The 822 SaaS Companies Ranked by Spend from San Francisco (2026)

San Francisco is home to 822 recorded SaaS and AI products headquartered here, led by OpenAI/ChatGPT (4.77% 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 26 October 2026, 22:42 UTC.

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.

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Top SaaS companies from San Francisco

Vendors with recorded headquarters in this location, ordered by software spend share; annual changes use the separate global payment-activity rank.
#	Product	Category	Founded	Employees	Funding	12-mo activity rank change
1	OpenAI/ChatGPT OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that conducts research in the field of AI with the stated goal of promoting and developing friendly AI in a way that benefits humanity as a whole.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2015	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	-1
2	Cursor Cursor is an AI code editor powered by OpenAI's GPT models that allows users to write, edit, and discuss code within the editor.	Engineering & DevOps	2022	201-500 employees		+1
3	GitHub GitHub provides hosting for software development version control using Git.	Engineering & DevOps	2008	501-1,000 employees	$250M+	-2
4	Figma Figma is a collaborative interface design tool that provides a platform where team members can design, align, and build digital products in real-time. It allows for seamless communication and feedback between designers and developers, supporting the entire design process from ideation to implementation.	Marketing & Growth	2012	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	-1
5	Slack Slack is an enterprise software platform that allows teams and businesses of all sizes to communicate effectively.	Collaboration & Productivity	2009	1,001-5,000 employees		0
6	Notion Notion is a note-taking and collaboration application with markdown support that also integrates tasks, wikis, and databases.	Collaboration & Productivity	2016	501-1,000 employees	$250M+	-2
7	Intercom Customer messaging platform that centralizes communication for businesses.	Customer Success & Support	2011	1,001-5,000 employees	$100M - $250M	-13
8	Zendesk Cloud-based help desk management solution offering customizable tools to build customer service portal, knowledge base and online communities.	Customer Success & Support	2007	5,001-10,000 employees		-9
9	Miro Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform that enables teams to work together in real-time. It provides a digital canvas where users can collaborate on activities such as brainstorming, mind mapping, project planning, and more.	Collaboration & Productivity	2011	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	-3
10	Vercel Vercel is a cloud platform for static sites and Serverless Functions that enables developers to deploy, preview, and scale their websites and applications with ease. It's optimized for frontend frameworks like Next.js, offering features such as automatic scaling, global CDN, zero-configuration deployments, and instant static site generation. Vercel simplifies the process of developing, previewing,	Engineering & DevOps	2015	501-1,000 employees	$250M+	+12
11	Zapier Zapier is an online automation tool that connects your apps and services. You can connect two or more apps to automate repetitive tasks without coding or relying on developers to build the integration.	Engineering & DevOps	2011	501-1,000 employees		0
12	DocuSign DocuSign is a cloud-based electronic signature platform that allows individuals and businesses to sign and manage documents electronically.	Legal, Risk & Compliance	2003	5,001-10,000 employees		+2
13	Apollo.io Apollo.io is a platform that provides sales and marketing solutions to help businesses find and engage with potential customers. It offers a suite of tools and features designed to assist sales and marketing teams in prospecting, lead generation, and customer outreach.	Sales & Revenue	2015	501-1,000 employees	$100M - $250M	+1
14	Carta Carta is a platform for managing equity and financial services, simplifying cap table, valuation, investment, and equity plan management for companies and investors.	Finance & Accounting	2012	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	-26
15	Mixpanel Mixpanel offers analytics for mobile and web applications, allowing teams to see every moment of the customer experience clearly, thus being able to identify and address problems, make data-driven decisions, and optimize their products.	Data & Analytics	2009	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	-26
16	GitLab GitLab is a web-based DevOps lifecycle tool that provides a Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and CI/CD pipeline features.	Engineering & DevOps	2014	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	-14
17	Scenario Scenario is an advanced AI engine designed specifically for the gaming industry. It empowers users to fine-tune custom generators, granting precise control over various concepts and styles.	Marketing & Growth	2021	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M	+297
18	Salesforce Salesforce is a global cloud computing company that develops CRM solutions and provides business software.	Sales & Revenue	1999	10,001+ employees		-14
19	Linear Linear is a platform designed for project and issue tracking, primarily targeted at software development teams. It offers tools for organizing and managing tasks, issues, and projects with a focus on providing a streamlined and collaborative environment. The platform features a user-friendly interface and aims to enhance the productivity of development teams by offering customizable workflows, int	Collaboration & Productivity	2019	51-200 employees	$100M - $250M	+9
20	Vanta Vanta is a trust management platform designed to automate compliance and streamline security reviews for SaaS businesses. It helps businesses of all sizes manage risk and prove security in real-time. Vanta offers a range of solutions and features to address different security and compliance needs. Some of the key features include Trust Reports, Questionnaire Automation, Risk Management, Access Rev	Legal, Risk & Compliance	2018	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	-47
