SaaS directory
All categories
What each type of tool does and which tools we compared in it.
Accounting Software
Accounting software records a company's income, expenses, invoices and bank transactions and produces the reports needed for taxes and decision making. Small business tools are mostly cloud based and add bank feeds, invoicing, bill pay and basic payroll or inventory add-ons.
FreshBooks, Oracle NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct, Wave, Xero, Zoho Books
Applicant Tracking Systems
An applicant tracking system (ATS) manages the hiring process: posting jobs to boards, collecting applications, moving candidates through stages, scheduling interviews and storing candidate data. Many also offer offer letters, reporting and compliance features.
Ashby, BambooHR, Breezy HR, Greenhouse, iCIMS, JazzHR, Lever, Recruitee, SmartRecruiters, Teamtailor, Workable, Zoho Recruit
Business Intelligence Software
Business intelligence software connects to company data sources and turns them into dashboards, reports and ad hoc analysis. It lets non-technical teams track KPIs and answer questions without writing SQL for every request.
Databox, Domo, Looker Studio, Looker, Metabase, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik Sense, Sigma, Sisense, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, Zoho Analytics
Business Password Managers
A business password manager stores and shares employee credentials in an encrypted vault with admin controls. It lets IT enforce password policy, control shared access, and revoke accounts when people leave.
1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, Keeper Security, LastPass, NordPass, Passbolt, Proton Pass, RoboForm, Uniqkey, Zoho Vault
CRM Software
CRM software stores contacts, companies and deals in one place and tracks every interaction from first lead to closed sale. Sales teams use it to manage pipelines, follow-ups and forecasts, and many tools add email, marketing and service features.
Close, Copper, Freshsales, HubSpot CRM, Insightly, Less Annoying CRM, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, monday CRM, Pipedrive, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Zoho CRM
ERP Software
ERP software connects a company's finance, inventory, purchasing, sales and often manufacturing or HR data in a single system. It replaces separate spreadsheets and tools so teams work from one set of numbers.
Acumatica, Deskera, Epicor Kinetic, Infor CloudSuite, Intuit Enterprise Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle NetSuite, Odoo, Sage Intacct, SAP Business One, Striven
Ecommerce Platforms
An ecommerce platform is software for building and running an online store, covering product catalog, checkout, payments, orders and shipping. Hosted platforms handle servers and updates, while open-source options give more control and more maintenance. Buyers weigh cost, customization, scalability and sales channels.
Adobe Commerce (Magento), Big Cartel, BigCommerce, Ecwid by Lightspeed, PrestaShop, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Shift4Shop, Shopify, Square Online, Squarespace Commerce, Wix eCommerce, WooCommerce
Electronic Signature Software
Electronic signature software lets people sign contracts and forms online, with an audit trail that records who signed and when. Tools usually add templates, signing workflows, reminders and integrations with CRM and storage, and some add identity verification and contract workflows.
Adobe Acrobat Sign, BoldSign, DocuSign, Dropbox Sign, GetAccept, Jotform Sign, Oneflow, PandaDoc, Signeasy, signNow, SignWell, Zoho Sign
Email Marketing Software
Email marketing software lets companies build subscriber lists, design and send campaigns, automate sequences such as welcome and abandoned-cart emails, and measure opens, clicks and revenue. Most also handle segmentation and sign-up forms.
ActiveCampaign, Brevo, Campaign Monitor, Constant Contact, Drip, GetResponse, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Kit (ConvertKit), Klaviyo, Mailchimp, MailerLite, Omnisend
HR Software (HRIS)
HR software, also called an HRIS or HRMS, stores employee records and automates people processes such as onboarding, time off, benefits, performance reviews and often payroll. It gives HR one system of record instead of spreadsheets and email. Suites range from lightweight tools for small teams to full HCM platforms.
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Gusto, HiBob, Justworks, Namely, Paycom, Paycor, Paylocity, Rippling, TriNet
Help Desk Software
Help desk software turns customer or employee requests from email, chat and other channels into tickets that agents can assign, track and resolve. It usually adds a knowledge base, automation and reporting on response times.
Freshdesk, Front, Gorgias, Help Scout, HelpDesk, HubSpot Service Hub, Intercom, Jira Service Management, Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk, Zoho Desk
Payroll Software
Payroll software calculates employee pay, withholds and files payroll taxes, and issues paychecks or direct deposits. Most platforms also handle contractor payments, year-end forms such as W-2 and 1099, and sync with accounting and time tracking tools.
