.
Read more

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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Ramp vs Brex: A Comprehensive Analysis

Which is best for your business, Ramp vs Brex? Our ultimate rundown can help you decide.
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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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The Great Flattening

Jason Lemkin, founder and CEO of Saastr, discusses the shifts and challenges in the SaaS market at Saastr Europa 2023. He reveals how the market is experiencing a 'flattening' with a slowdown in growth and tightening fundraising landscape.
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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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What is SaaS Operations?

SaaS Operations (SaaSOps) is a new field that's quickly becoming essential for companies of all sizes.
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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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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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The Most Common SaaS Management Challenges for Startups in 2023 [& How to Solve Them]

In 2023, process efficiency will be key for startups. In this post, we explore the most common SaaS management challenges and how to overcome them.
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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.
Read more

How to Identify and Prevent Expense Reimbursement Fraud

We explore the various types of expense reimbursement fraud, their potential cost to organizations, and provide practical strategies for identifying and preventing such fraudulent activities in the workplace.
Read more

How to Become a CFO in Tech: An Analysis of 100+ Careers

A comprehensive analysis that examines the career paths of over 100 CFOs in the technology sector, providing valuable insights into education, experience, and skills required to reach this pivotal leadership role in today's fast-paced tech industry.
Read more

A Thorough Guide to Automated Invoice Processing

Automated invoice processing can revolutionize your business's financial operations by streamlining workflows, reducing errors, and saving valuable time and resources.
Read more

Demystifying Maturity Models: Their Significance in Measuring Business Success

A comprehensive overview of maturity models in organizations, explaining their importance, types, how they work, their limitations, and how to choose the right model for a company's needs.
Read more

14 Smart Strategies to Reduce Software Costs as a CFO

Software is typically a company’s second biggest expense after payroll, so here are 14 actionable ways to get your spending under control
Read more

Venture Debt: Raising Funds for Your Early Stage Startup

A financing option for startups and small businesses that allows them to access funds without diluting equity, providing a valuable tool for growth, cash flow management, and runway extension.
Read more

SaaS Governance for CFOs: Why Collaboration with IT Matters

SaaS governance is essential for CFOs to collaborate with IT in managing SaaS applications to control costs, mitigate security risks, ensure compliance, and optimize software usage across the organization.
Read more

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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