The judging team behind business software ‘Oscars’, The SaaS Awards, share their insights ahead of this week’s final extended deadline of June 3.
The SaaS Awards aims to recognize excellence in software across all sectors. This year, the Awards include 14 new categories for the judges to appraise.
James Williams, SaaS Awards Head of Operations, said: “Including testimonials is paramount. Whether you are a small business or a large enterprise, having endorsements can make a huge difference.
“What makes you remarkable? Innovation, technical advancements, exceptional customer feedback? We’re eager to see it, and we don’t share this information. Demonstrate what sets your software solution apart.”
SaaS Awards judge Neha Pattan is a long-time technical leader at Google. Last year, Neha found two service providers equally deserving of the SaaS Award for Productivity – Stack Overflow for Teams, and Ping Identity.
Addressing the importance of demonstrable ROI and excellent customer feedback in awards applications, she said: “Stack Overflow is an extensively adopted service and a very popular website (among the top 200 worldwide) with 100M+ DAU and providing private solutions to over 1500 enterprises.
“It has the highest penetration across its cohort users: 85% of developers worldwide use it. Clear third party analysis by Forrester, reporting 179% ROI, shows the strong impact the services offered by this company have on their enterprise customers.
“Ping Identity is a clear leader as a digital identity management solution, with strong market penetration of 60% of Forbes 100 companies, being chosen as a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader for access management and providing an end-to-end solution across SaaS, cloud and on-premise environments.
“Identity and access management are a technically challenging set of problems to solve and doing so seamlessly across environments, with positive reviews from top customers, is a major achievement.”
Lead judge and R&D engineer Richard Geary said: “Often, the biggest hurdle when deploying a SaaS application isn’t the software itself, but providing the training required to use it.
“Having sat through many dry PowerPoint presentations in the past, I am impressed with potential and transformative presentations that can drive engagement and highlight a company’s strengths.”
The SaaS Awards final extended deadline concludes on June 3 and promotes business software across a range of industries: https://www.cloud-awards.com/software-as-a-service-awards.
SaaS Awards Categories:
- Best SaaS for Small Business/SMEs
- Best Enterprise-Level SaaS Product
- Best SaaS Product for Nonprofits/Education
- Best SaaS for Productivity
- Best SaaS for E-Commerce/E-Shops
- Best SaaS for Web or App Development
- Best SaaS for Business Accounting or Finance
- Best SaaS for Management Accounting and Budgeting
- Best SaaS for HR
- Best SaaS for Recruitment
- Best SaaS for Shipping, Inventory/Vehicle Logistics
- Best SaaS for Ticketing/Event Management
- Best SaaS for Business Management
- Best SaaS for Catering and Hospitality
- Best SaaS for CSR or Sustainability
- Best SaaS for Agriculture/Farming
- Best SaaS for Media/Publishing
- Best SaaS for Healthcare
- Best SaaS for Digital Marketing
- Best SaaS for Financial Services
- Best SaaS for E-Learning
- Bespoke SaaS Solution of the Year
- Best UX/UI/Design in a SaaS Product
- Best SaaS for Sales and Marketing
- Best SaaS for PR, Brand Management or Stakeholder Engagement
- Best SaaS for Customer Services/CRM
- Best SaaS for Business Intelligence or Analytics
- Best SaaS for Supply Chain / Warehouse Management
- Best SaaS for Project Management, Workflow Automation or PLM
- Best SaaS for ERP/MRP
- Best Data-Driven SaaS Product
- Best SaaS Newcomer
- Best Security Innovation in a SaaS Product
- Best SaaS Innovation in the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Best SaaS for Energy & Utilities
- Best SaaS for Health & Safety or Risk Management
- Best SaaS for Learning Management or Training
- Best SaaS for Communication, Collaboration or Conferencing
- Best SaaS for Product Analytics
- Best Accessibility Innovation in SaaS
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