21	Asana Asana is a web and mobile application designed to help teams organise, track, and manage their work.	Collaboration & Productivity	2008	1,001-5,000 employees		-25
22	Postman Postman is an API platform that simplifies the process of building and using APIs. It offers a comprehensive set of tools to accelerate and streamline the API lifecycle. With Postman, developers can easily store, iterate, and collaborate on all their API artefacts in one central platform. The platform also allows users to organize their API work and collaborate with teammates.	Engineering & DevOps	2014	501-1,000 employees	$100M - $250M	-4
23	Webflow Webflow is a web-based drag and drop tool for building and hosting responsive websites.	Marketing & Growth	2013	501-1,000 employees	$100M - $250M	+3
24	Elastic Elastic builds software to make data usable in real-time and at scale for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases. The Elasticsearch Platform allows for monitoring of logs, application performance, and infrastructure. It also offers features like generative AI, search applications, website search, workplace search. The product unifies app and infrastructure visibility for proactive issu	Data & Analytics	2012	1,001-5,000 employees		-13
25	PagerDuty PagerDuty is an AI-powered operations platform that helps businesses automate their work. The platform provides end-to-end orchestration for rapid issue resolution, bridges support and engineering teams, and offers a single source of truth for system status. These features help businesses automate more work, consolidate software to reduce spend, resolve incidents faster, build resilience, reduce r	IT & Security	2009	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	-12
26	Airtable Airtable is a platform that offers a next-gen app-building platform to transform workflows and solve various business problems. With the power of AI, Airtable enables teams to build custom business apps without the need for coding. The platform provides a range of features including automations, interface designer, tailor-made data visualizations, reporting, and pre-configured apps to save time an	Collaboration & Productivity	2012	501-1,000 employees		-5
27	Segment Segment is a leading Customer Data Platform used to collect, clean, and activate data. The platform offers a comprehensive data toolkit to every team in a company, allowing them to unify their customers' touchpoints across various platforms and channels. With Segment, businesses can collect, clean, and activate AI-ready data, enabling intelligent customer engagement and AI models. The platform pro	Data & Analytics	2012	501-1,000 employees		-29
28	PandaDoc PandaDoc is a platform that aims to streamline the document management process by offering solutions for creating, approving, tracking, and e-signing documents. It offers various solutions categorized by use case, including proposals, eSignatures, quotes, contracts, and payments.	Marketing & Growth	2014	501-1,000 employees		-8
29	Autodesk Autodesk is a software company that specializes in the development of 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. Autodesk's software helps professionals and creative individuals visualize, simulate, and analyze their ideas and designs before they are physically created.	Engineering & DevOps	1982	10,001+ employees	$250M+	+70
30	New Relic New Relic offers a range of monitoring and debugging tools to help businesses improve their technology stack. The product is designed to address various business problems, including monitoring application performance, debugging errors, and enhancing digital experiences. Some of the features include mobile monitoring, browser monitoring, network monitoring, code stream, synthetic monitoring, error	IT & Security	2008	1,001-5,000 employees		-47
31	Databricks Databricks is a unified analytics platform designed for big data and machine learning. It serves as a collaborative workspace for data professionals, including data engineers, data scientists, and analysts, to collectively process and analyze large datasets. Built on the Apache Spark framework, the platform offers an environment that supports various programming languages such as Python, Scala, an	Data & Analytics	2013	5,001-10,000 employees	$250M+	+97
32	Fireflies Fireflies.ai is a platform that helps teams transcribe, summarize, search, and analyze voice conversations. It offers a range of features designed to automate the process of capturing and extracting key information from meetings. A key feature of Fireflies.ai is its ability to automatically record and transcribe meetings across multiple video-conferencing platforms and audio files.	Collaboration & Productivity	2016	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	-2
33	Expensify Expensify provides an expense management system for personal and business use.	Finance & Accounting	2008	51-200 employees	$100M - $250M	-29
34	Heap Heap is a digital insights platform that provides a comprehensive understanding of customer digital journeys to improve conversion, retention, and customer satisfaction. It captures every user action on products or sites, offering insights for business improvements. The platform features automatic data capture, advanced data science tools for uncovering opportunities, and session replay for a comp	Data & Analytics	2013	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	+668
35	CircleCI CircleCI is a continuous integration and delivery platform for Linux, macOS, and Android.	Engineering & DevOps	2011	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	+3
36	WorkOS WorkOS is a SaaS solution offering building blocks for integrating features like single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and directory syncing into applications. It is designed to help businesses implement these enterprise-grade features without the need for extensive development efforts.	IT & Security	2019	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+566