ADP Run, Gusto, Justworks, OnPay, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, Paycom, Paycor, Paylocity, QuickBooks Payroll, Rippling, TriNet
Project Management Software
Project management software helps teams plan work, assign tasks, track deadlines and see progress in one place. Common building blocks are task lists, Kanban boards, Gantt timelines, time tracking and reporting. Tools range from simple task boards to full portfolio and resource management suites.
Asana, Jira, Basecamp, ClickUp, Microsoft Project, monday.com, Notion, Smartsheet, Teamwork, Trello, Wrike, Zoho Projects
Video Conferencing Software
Video conferencing software lets teams hold live audio and video meetings over the internet, with screen sharing, chat, recording and webinar options. Buyers pick it for meeting reliability, participant limits, security controls and how well it fits their existing calendar and chat tools.
Dialpad Meetings, Google Meet, GoTo Meeting, Jitsi Meet, Livestorm, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral Video, Slack, Cisco Webex, Whereby, Zoho Meeting, Zoom Workplace
Website Builders
A website builder is a hosted tool that lets people create and publish a website with templates and a visual editor, without writing code. Most include hosting, a domain option and add-ons such as forms, bookings and online stores.
BigCommerce, Duda, Framer, GoDaddy Websites + Marketing, Hostinger Website Builder, Shopify, Squarespace Commerce, Strikingly, Webflow, Wix eCommerce, WordPress.com
AI Meeting Assistants
An AI meeting assistant records or listens to meetings, transcribes them, and produces summaries, action items and searchable notes. Some also push insights into the CRM or project tools, and a few work without a visible bot in the call.
Avoma, Circleback, Fathom, Fellow, Fireflies.ai, Gong, Granola, Krisp, Otter.ai, Read AI, Sembly AI, tl;dv
Appointment Scheduling Software
Appointment scheduling software lets clients or colleagues book time online against your real availability, with automatic reminders, calendar sync and often payments. It reduces back-and-forth emails and no-shows.
Acuity Scheduling, Calendly, Doodle, HubSpot Meetings, SavvyCal, Setmore, SimplyBook.me, Square Appointments, TidyCal, vcita, YouCanBookMe, Zoho Bookings
Cloud Storage and File Sharing
Business cloud storage keeps company files on remote servers so teams can sync, share and edit them from any device. Business plans add admin controls, permissions, audit logs and larger storage than consumer accounts. Buyers compare it with file sharing, backup and document management tools.
Box, Dropbox Business, Egnyte, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Nextcloud, pCloud, ShareFile, Sync.com, Tresorit, Zoho WorkDrive
Expense Management Software
Expense management software captures receipts, enforces spending policy, routes approvals and reimburses employees, often alongside corporate cards. It replaces spreadsheets and paper receipts with an audit trail that syncs to the accounting system.
Brex, Bill Spend & Expense, Emburse, Expensify, Fyle (Sage Expense Management), Navan, Payhawk, Ramp, Rippling Spend, SAP Concur, Spendesk, Zoho Expense
Invoicing Software
Invoicing software creates, sends and tracks invoices, then collects payment and chases overdue balances. Many tools add recurring billing, estimates, expense tracking and links to accounting software. Buyers choose between simple standalone invoicing and full accounting suites.
Bill.com, FreshBooks, Harvest, Invoice Ninja, PayPal Invoicing, QuickBooks Online, Square Invoices, Stripe Invoicing, Wave, Xero, Zoho Invoice
Knowledge Base Software
Knowledge base software stores help articles, FAQs, how-tos and procedures in a searchable library for customers (external) or employees (internal). It reduces repeat support tickets and keeps teams working from one source of truth.
Bloomfire, Confluence, Document360, Freshdesk, Guru, Help Scout, Helpjuice, Notion, Nuclino, Slite, Tettra, Zendesk
Learning Management Systems
A learning management system hosts, delivers and tracks online training courses. Companies use it for onboarding, compliance and skills training, with reports on who completed what.
