SaaS solutions have fueled the ever-expanding startup ecosystem. If you want to take advantage of that potential, you must create a one-of-a-kind SaaS app. This presentation provides an in-depth approach to SaaS development that will benefit aspiring founders and co-founders.

1. In-Depth Guide to SaaS
Development For Founders

2. Table of content
What is SaaS development?
What is SaaS application development?
Things to consider before developing a SaaS application
Steps to develop SaaS solutions?
Cost of SaaS app development
Challenges of SaaS software development

3. SaaS (Software as a Service) is a software licensing and delivery model
where you host the application on the cloud.
The software is licensed on a subscription model, accessible to users
through the internet anywhere and in any time zone without installing it.
What is SaaS development?

4. 1. Technical considerations
Things to consider before developing a SaaS
application
Monolithic
Microservice
Single-tenant
Multi-tenant
a.) SaaS architecture
Carefully design your software architecture and take
help from the solution architects who have the skill and
experience to solve a complex problem.
Here are some popular types of SaaS architectures that
one can choose from:
b.) Tech stack
The tech stack comprises programming languages,
server technology, database, cloud hosting provider,
CDN (Content Delivery Network), etc.
c.) Third-party integrations
The tech stack comprises programming languages,
server technology, database, cloud hosting provider,
CDN (Content Delivery Network), etc.

5. 1. Technical considerations
Things to consider before developing a SaaS
application
Payment system
Secure database
No downtime deployment
Subscription lifecycle management
d.) Core features
There are a few must-have features you will need in any
SaaS application. Let’s analyze them:
Project manager
UI/UX designer
Business analyst
Back-end developer
Front-end developer
QA engineer
e.) SaaS development team
Here are some of the designations you would require in
a SaaS development team:

6. 1. Technical considerations
Things to consider before developing a SaaS
application
ToeDipper
SurvivorTech
UnicornExpress
New Horizons
f.) SaaS development framework
With years of experience in helping SaaS startups, AWS
has developed a SaaS journey framework consisting of
four categories.

7. 2. Non-Technical considerations
Things to consider before developing a SaaS
application
a.) Market research
A clear understanding of the market will help you know if
there’s a unique challenge that your targeted customers
would like to be solved.
Flat-Price
Usage-Based
Tiered-Pricing
Per-User Pricing
Per Active User
Per-Feature Pricing
Freemium
b.) SaaS pricing models
The monetization model of any SaaS company becomes
the base for their future earnings.
Here are some of the most popular SaaS pricing
models:
Penetration Pricing
Captive Pricing
Skimming Pricing
Prestige Pricing
Free-Trial Pricing
c.) SaaS pricing strategies
Pricing strategies define the approach you should use to
describe the SaaS product.
Here are popular SaaS pricing strategies:

8. Steps to develop SaaS solutions?
1: Requirement analysis and planning
4: Deployment
2: Designing
5: Testing and maintenance
3: Development
6: Optimization

9. The average cost to build a SaaS MVP lies somewhere between
$20,000 and $70,000.
The full-fledged app development may cost you somewhere
between $80,000-$200,000.
Cost of SaaS app development

10. Here is the cost calculation according to various factors:
1 As per development phases:
Cost of SaaS app development

11. Here is the cost calculation according to various factors:
2 As per team type:
Cost of SaaS app development

12. Scalability: If it’s not scalable, your SaaS business can’t grow. So, choose a tech stack
that can quickly scale soon.
Security: The personal information of customers should have a high level of encryption.
Reliability: Choosing trustworthy partners for your servers, programming language,
database, cloud infrastructure, etc., can lead to higher reliability.
Monetization: Choosing suitable SaaS pricing models and strategies discussed above is
essential. If you get that right, you are on the right track.
Challenges of SaaS software development

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