37	Higgsfield Higgsfield offers a generative AI platform that transforms still images into short-form videos using multimodal diffusion models. Accepts JPEG/PNG inputs and outputs MP4 video clips with motion inferred from facial features and text prompts.	Marketing & Growth	2023	11-50 employees	$50M - $100M	+984
38	AppsFlyer AppsFlyer is a platform that provides measurement, analytics, engagement, protection, and collaboration solutions for mobile, web, and CTV platforms. The product aims to help businesses make data-driven decisions by giving them visibility into campaign performance, maximizing customer lifetime value, and scaling app installs.	Marketing & Growth	2011	1,001-5,000 employees		+1
39	Netlify Netlify offers a modern development platform for enterprises. It allows businesses to build and deploy scalable, composable web architectures quickly and efficiently. The platform provides a range of key features, including enterprise team management, SDK, edge functions, deploy previews, forms, identity, security, analytics, split testing, and various integrations.	Engineering & DevOps	2015	51-200 employees	$100M - $250M	-4
40	Docker Docker is a platform that offers a set of practical tools for developers. With Docker, developers can easily build, share, and run applications without having to worry about complex setup and management of their development environments.	Engineering & DevOps	2013	501-1,000 employees	$100M - $250M	+4
41	Front Front is a customer operations platform that helps businesses build stronger customer relationships and improve operational efficiency. It offers a range of capabilities to enhance collaboration, automate workflows, provide analytics, manage omnichannel inboxes, create knowledge bases, support live chat, and integrate with other systems.	Customer Success & Support	2013	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	-13
42	Deel Deel is a platform designed to simplify and streamline international hiring and payments for businesses. It offers tools and features for managing global payroll, compliance, and contractor payments. The platform enables businesses to hire and pay international contractors and employees in a compliant manner. Deel provides features for creating and managing employment contracts, processing payment	People Ops & Talent	2019	1,001-5,000 employees		+146
43	Loom Loom is a screen recorder for both Mac and PC. With Loom, users can easily record and share AI-powered video messages with their teammates and customers, enhancing communication and productivity for purposes like video demos, tutorials, feedback, collaboration, sales pitches, and customer support.	Collaboration & Productivity	2016	51-200 employees	$100M - $250M	-12
44	Nylas Nylas provides APIs for integrating email, calendar, and contacts into applications. These APIs facilitate the addition of communication features into software projects. The service is aimed at reducing the time and effort required for such integrations.	Engineering & DevOps	2014	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	+57
45	CodeRabbit CodeRabbit is an AI-powered platform that automates code reviews, offering detailed feedback to enhance code quality and efficiency.	Engineering & DevOps	2023	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+88
46	Aptible Aptible is a platform tailored for companies that want a hassle-free approach to managing their infrastructure, allowing development teams to focus on building and improving their products. It aims to simplify the code deployment process, enabling development teams to transition from development to live deployment in just a few seconds.	Engineering & DevOps	2013	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+246
47	Perplexity AI Perplexity AI is a chatbot that uses machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to respond to user questions.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2022	201-500 employees	$250M+	+30
48	Fathom.video Fathom.video is an AI Meeting Assistant that enhances productivity by recording, transcribing, highlighting, and summarizing meeting.	Engineering & DevOps	2020	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	-36
49	AmpleMarket Amplemarket is a platform designed to streamline the sales prospecting process for businesses. It provides tools for automating lead generation, prospect research, and outreach activities. The platform enables users to define target customer profiles, search for leads matching specific criteria, and extract contact information from various sources. Amplemarket also offers features for sending pers	Sales & Revenue	2018	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	-89
50	Hex Tech Hex provides a collaborative workspace for working with data, offering tools for queries, notebooks, reports, data apps, and AI. It allows the use of SQL, Python, R, or no-code in a single interface and includes AI tools for generating queries, code, and visualizations.	Data & Analytics	2019	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+228
51	Rapid Rapid is a platform that facilitates the connection to and management of a range of APIs. It provides tools for developers to discover, test, and integrate APIs. The platform supports API protocols, including REST, GraphQL, and SOAP.	Engineering & DevOps	2015	51-200 employees	$100M - $250M	+1
52	Amplitude Amplitude is a platform that offers a comprehensive product analytics and event tracking platform. It helps businesses understand the full user journey by providing in-depth analytics and insights. The platform offers several key features, including analytics, integrations, experiment testing and optimization, data management, customer data platform, and AI-powered self-service intelligence.	Data & Analytics	2012	501-1,000 employees	$1M - $5M	-5
53	Okta Okta is a platform that provides Employee and Customer Identity Solutions. Their aim is to offer seamless and secure access for customers, employees, and partners by ensuring flexibility and neutrality. They have two main offerings: the Customer Identity Cloud and the Workforce Identity Cloud. The Customer Identity Cloud includes features such as Actions, Multifactor Authentication, Passwordless l	IT & Security	2009	5,001-10,000 employees	$250M+	+217
