Oakland is home to 17 SaaS and AI products actively bought by companies on Cledara, led by Fivetran (0.45% market share). This ranking is built from real purchasing data — what companies actually pay for, not funding announcements — and updates monthly. Data as of 17 August 2026, 14:36 UTC.
| # | Product | Category | Description | Founded | Employees | Funding | 12-mo rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fivetran | Data & Analytics | Fivetran is an automated data movement platform that allows users to stream data into their warehouse for advanced analytics. It provides a solution for moving, transforming, securing, and governing data across various sources and destinations. Fivetran offers a wide range of connectors for SaaS replication, database replication, SAP replication, streaming replication, file replication, and custom | 2,012 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $100M - $250M | 0 |
| 2 | Launch Darkly | Engineering & DevOps | LaunchDarkly offers feature flag and toggle management by allowing businesses to control the deployment of features and the percentage of users who have access to them. It also enables A/B testing to compare the performance of different feature variations and make data-driven decisions. Additionally, LaunchDarkly allows businesses to toggle features on or off in real-time to fix bugs or perform ma | 2,014 | 501-1,000 employees | $100M - $250M | -52 |
| 3 | npm | Engineering & DevOps | npm is the maker of the node package manager, the npm Registry, and npm CLI | 2,014 | 11-50 employees | -7 | |
| 4 | Marvin | Collaboration & Productivity | Marvin is a software platform that assists with qualitative research by automating the collection and analysis of user data. It enables the organization and tagging of interviews, transcripts, and other research materials in a searchable repository. The platform also provides tools for summarizing and sharing research insights efficiently. | 2,021 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | +495 |
| 5 | Screenshotbot | Engineering & DevOps | Screenshotbot monitors application for changes in Screenshot tests, and sends appropriate Github Issues marking the blame change. | 2,020 | 2-10 employees | -45 | |
| 6 | Crowdcast | Marketing & Growth | Crowdcast is a platform for hosting interactive video events, combining features to support live streaming, webinars, workshops, and virtual conferences. It allows content creators and event organizers to engage with their audience through live Q&A sessions, polls, and direct screen sharing. Additionally, Crowdcast facilitates ticket sales for events, integrates with social media platforms for bro | 2,015 | 11-50 employees | -173 | |
| 7 | Great Question | Customer Success & Support | Great Question is an all-in-one UX research platform that helps teams recruit participants, conduct interviews, run surveys, and analyze research data. It integrates with various tools and offers features like automated incentives and AI-driven insights. | 2,021 | 51-200 employees | $1M - $5M | +204 |
| 8 | Sunsama | Collaboration & Productivity | Sunsama is a daily planning tool designed to help users structure their workdays for better focus and productivity. It integrates with popular apps like Asana, Gmail, and Slack to organize tasks and schedules. The tool provides a guided planning process to set realistic goals and priorities. | 2,018 | 2-10 employees | +308 | |
| 9 | Elicit | AI Platforms & Model Ops | Elicit is an AI-powered research tool that automates literature reviews, data extraction, and synthesis to assist with research analysis tasks. | 2,023 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | +475 |
| 10 | Prezi | Collaboration & Productivity | Prezi is a presentation tool offering a zoomable canvas to help users create presentations. It enables the spatial organization of ideas and supports real-time collaboration. Designed to enhance the presentation experience, Prezi allows for a non-linear presentation of information | 2,009 | 201-500 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 11 | Scarf | Data & Analytics | Scarf is a platform that provides open-source project maintainers with analytics on software distribution and usage. It offers tools like Scarf Gateway and SDKs to collect data on package downloads, documentation views, and user interactions. This data helps identify organizations using the software, track adoption metrics, and inform sales and marketing strategies. | 2,019 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 12 | SquadCast.fm by Descript | Marketing & Growth | SquadCast.fm is a cloud-based platform for recording high-quality audio and video content remotely. It supports podcasting, video production, and more with features like HD local recordings, cloud storage, progressive uploads, and Dolby audio processing to ensure reliability and clarity. | 2,016 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 13 | Teleport | IT & Security | Teleport is an open-source tool that offers zero trust access to servers and cloud applications through SSH, Kubernetes, and HTTPS protocols. | 2,015 | 201-500 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 14 | Text Blaze | Collaboration & Productivity | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |||
| 15 | Josh Bersin Academy | People Ops & Talent | 2,018 | 51-200 employees | |||
| 16 | California Water Environmental Association | 1,928 | 10,001+ employees | ||||
| 17 | OH no Type Company | Marketing & Growth | 2-10 employees |
The complete list is available as <a href="/api/export/startups/united-states/oakland.csv">CSV</a> or <a href="/api/export/startups/united-states/oakland.json">JSON</a>.
The largest SaaS company from Oakland by headcount is Fivetran (1,001-5,000 employees).
9 of 17 have disclosed funding, topped by Fivetran ($100M - $250M).
The newest entrant is Elicit (founded 2023).
The oldest is California Water Environmental Association (founded 1928); the newest, Elicit (2023).
| Category | Products |
|---|---|
| Collaboration & Productivity | 4 |
| Engineering & DevOps | 3 |
| Marketing & Growth | 3 |
| Data & Analytics | 2 |
| Customer Success & Support | 1 |
| AI Platforms & Model Ops | 1 |
| IT & Security | 1 |
| People Ops & Talent | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
Oakland's SaaS scene skews toward Collaboration & Productivity — 4 of its 17 tracked companies build collaboration & productivity software.
Oakland accounts for 0% of the 3,476 ranked SaaS products founded in the United States.
Fivetran, Launch Darkly and npm are the most-used SaaS products founded in Oakland, based on real purchasing data from companies on Cledara. Last updated 17 August 2026, 14:36 UTC.
17 SaaS and AI products founded in Oakland are actively bought by companies tracked on Cledara. Aggregators list more registered startups; this ranking counts only products with real, current usage.
Elicit and Great Question show the strongest rank gains among Oakland-founded products over the last 90 days.
Most lists rank Oakland startups by funding raised or valuation. This one ranks them by adoption — how many companies actually pay for each product — measured monthly from Cledara's purchasing data.