360Learning, Absorb LMS, Continu, Docebo, iSpring Learn, LearnUpon, Litmos, Moodle, TalentLMS, Thinkific
Marketing Automation Software
Marketing automation software runs repeatable marketing work such as email nurture sequences, lead scoring, segmentation and campaign reporting without manual sends. B2B teams use it to move leads from first touch to sales-ready, usually together with a CRM.
ActiveCampaign, Brevo, GetResponse, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Keap, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Adobe Marketo Engage, Moosend, Omnisend, Salesforce Account Engagement (Pardot), Zoho Marketing Automation
Mobile Device Management Software
Mobile device management (MDM) software lets IT enroll, configure, secure and monitor company and employee devices such as phones, tablets and laptops. It enforces policies, distributes apps and can lock or wipe lost devices. Many products now cover all endpoints and are called UEM.
42Gears SureMDM, Hexnode, IBM MaaS360, Jamf Pro, JumpCloud, ManageEngine MDM Plus, Microsoft Intune, Miradore, Mosyle, NinjaOne, Omnissa Workspace One, Scalefusion
POS Systems
A POS system is the software and hardware a business uses to ring up sales, take payments and track inventory in store. Modern cloud POS also handles staff, customer data, online orders and reporting.
Clover, Epos Now, Heartland, Lightspeed, Revel Systems, Shopify POS, Square POS, SumUp, Toast, TouchBistro
SEO Tools
SEO tools help teams research keywords, audit websites, track rankings, analyze backlinks and optimize content to earn more organic search traffic. They come as all-in-one platforms or specialist tools for tasks like crawling or content scoring. Most are sold as monthly subscriptions with limits on projects and reports.
Ahrefs, Clearscope, Google Search Console, Mangools, Moz Pro, Screaming Frog SEO Spider, SE Ranking, Semrush, Serpstat, Sitebulb, Surfer SEO, Ubersuggest
Social Media Management Tools
Social media management tools let teams plan, schedule and publish posts across networks, monitor mentions and messages, and report on performance from one dashboard. Larger platforms add approvals, social listening and a shared inbox.
Agorapulse, Buffer, Hootsuite, Later, Loomly, Metricool, Planoly, Sendible, SocialPilot, Sprinklr, Sprout Social
Survey and Form Software
Survey software lets teams create questionnaires, distribute them by link, email or embed, and analyze the responses. Tools range from simple form builders to research platforms with advanced logic, panels and statistical analysis. Common uses are customer feedback, NPS, employee surveys and market research.
Alchemer, Formstack, Google Forms, Jotform Sign, Qualtrics, QuestionPro, Sogolytics, SurveyMonkey, Tally, Typeform, Wufoo, Zoho Survey
Team Chat and Messaging Software
Team chat software gives employees channels, direct messages, threads and file sharing in one searchable place, replacing long email chains. Most products add voice or video calls and integrations with project and business tools. Buyers choose between chat-first tools and suites bundled with email and office apps.
Chanty, Connecteam, Flock, Google Chat, Mattermost, Microsoft Teams, Rocket.Chat, Slack, Twist, Zoho Cliq, Zoom Workplace
Time Tracking Software
Time tracking software records hours worked by people on projects, clients or tasks via timers, timesheets or attendance clocks. Teams use it for client billing, payroll input, project profitability and sometimes productivity monitoring.
actiTIME, Clockify, DeskTime, Everhour, Harvest, Hubstaff, QuickBooks Time, Replicon (Deltek Replicon), Time Doctor, TimeCamp, Toggl Track, When I Work
SaaS Management Platforms
A SaaS management platform (SMP) discovers the SaaS applications a company uses, tracks who has access and what it costs, and helps manage renewals, licenses and offboarding. It gives IT and finance one inventory of the software estate.
BetterCloud, Cledara, CloudEagle, Josys, Lumos, Nudge Security, Rippling, Spendbase, Torii, Zluri, Zylo
SaaS Spend Management Software
SaaS spend management software tracks what a company pays for software subscriptions, attributes it to teams and contracts, and surfaces waste such as unused seats and duplicate tools.
1Password SaaS Manager, Binadox, Cledara, CloudEagle, Nudge Security, Sastrify, Spendbase, Spendflo, Torii, Tropic, Vertice, Zluri, Zylo
Business Subscription Tracking Software
Business subscription tracking software gives a small or mid-size company one list of every software subscription it pays for, with owner, cost, seats and renewal date.