54	Hexnode Hexnode is a unified device management solution that helps organizations centrally manage and secure their mobile, desktop, and IoT devices. The product offers a range of solutions, including device management, kiosk lockdown, secure browser, digital signage, and SaaS app management. With Hexnode, IT teams can automate device management tasks and streamline workflows, freeing up time for more stra	IT & Security	2013	501-1,000 employees		+2
55	Unify Unify provides a software platform that uses intent signals, AI agents, and multi-channel sequencing to manage prospecting and pipeline generation for go-to-market teams. The platform centralizes prospect identification, personalization, and workflow automation into one system.	Sales & Revenue	2023	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+866
56	Mintlify Mintlify is a documentation platform that enables users to create, edit, and publish documentation using a drag-and-drop interface, supporting API integration and multi-language content.	Engineering & DevOps	2022	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+251
57	Chromatic Chromatic is a platform designed for web development, focusing on visual testing and UI testing. It serves as a tool for developers and teams to capture and manage visual UI snapshots of web applications. The platform facilitates the comparison of these snapshots, aiding in the identification of visual changes in the user interface over time. Its primary purpose is to help users detect unintended	Engineering & DevOps	2017	11-50 employees		-13
58	Rollbar Rollbar is an error logging and tracking platform designed for software teams. It helps to proactively discover, predict, and resolve errors in real-time. The platform offers several features to improve error resolution time, deployment confidence, customer experience, and release velocity. Some of its key features include Discover, Prioritize, Resolve, Automate, and Improve.	Engineering & DevOps	2012	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	-49
59	Pump.co Pump.co is a platform designed to help startups reduce their AWS (Amazon Web Services) costs through a combination of group buying and artificial intelligence. It targets startups with AWS expenses ranging from $1,000 to $100,000 per month, offering savings of over 60% on their AWS bills. The service automates the savings process, requiring minimal engineering effort from the user. Pump.co's AI al	Engineering & DevOps	2022	51-200 employees		+200
60	Streak Streak is a CRM system integrated with Gmail, designed to improve workflow management directly within the inbox. It enables users to organize processes for team activities, manage tasks, and monitor progress without leaving Gmail. The platform offers functionalities for data filtering, sorting, and grouping, aiming to simplify data management while providing insights into pipeline activities.	Sales & Revenue	2011	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M	+11
61	Rippling Rippling is a platform that integrates HR, IT, and finance functions to manage various workforce tasks. It handles payroll processing, benefits administration, device management, and app provisioning. The platform automates processes for onboarding and offboarding employees, managing compliance, and assigning role-based access permissions. It supports global HR management, enabling the handling of	People Ops & Talent	2016	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	+25
62	Sanity.io Sanity.io: The Composable Content Cloud is a platform that offers a flexible editing environment, APIs to connect to various platforms, and a real-time database for content management. It provides solutions for various use cases such as e-commerce, marketing sites, products and services, and mobile apps.	Marketing & Growth	2018	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	+28
63	Lattice Lattice is a People Management Platform that offers performance and engagement software for businesses. The platform aims to help organizations solve various business problems related to managing and engaging their employees. It offers a range of use cases, including performance management, compensation, analytics, OKRs and goals, employee growth, engagement, and HR information system (HRIS) capab	People Ops & Talent	2015	501-1,000 employees	$100M - $250M	-8
64	Retool Retool is a development platform designed to expedite the creation of custom business software. As a no-code/low-code app builder with a drag-and-drop interface, it simplifies the process of developing internal CRUD (create, read, update, delete) applications. The platform comes equipped with a variety of pre-built components, enabling rapid construction of back-office applications tailored for sa	Engineering & DevOps	2017	201-500 employees	$25M - $50M	-19
65	TalentLMS TalentLMS is a learning management system (LMS) designed to facilitate online learning and training. It provides tools for creating, managing, and delivering educational courses and training programs. The platform supports various types of content, including videos and quizzes, and offers features like course creation, user management, and reporting. TalentLMS is used for employee training, compli	People Ops & Talent	2012	201-500 employees		-118
66	Udemy Udemy Business is a subscription-based online learning platform for organizations, offering them access to a curated library of courses, plus administrative tools, analytics, and integrations to manage employee or team upskilling.	People Ops & Talent	2010	1,001-5,000 employees	$100M - $250M	-2
67	HashiCorp HashiCorp is a company that develops infrastructure automation software. One of its prominent offerings is Terraform, an open-source tool designed for implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Terraform enables users to define and provision infrastructure using a declarative configuration language. With this tool, users can articulate the components of their infrastructure and the relationships b	Engineering & DevOps	2012	1,001-5,000 employees		+26
