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.

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 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
101	Hightouch Hightouch is a platform that empowers businesses to seamlessly integrate and leverage their customer data across multiple tools without the need for technical expertise. With features like Reverse ETL, Personalization API, Customer Studio, and Match Booster, Hightouch enhances data accessibility and utilization.	Data & Analytics	2018	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	+998
102	Persona Persona is a platform specializing in identity verification products that assist businesses in preventing fraud and ensuring the authenticity of their users. The platform provides customizable building blocks, allowing clients to tailor onboarding processes to their specific needs and stay compliant with regulatory requirements.	IT & Security	2018	201-500 employees	$250M+	+128
103	Neon Neon is a cloud-based serverless PostgreSQL database service that offers features such as data branching, autoscaling, a command-line interface, on-demand storage, and an AI-driven vector store.	Engineering & DevOps	2021	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+248
104	Deepgram Deepgram is an AI Speech Platform that provides developers with a simple to use Speech-to-Text API.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2015	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+77
105	Apollo GraphQL Apollo GraphQL is a platform designed to streamline the integration and orchestration of APIs, databases, and microservices across multiple applications using GraphQL technology. It enables backend teams to build a self-service, self-documenting graph that simplifies data management and improves collaboration across teams.	Engineering & DevOps	2016	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	-3
106	BrightLocal BrightLocal is a software company providing tools for local SEO auditing, rank tracking, and online reputation management. These tools help businesses improve their local search performance, manage online reviews, and maintain accurate web listings.	Marketing & Growth	2021	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M	-79
107	SuperTokens SuperTokens is a secure session management solution designed for web and mobile applications. Offering end-to-end functionality, it ensures a reliable management of user sessions, enhancing security and user experience across digital platforms.	IT & Security	2020	2-10 employees	$1M - $5M	+800
108	Rive Rive is a design tool that allows users to create functional graphics with motion and interactivity, suitable for products, apps, websites, and games.	Marketing & Growth	2017	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+231
109	Tidio Tidio is an AI-powered customer service platform that combines live chat, chatbots, and helpdesk functionalities. It enables businesses to automate responses, engage customers in real-time, and streamline communication across various channels, including email, Messenger, and Instagram.	Customer Success & Support	2013	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+1093
110	Paradime Paradime is a platform that helps teams manage and collaborate on data workflows by providing tools for data modeling, exploration, and sharing. It integrates with existing data systems to centralize work and help improve coordination across teams handling data.	Data & Analytics	2021	11-50 employees		+694
111	ngrok ngrok is a platform that provides secure tunnels to localhost and is primarily used for developing and testing webhooks and other web services. It allows developers to expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet without public hosting.	Engineering & DevOps	2021			+13
112	Instapage Instapage is a platform that offers a comprehensive landing page platform for businesses. The platform provides tools for creating, testing, and optimizing landing pages to turn ad clicks into customers. It offers a wide range of features and integrations to help businesses maximize the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns.	Marketing & Growth	2012	201-500 employees	$10M - $25M	-112
113	ButterCMS ButterCMS is a content management system (CMS) that simplifies the processes of creating, managing, and ensuring content compliance. It's designed to cater to a range of industries, such as e-commerce, agencies, SaaS companies, marketplaces, and multisite management.	Marketing & Growth	2014	11-50 employees		+611
114	PlanetScale PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible database platform providing horizontal scalability, schema changes without downtime, and a focus on developer-friendly workflows.	Data & Analytics	2018	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+78
115	Apideck Apideck provides a Unified API platform that allows developers to integrate multiple APIs seamlessly, reducing implementation time and enhancing operational efficiency.	Engineering & DevOps	2020	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M	+2
116	Slab Slab is a knowledge base and wiki platform designed for team collaboration, allowing easy creation, organization, and integration with various tools.	Collaboration & Productivity	2016	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M	+559
117	Alchemy Alchemy's web3 development platform provides a range of tools for building and scaling blockchain applications. It features the Alchemy Supernode for blockchain scalability and reliability, Web3 APIs for extended capabilities, and SDKs for streamlined development. The platform also includes various developer tools such as performance optimization Explorer, an App Dashboard for application manageme	Engineering & DevOps	2017	51-200 employees	$100M - $250M	+87
