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Ask HN: What's your total monthly SaaS spend? What products are you using?
Recently I was looking at how much we spend on SaaS, and it made me wonder -
For those who don't mind sharing, what's your total monthly SaaS spend? Where?
Here're some SaaS expenses that I can share off the top of my head: (amount in USD)
- Video Calling/Screensharing: 60
- Internal Docs: 80 (docs, spreadsheet)
- Emails: 60
- Team Communications: 60
- Customer Success: 90
- Survey/Feedback: 35
- Calendar Scheduling: 30
- CRM: 90
- Email Client: 60
- Lead Enhancement: 50 (get more details about given email/domain)
- Accounting: 70
- Private Beta Launch: 75
- Project Management: Free
- Analytics: Free
Total -> ~750 USD
+ PLUS
Few hundred dollars every month, while testing out a few SaaS, that requires credit card upfront, which you forget to cancel. (Q2 - Does this happen to you often?)
PS.
• This does not include tech expenses. I'll sync up with our tech team and update soon.
- softwarefounder 7y ago- JIRA - Figma - GSuite (Business) - SendGrid - JetBrains - Jamf (*Free) - Bitbucket - AWS (hosting infra)
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoThank you for sharing this. I have a follow-up question: Q - What products do you use for sales & marketing?
- codingdave 7y agoThis data would be easier to put into context if anyone who replies also includes the number of employees that are supported by their SaaS budget.
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoCompletely agree with you. I'm trying to ask this in a follow-up question if one is comfortable. We're a 10 people team.
- chupa-chups 7y ago- JIRA - GSuite - Bitbucket - Azure (cancelled, running for another 2 months) - AWS - JetBrains - JFrog This is obviously per person, so count yourself :)
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoThank you for sharing this. I have 1 follow-up question: Q - What products do you use for sales & marketing?
- johnmarcus 7y agoYup, about the same amount for about the same set of tools.
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoThanks for sharing. How do you manage SaaS expenses? human/sheet/accounting s/w?
- johnmarcus 7y agoaccounting software is used for formal bookkeeping, but i don't think it categorizes in this way. good'ol spreadsheet is how we keep track of them. the spreadsheet also allows input for the terms/renewal period, purpose, and whom owns the relationship. There probably is a small product to be created here, but im not sure people would pay for it in itself, maybe as a bonus feature with something of more utility.
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoThanks for the info! The spreadsheet is a way to go!
- aidanlister 7y agoWe spend ~$7k/month on SaaS relating to employees. Google 20.90 Travis C 1,494.96 InVision 150.73 Base CRM 452.46 1password 209.78 Rsync.net 15.27 Abstract 50.91 Adobe 79.29 Balsamiq 12.40 StatusPage.io 44.38 Github 10.68 Balsamiq 0.00 Zendesk 904.57 Chart.io 303.21 Github 157.42 Hubspot 1,536.15 Google - GSuite 373.68 Intercom 155.60 Xero 141.25 Browserling 28.98 Microsoft 26.40 Slack 337.40 Open Test 15.30 Atlassian 628.60 BuildKite 46.30 We spend a further $8k/month on SaaS relating to customer hosting, eg SaaS subscriptions like SendGrid but not including AWS spend.
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoThank you for sharing this. I've 2 follow-up questions: Q1 - I see some overlapping as well? ie. Base vs Hubspot? Is it the case or false assumption? Q2 - (If you're comfortable) How big is the team?
- orky56 7y ago-Heroku (36) -Constant Contact (60) -Github (Free) -Box (10) -Asana (Free) -CRM (built in-house) -Accounting (built in-house) ~50 employees ~1mm ARR
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoImpressive! I've 2 follow-up questions for you? Q1 - Why not go for SaaS products available in the market for accounting and CRM? (really curious) Q2 - how much time and energy was spent building in-house CRM/accounting? and is it worth?
- ericb 7y agoWho are you using for lead enhancement?
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoHunter.io
- cm2012 7y agoAround $1000 per month and the best money I spend.
- tanmaydesai89 7y agoThank you for sharing. I've 2 follow-up questions: Q1 - (If you don't mind sharing) how many people does $1K supports? Q2 - how do you manage SaaS expense? human/sheet/accounting s/w?