The 29 SaaS Companies Ranked by Spend from San Diego (2026)
San Diego is home to 29 recorded SaaS and AI products headquartered here, led by ClickUp (0.23% of recorded software spend). The order uses recorded software spend share in the Cledara dataset; directory inclusion does not establish current paid usage. Data as of .
What this ranking measures
Location is the recorded headquarters, which may differ from where a company was founded or where its customers operate. Vendors are ordered by trailing-12-month software spend share in the Cledara dataset. Recorded products without a current paid observation remain in the directory; inclusion alone does not establish current paid usage.
Annual rank changes use the separate global popularity rank, based on payment activity. Missing calendar endpoints stay unavailable. Founding year, employee and funding fields are recorded enrichment facts, which can be incomplete or historical. Full source data is available from the CSV and JSON download links.
The headline and leader facts describe the complete published location. Search and category selections apply to the directory and its downloads.
Top SaaS companies from San Diego
| # | Product | Category | Founded | Employees | Funding | 12-mo activity rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ClickUp ClickUp is a customizable productivity platform that aims to replace other workplace apps for all users and all departments in an organization. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2017 | 501-1,000 employees | $250M+ | -21 |
| 2 |  Demio Demio is a webinar platform designed to support marketing, sales, and customer success teams. It allows users to host live webinars, product demos, on-demand webinars, and virtual events. Demio provides features for attendee engagement such as polls, handouts, and real-time chats. It also offers analytics to track engagement and identify attendee intent. The platform is integrated with various mar | Marketing & Growth | 2017 | Self-employed | -2 | |
| 3 |  Snipe-IT Snipe-IT is an open-source asset management tool that offers asset tagging, enabling users to identify each piece of hardware specifically. It incorporates check-in/check-out functionalities to manage asset possession and prevent double-booking. Additionally, Snipe-IT allows users to customize status labels for assets, offering a detailed overview of their state. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2014 | +14 | ||
| 4 |  Axure RP Axure RP is a tool designed for UX professionals, enabling the creation of realistic and functional prototypes. It allows users to build prototypes with various combinations of event triggers, conditions, and actions, offering interactive possibilities for exploring digital experiences. The tool features dynamic content capabilities, including working forms, multi-state containers, data-driven int | Marketing & Growth | 2002 | 11-50 employees | -541 | |
| 5 |  Answer The Public AnswerThePublic is a search listening tool that harnesses autocomplete data from search engines to generate a list of questions, phrases, and keywords associated with a specific topic. It offers marketers, SEO professionals, and content creators insights into public inquiries and topics of interest, helping them to produce relevant and engaging content. The platform provides real-time search insig | Marketing & Growth | 2017 | 1,001-5,000 employees | -135 | |
| 6 |  Churn Buster Churn Buster is a software solution aimed at reducing customer churn for subscription-based businesses by optimizing retention efforts, offering insights into cancellation reasons, and providing dynamic flows to keep customers engaged. | Customer Success & Support | 2013 | 11-50 employees | -353 | |
| 7 |  CS-Cart CS-Cart is an e-commerce software platform that enables businesses to create and manage their online stores. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2005 | 51-200 employees | +654 | |
| 8 |  NumberBarn NumberBarn is a cloud-based phone number platform that lets individuals and businesses buy, park, port, and manage phone numbers online, along with VoIP calling and messaging services. It provides tools for number management, forwarding, and business phone service. | Customer Success & Support | 2014 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 9 |  Calqulate Calqulate is a financial data platform that offers real-time financial data sharing and analysis, automated portfolio monitoring, and investor reporting. The platform aids in accessing equity and loan financing by providing standardized financial KPIs and connects to a wide range of financial data sources. Its key function is to streamline fundraising activities and investor engagement for startup | Finance & Accounting | 2021 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 10 |  Chatmeter Chatmeter is a platform that offers AI-powered reputation management solutions. The product is designed to help multi-location brands improve their online presence, engage with customers, and optimize revenues. It addresses various business problems, including the need to monitor and manage online reputation, gain competitive brand insights, and effectively manage social media accounts. | Marketing & Growth | 2009 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 11 |  Drata Drata is a platform designed to automate the compliance journey for businesses, making them audit-ready and providing ongoing support from security and compliance experts. The product aims to solve the problem of manual compliance processes by centralizing and automating compliance requirements. It offers solutions for various frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR. | Legal, Risk & Compliance | 2020 | 501-1,000 employees | $250M+ | |
