There is a better way (to build a SaaS)

A few years back I wrote a post called:

I barely scratched the surface

The truth is I barely scratched the surface of the tools companies need to build a successful saas.

For the most part, it is still true that no-code solutions are primarily aimed at building internal tools vs an actual saas platform.

And it’s pretty obvious why.

To build a successful saas you need a lot.

To build a decent saas application you will need to build, integrate, or use separate solutions for:

• admin portal
• audit trails
• member management
• subscription management
• authentication
• apis
• integrations
• website
• landing pages
• blogging
• crm
• workflows or bpm
• affiliate &/or referral management
• demo-ing
• accessibility
• internationalization
• GDPR compliance
• helpdesk
• customer chat
• sales/marketing chat
• knowledge base
• onboarding
• forum software
• social media integration
• SSO
• transactional emails
• newsletter emails
• feature flags
• customer requests
• public roadmap
• and the list goes on

Enter Alexandro Martinez & saasrock.com

I met Alexandro a few months ago on twitter when he was just beginning to work with remix.run. He was building an admin solution for saas companies. We ended up dialoguing a bit about the pain points above.

He immediately dug-in with an insane drive and in the last two months built and pre-launched saasrock.com.

There is pent up demand for this.