68	OrbStack OrbStack is a macOS app that runs Docker containers and Linux distros, requiring macOS 13.0+, with low CPU usage and minimal memory footprint.	Engineering & DevOps	2022			+16
69	Fastly Fastly provides a platform for application performance and security. It offers solutions for the delivery of websites, applications, and services, designed to meet user demand and deliver experiences securely. The platform includes features for real-time data and analytics.	IT & Security	2011	1,001-5,000 employees	$100M - $250M	+86
70	incident.io Incident.io is a platform that provides incident management software for businesses. It offers tools for managing and resolving incidents, such as service outages, system failures, or security breaches, effectively. The platform allows users to report incidents, track their status, and collaborate with team members. Incident.io also includes features for incident response coordination, communicati	Engineering & DevOps	2021	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+186
71	Wispr Flow Wispr Flow is a voice-powered dictation tool designed for Mac users, enabling them to write three times faster across all applications. It allows users to speak naturally, transforming their voice into perfectly formatted text with real-time auto-edits, tone matching, and support for over 100 languages.	Collaboration & Productivity	2021	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M	+717
72	Productboard Productboard is a product management software that helps teams prioritize and align on product development. The software's key features include the ability to build roadmaps that connect the backlog and provide easy-to-share visuals, prioritize features based on user insights and company priorities, and enable efficient workflows with integrations and APIs.	Collaboration & Productivity	2014	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	-53
73	LambdaTest LambdaTest is a cloud-based cross-browser testing platform that allows developers and testers to test their web applications and websites on a wide range of browsers and operating systems. It provides a scalable way to ensure that web applications work correctly across different browser versions and platforms without the need to set up and maintain a complex testing infrastructure.	Engineering & DevOps	2018	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	-31
74	Daily Daily is a platform providing WebRTC APIs to developers for building real-time voice and video communication applications. It supports use cases like telehealth, live commerce, and virtual collaboration, offering features such as a Video SDK, interactive live streaming, global mesh infrastructure, and compliance with HIPAA and GDPR standards.	Engineering & DevOps	2016	51-200 employees		+228
75	Midjourney Midjourney is an AI-driven platform that generates images from textual descriptions, facilitating visual content creation.	Marketing & Growth	2022	11-50 employees		-27
76	Assembled Assembled is a workforce management platform designed to optimize customer support. It offers solutions like forecasting, scheduling, real-time management, and performance tracking to help teams manage support demand and improve operational efficiency.	Customer Success & Support	2018	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	-325
77	Readme ReadMe allows companies to quickly create documentation and build developer communities.	Collaboration & Productivity	2014	51-200 employees		-84
78	Juicebox Juicebox is an AI-driven platform that aims to streamline talent acquisition by enabling natural language searches across over 800 million profiles and automating personalized outreach.	Sales & Revenue	2022	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M	+248
79	Honeycomb Honeycomb is an observability platform designed for debugging and understanding distributed systems. It unifies logs, metrics, and traces into a single, efficient workflow, enabling engineers to deploy with confidence and resolve incidents quickly. By offering query-driven insights, Honeycomb facilitates a deeper understanding of system performance and user experiences.	Engineering & DevOps	2016	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	-156
80	JotForm Jotform is a platform offering a free online form builder and form creator. It is designed to solve the business problem of creating and managing forms easily and efficiently. The product's key features include the ability to customize forms, access to a variety of form templates, and integration with payment processors like PayPal. The product also offers conditional logic, which allows users to	Customer Success & Support	2006	501-1,000 employees		-50
81	Dropbox DocSend DocSend provides a platform for secure document sharing, eSignature, and data rooms. The product aims to solve business problems related to sharing sensitive documents securely, tracking document engagement and analytics, and streamlining document workflows.	Collaboration & Productivity	2013	51-200 employees	$5M - $10M	-84
82	Grain.co Grain is a Conversation Intelligence platform designed to improve team coaching, deal closing, and playbook optimization. It automates note-taking, record-keeping, and insight capture.	Sales & Revenue	2018	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	-55
83	Close Close CRM is an all-in-one customer relationship management tool designed for growing teams. It offers solutions to various business problems, including streamlining communication, automating sales tasks, and integrating with other tools. The CRM provides a range of features that help teams manage their sales pipeline, track leads and contacts, and automatengage in seamless communication with cust	Sales & Revenue	2013	51-200 employees		+7
84	Nanonets Nanonets is a platform specializing in intelligent automation AI for business processes. With a focus on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) solutions, the product caters to various business needs.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2017	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+204