1Password SaaS Manager, BetterCloud, Cledara, CloudEagle, Nudge Security, Reftab, Spendbase, Torii, Zluri, Zylo
SaaS License Management Software
SaaS license management tracks how many paid seats a company owns versus how many are actively used, and reclaims or downsizes unused ones.
BetterCloud, CloudEagle, CloudFuze, CoreView, Flexera One, Freshservice, Josys, Reftab, ServiceNow Software Asset Management, Torii, Zluri, Zylo
SaaS Renewal Management Software
SaaS renewal management tracks contract end dates, notice periods and price uplifts so a company can renegotiate, downsize or cancel before auto-renewal.
BetterCloud, Cledara, CloudEagle, Flexera One, Sastrify, Spendflo, Torii, Tropic, Zluri, Zylo
Shadow IT Discovery Tools
Shadow IT discovery tools find software and cloud apps employees use without IT approval, via identity logs, email, browser extensions, finance data or network traffic.
Admina, BetterCloud, Josys, Netskope, Nudge Security, Push Security, Torii, Zluri, Zylo
Software Asset Management Tools
Software asset management (SAM) tools track software licenses, entitlements and usage to control cost and compliance. Modern SAM covers SaaS as well as installed software.
Certero, CloudEagle, EZO AssetSonar, Flexera One, Freshservice, ManageEngine AssetExplorer, Matrix42, Oomnitza, ServiceNow Software Asset Management, Xensam, Zluri, Zylo
SaaS Buying and Negotiation Platforms
SaaS procurement platforms help companies buy and renegotiate software, combining intake workflows, price benchmarks and negotiators.
Cledara, CloudEagle, Sastrify, Spendflo, Torii, Tropic, Vertice, Zluri, Zylo
SaaS Procurement Software
SaaS procurement software manages how a company requests, evaluates, negotiates and renews software subscriptions. It combines intake and approvals with pricing benchmarks and renewal tracking.
Cledara, CloudEagle, Omnea, Procurify, Sastrify, Spendbase, Spendflo, Tropic, Vertice, Zapro, Zip
Procurement Intake Software
Procurement intake software is the front door for purchase requests. It collects requests, applies routing and policy rules, and sends each one to the right stakeholders before a PO or contract exists.
Coupa, Ivalua, Levelpath, Omnea, Order.co, Precoro, Procurify, Spendflo, Tonkean, Vertice, Zip, Zycus
SaaS Buying and Negotiation Services
SaaS buying services negotiate software contracts on a company's behalf using benchmark data from other deals. They are paid by subscription or a share of savings.
Cledara, CloudEagle, Sastrify, Spendbase, Spendflo, Tropic, Vertice
Purchase Order and Approval Software
Purchase order and approval software lets teams request purchases, route them to approvers against budgets, issue POs and match invoices. SMB tools avoid enterprise ERP complexity.
Coupa, Kissflow Procurement, Order.co, Precoro, ProcureDesk, ProcurementExpress, Procurify, Ramp, Stampli, Tipalti, Tradogram, Zip
Vendor Management Software
Vendor management software keeps a central record of suppliers and their contracts, onboarding documents, performance and risk. It supports decisions on who to buy from and renew.
Coupa, Gatekeeper, Ivalua, Jaggaer, Precoro, Procurify, SAP Ariba, Venminder, Zip, Zycus
Vendor Risk Management Software
Vendor risk management software assesses and monitors the security, compliance and financial risk of third parties. It runs questionnaires, tracks evidence and scores vendors.
Bitsight, Drata, Gatekeeper, OneTrust, Panorays, Mitratech Prevalent, ProcessUnity, Secureframe, SecurityScorecard, UpGuard, Vanta, Venminder, Whistic
Contract Management Software
Contract management software stores and tracks agreements through drafting, approval, signing and renewal. For software buyers the key job is catching renewal and notice dates.
Agiloft, Aline, Concord, Contractbook, ContractSafe, Docusign CLM, Ironclad, Juro, LinkSquares, Oneflow, PandaDoc, Sirion, Zoho Contracts
RFP and Sourcing Software (Buyer Side)
Buyer-side RFP and sourcing software runs requests for proposals, collects vendor bids and scores them side by side.
Coupa, Euna Procurement, Fairmarkit, Ivalua, Jaggaer, SAP Ariba, Tradogram, Zycus