| 12 |  DuoCircle DuoCircle is a phishing protection and email security company offering services such as real-time link click protection, spam filtering, outbound SMTP, backup MX services, and Advanced Threat Protection to safeguard users against email threats like phishing, spam, and malware. | IT & Security | 2014 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 13 |  Evernote Evernote is a platform that offers solutions for note-taking, self-organization, and productivity. It provides features for capturing and organizing information, including note-taking, document scanning, and task management. The platform also offers AI features, collaboration tools, and advanced search capabilities, catering to individual and team needs. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2008 | 201-500 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 14 |  GraphPad GraphPad is a statistical software company whose main product, Prism, provides a wide array of statistical analyses such as ANOVA, regression models, and survival analysis. Prism helps scientists to perform, visualize, and share their data analyses through publication-quality graphs and collaboration tools. | Data & Analytics | 1990 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 15 |  Growrk Growrk is a remote workspace management platform that helps with modern business logistics and equipment management. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2021 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 16 | ITL | Engineering & DevOps | 2013 | 501-1,000 employees | ||
| 17 |  Outseta Outseta is a platform that provides essential business tools for startups and small businesses. It includes features for CRM, subscription billing, customer communication, and analytics, all integrated into a single platform for streamlined management. | Sales & Revenue | 2016 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 18 | ProductionCrate | Marketing & Growth | 2009 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 19 |  Qatalog Self-structuring, centralized system to seamlessly manage people, operations, and knowledge | IT & Security | 2017 | 501-1,000 employees | $250M+ | |
| 20 |  Seismic Seismic is a platform that focuses on sales enablement and marketing orchestration. It is designed to assist organizations in enhancing their sales effectiveness by facilitating the delivery of relevant content to sales teams. The platform aims to improve the overall buyer experience by providing features such as content management, sales content automation, and analytics. | Sales & Revenue | 2010 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 21 | Slashdot Media | Marketing & Growth | 2000 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 22 | SolidProfessor | People Ops & Talent | 2002 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 23 |  Soundful Soundful is a platform for businesses and creators to generate and download royalty-free background music for social media content and digital ads with AI. | Marketing & Growth | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 24 |  SqlDBM SQLDBM is an online database modeling tool that simplifies the process of designing, modeling, and managing databases. It offers a collaborative platform where users can visually design and document their database structures, making it easier to communicate and collaborate on database projects. | Data & Analytics | 2017 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 25 | Swipe Files | Marketing & Growth | Self-employed | |||
| 26 | Vizolutions | Marketing & Growth | 2015 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 27 |  Wrike Wrike is a project management software that is designed to help teams streamline their workflows and improve overall efficiency. It offers solutions for various business problems, including marketing campaign proofing and reporting, professional services management, project management office alignment, and creative and design asset creation and approval.
The software provides a range of use cases | Collaboration & Productivity | 2006 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 28 |  Leadscope Leadscope is a cloud-based automation tool that optimizes lead generation by securely managing prospecting outreach on autopilot. It utilizes static IPs for added security and allows seamless integration with your CRM or email campaign tool, streamlining data transfer from LinkedIn prospects. | Sales & Revenue | 2021 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 29 |  TierraNet TierraNet provides managed hosting, cloud infrastructure, domain registrar, connectivity and related IT services for businesses, including managed servers, colocation and network solutions. | Engineering & DevOps | 1997 | 11-50 employees |
San Diego startups by size and funding
The largest SaaS company from San Diego by headcount is ClickUp (501-1,000 employees).
8 of 29 have disclosed funding, topped by ClickUp ($250M+).
The newest entrant is Calqulate (founded 2021).
What San Diego startups build
- Marketing & Growth 9
- Collaboration & Productivity 3
- Operations & Supply Chain 3
- Sales & Revenue 3
- Customer Success & Support 2
- IT & Security 2
- Data & Analytics 2
- Engineering & DevOps 2
- Finance & Accounting 1
- Legal, Risk & Compliance 1
- People Ops & Talent 1
San Diego vs the United States
San Diego accounts for 1% of the 3,551 recorded SaaS products headquartered in the United States. See the full United States ranking →
Frequently asked questions
Which SaaS vendors lead the San Diego spend ranking?
ClickUp, Demio and Snipe-IT are the leading SaaS products headquartered in San Diego, ordered by recorded software spend share in the Cledara dataset. Last updated 26 October 2026, 22:43 UTC.
How many SaaS companies are based in San Diego?
29 SaaS and AI products have recorded headquarters in San Diego in this directory. Products without current paid observations remain included. This is a Cledara dataset count, not a census of local companies.
Which San Diego vendors gained payment-activity rank?
Churn Buster and Axure RP show the strongest global payment-activity rank gains among vendors headquartered in San Diego over three calendar months.
How is this different from other San Diego startup lists?
This directory groups vendors by recorded headquarters and orders them by trailing-12-month software spend share in Cledara's customer dataset. The annual change column uses the separate global payment-activity rank. Neither measure is a distinct-customer adoption percentage.