85	Scribe Scribe is a platform that provides a knowledge management system for businesses. It allows users to create, organize, and share internal documentation, procedures, and best practices. The platform offers features for writing and editing documents, collaborating with team members, and version control.	Collaboration & Productivity	2019	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+1
86	Checkr Checkr is a SaaS product that provides employee background screening solutions for companies. They offer various products and solutions to address different business needs within the hiring and onboarding process. Under the ""Products"" section, Checkr offers Engage, Verify, Decide, and Manage solutions. Engage includes features such as a candidate portal, candidate stories, and expungements. Ve	People Ops & Talent	2014	501-1,000 employees	$100M - $250M	-18
87	Dropbox Sign Dropbox Sign is a platform to legally sign, store and organize documents.	Legal, Risk & Compliance	2007	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	+40
88	PubNub PubNub provides a platform for building and managing real-time applications. It enables developers to deploy code for routing, filtering, transforming, and aggregating messages in real-time across a low latency network. The service is designed for a wide range of use cases, including chat, live audience engagement, multi-user collaboration, device control, and data streaming.	Engineering & DevOps	2010	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	-234
89	Vapi VAPI.ai is a platform that provides voice AI technology for developers. It enables the integration of voice functionalities into applications by offering tools and APIs for voice recognition and processing. The service supports the development of voice-enabled applications across various industries.	Customer Success & Support	2021	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	-37
90	Builder.io Builder.io is a visual content management platform that empowers users to create and manage content for websites and applications. With a no-code or low-code approach, users can design and edit web pages visually, streamlining the content creation process. Builder.io is designed to enhance the flexibility and efficiency of content management for online platforms.	Marketing & Growth	2018	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+287
91	Descript Descript is an all-in-one SaaS product that simplifies video and podcast editing. It offers a range of features to solve common business problems related to content creation and editing. The product's key features include video editing, multitrack audio editing for podcasting, industry-leading transcription with powerful correction tools, instant screen recording and sharing, and remote recording	Marketing & Growth	2017	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	-21
92	15Five 15Five is designed to help businesses improve their performance management by maximizing team engagement, performance, and retention. The product offers several solutions to address these business problems: improving manager effectiveness, increasing employee engagement, maximizing employee performance, and reducing regrettable turnover. The core platform of 15Five provides features such as perf	People Ops & Talent	2011	201-500 employees		-401
93	Beefree Beefree is a tool that provides a drag-and-drop HTML email template builder. It addresses the challenge of creating professional email templates without requiring coding or design skills.	Marketing & Growth	2014	51-200 employees		-77
94	Pipefy Pipefy is a platform that automates business processes and workflows, offering a no-code interface for building and managing workflows. It facilitates the implementation of processes across various functions such as HR, procurement, and IT, aiming to increase efficiency and productivity. The platform also integrates with other systems, providing real-time data visibility and supporting decision-ma	Operations & Supply Chain	2015	501-1,000 employees	$50M - $100M	+31
95	MailerLite MailerLite is an email marketing tool designed to simplify the process of creating and managing email campaigns. It offers features such as drag-and-drop email builders, customizable templates, and automation tools. MailerLite also provides list management functionalities, analytics for tracking campaign performance, and features to engage subscribers through personalized content.	Marketing & Growth	2010	51-200 employees		-86
96	Sauce Labs Sauce Labs is a platform that offers cross-browser testing, Selenium testing, and mobile testing. The tool allows users to test their websites and applications on various browsers and devices to ensure compatibility. The platform offers a range of features to support testing, including Sauce Cross-Browser Testing, Sauce Mobile Testing, Sauce Low-Code Testing, Sauce Error Reporting, Sauce Orchestra	Engineering & DevOps	2008	201-500 employees		+401
97	Clerk.com Clerk is a suite of embeddable UIs, flexible APIs, and admin dashboards designed to authenticate and manage users. It offers features such as multifactor authentication, session management, social sign-on, bot detection, and one-time passcodes for secure user authentication and lifecycle management.	IT & Security	2019	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+35
98	Mixmax Mixmax is a sales engagement platform providing tools and analytics to enhance outbound electronic communications via Gmail and Google Inbox. It includes features for email tracking, automated calendar scheduling, and template usage to enhance productivity and engagement in sales processes.	Sales & Revenue	2014	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	-133
99	Arcade Arcade is a platform that enables users to create interactive elements of their product that can be shared on platforms such as websites, blogs, and social media.	Marketing & Growth	2021	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M	+59
100	FullEnrich FullEnrich provides B2B email and phone number enrichment services, helping businesses enhance their contact data for more effective outreach and lead generation.	Sales & Revenue	2023	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M	+858

