> And how is SaaS income “passive”? There is server support, sales, etc. It surely depends on your market, but things like sales are for generating new income.

> And how is SaaS income “passive”? There is server support, sales, etc. It surely depends on your market, but things like sales are for generating new income. You can always stop working on sales and keep drawing existing income. I don't know how much server support most SaaS businesses entail, but in my (n = 1) experience, it's not a lot. I"m a little confused by your reference to independent consulting, which is not at all like SaaS. It has more flexibility than full-time employment, but it's still active income that you have to work for (with a minor exception for retainers). But it sounds like you aren't really interested in finding a way that passive income could be useful, and I'm not here to list all the reasons people like to run SaaS businesses. If the benefits don't stand out to you, then by all means you should do something else!