{"id":37,"date":"2023-09-27T22:23:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T22:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsaas.art\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2023-10-08T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T11:20:49","slug":"what-is-saas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsaas.art\/blog\/what-is-saas\/","title":{"rendered":"What is SaaS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SaaS means <strong>software as a service<\/strong>. It is a business model where there is a <strong>paywall <\/strong>to use any software in a certain time interval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, you can use <strong>Netflix <\/strong>after you pay for it. At the end of the day, Netflix wants you for your money to access the content with software. And doesn&#8217;t want it forever. Wants it for <strong>1 month<\/strong>. After 1 month, it will reset again and ask for it again. Here we call this process SaaS. Another name is <strong>the subscription system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an example of a subscription system, you can consider a <strong>magazine <\/strong>subscription. A magazine subscription allows you to receive magazines within a certain <strong>period<\/strong> of time. But you subscribe after you pay the money. In the same way, your <strong>access <\/strong>to the magazine takes place after you pass the paywall. When we do this process online, especially when we do it in the software focus, it becomes SaaS. It must be software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SaaS Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We used to buy a normal product for <strong>thousands of Dollars<\/strong>. That was our <strong>license<\/strong>. But now this has changed because giving thousands of Dollars at once can burn people&#8217;s pockets. To solve this, they are creating an area where they can pay less but they can give continuously. <strong>Adobe Photoshop<\/strong> used to sell for <strong>$649<\/strong>. Now we don&#8217;t need to pay that in one go. Adobe realized this SaaS business model years ago and renewed the revenue and business models of all its systems with a fee of <strong>$19 per month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Software as a Service Advantages and Disadvantages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason <strong>Adobe <\/strong>did this was to create regular revenue streams. Yes, SaaS models create <strong>regular revenue<\/strong> streams. Once you sell to a customer, that customer will bring revenue to the company for months or even years. This is <strong>very profitable<\/strong> in terms of producer costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But <\/strong>there is also a disadvantage. It is <strong>difficult to convince the customer<\/strong> in the <strong>SaaS business<\/strong>. For example, I currently have a product called <a href=\"https:\/\/notionplus.dev\/?ref=microsaas-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NotionPlus.dev<\/a> and it has <strong>700 members.<\/strong> But despite that, I have <strong>1 paid member<\/strong>. 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