San Francisco startups by size and funding

The largest SaaS company from San Francisco by headcount is Upwork (501-1,000 employees).

519 of 822 have disclosed funding, topped by OpenAI/ChatGPT ($250M+).

The newest entrant is LIM (founded 2025).

What San Francisco startups build

Engineering & DevOps 168
Marketing & Growth 146
Collaboration & Productivity 94
AI Platforms & Model Ops 67
Data & Analytics 62
Sales & Revenue 61
People Ops & Talent 52
IT & Security 48
Customer Success & Support 47
Finance & Accounting 30
Operations & Supply Chain 24
Legal, Risk & Compliance 19
Other 4

San Francisco vs the United States

San Francisco accounts for 23% 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 Francisco spend ranking?

OpenAI/ChatGPT, Cursor and GitHub are the leading SaaS products headquartered in San Francisco, ordered by recorded software spend share in the Cledara dataset. Last updated 26 October 2026, 22:42 UTC.

How many SaaS companies are based in San Francisco?

822 SaaS and AI products have recorded headquarters in San Francisco in this directory. Products without current paid observations remain included. This is a Cledara dataset count, not a census of local companies.

Which San Francisco vendors gained payment-activity rank?

LIM and Sphere show the strongest global payment-activity rank gains among vendors headquartered in San Francisco over three calendar months.

How is this different from other San Francisco 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.