118	CoderPad CoderPad is a SaaS product designed to help businesses with their technical hiring process. It offers a range of features to streamline the assessment and interviewing of candidates. The platform allows companies to create and administer coding assessments to quickly evaluate a candidate's technical skills. It also provides tools for conducting live coding interviews and collaborative coding sessi	Engineering & DevOps	2013	51-200 employees		-46
119	E2B E2B is a platform that enables developers to run AI-generated code in isolated sandbox environments that are managed in the cloud. The platform provides SDKs and APIs that allow applications to start, control, and interact with these sandboxed compute environments to execute code safely and at scale.	Engineering & DevOps	2023	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M
120	Scalr Scalr is a platform designed for managing and scaling Terraform implementations. It offers features like standardized environments and workspaces, module registry, role-based access control, operational dashboards, and native integrations with tools like Slack and Datadog.	Engineering & DevOps	2011	51-200 employees	$5M - $10M	+525
121	Instabug Instabug provides a platform for mobile developers to test features, monitor app performance, and collect feedback. It includes tools for reporting bugs and crashes, aiming to facilitate communication between users and developers. The service assists in prioritizing and resolving issues to improve app stability.	Engineering & DevOps	2013	201-500 employees	$25M - $50M	-402
122	TAC Security TAC Security offers the ESOF (Enterprise Security in One Framework) platform, which focuses on risk-based vulnerability management. This platform helps organizations prioritize and remediate their most critical vulnerabilities by providing comprehensive visibility and risk assessment. ESOF integrates with various tools to offer a unified view of an organization's IT security posture, utilizing AI	IT & Security	2013	51-200 employees		+119
123	PartnerPage PartnerPage is a software solution that simplifies and automates the creation and maintenance of partner directories for SaaS companies. It helps promote service and tech partners, enabling them to control their messaging and branding without needing significant development resources.	Engineering & DevOps	2019	11-50 employees		-105
124	Axiom Axiom is a software platform for observability that captures and analyzes 100% of event data for needs in monitoring, security, analytics, and insights. It offers distributed tracing, volumetric logging, application performance monitoring, and infrastructure monitoring.	Engineering & DevOps	2020	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+39
125	Shortcut Shortcut is a platform that provides project management and issue tracking tools for software development teams to plan, track, and manage work.	Collaboration & Productivity		11-50 employees	$25M - $50M
126	Rainforest QA Rainforest QA is a no-code test automation platform that enables the creation and execution of end-to-end tests for web applications. It addresses challenges in manual testing by automating test creation, execution, and maintenance, thereby reducing human error and accelerating release cycles. The platform supports parallel test execution on cloud-based virtual machines running various operating s	Engineering & DevOps	2012	11-50 employees		+719
127	Cekura Cekura automates Quality Assurance for voice and chat AI agents by allowing teams to simulate diverse scenarios with different personas, run pre-production tests, and monitor live conversations. It enables replay of real calls, provides performance metrics such as latency, interruptions, and compliance, and delivers real-time alerts alongside dashboards, helping teams continuously improve the reli	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2024	2-10 employees
128	Pantheon Pantheon is a cloud-based website management platform designed for developers, agencies, and organizations working with WordPress and Drupal. It offers a range of tools and features for building, launching, and managing websites at scale, including version control, automated updates, performance monitoring, and scalable hosting infrastructure.	Engineering & DevOps	2010	501-1,000 employees	$100M - $250M	+456
129	Hevo Data Hevo Data is a platform that automates data integration from various sources into data warehouses, offering ETL (extract, transform, load) services. It supports real-time data processing. The platform features over 150 integrations, aiming to simplify data pipeline management and enhance data-driven decision-making processes.	Data & Analytics	2017	201-500 employees	$25M - $50M	+173
130	LlamaIndex LlamaIndex is a data framework that connects custom data sources to large language models (LLMs), enabling ingestion, indexing, and querying of structured and unstructured data for AI applications.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2022	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M	+1107
131	Maze Maze is a platform that offers a continuous product discovery platform for businesses. It helps companies scale customer insights with AI-powered research, allowing them to build the right products faster.	Customer Success & Support	2018	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	-132
132	PGanalyze PGanalyze is a software service that provides performance monitoring and optimization for PostgreSQL databases. It offers features such as automatic index recommendations, query analysis, and tuning advice to improve database efficiency. The platform supports integration with major cloud providers and aims to enhance database performance and availability through detailed insights and recommendatio	Engineering & DevOps	2012	2-10 employees		-177
133	Atria Atria is an AI-powered ad workflow platform that provides insights, ideation, and analytics to optimize ad performance across Meta and TikTok.	Marketing & Growth	2023	11-50 employees		+2000
134	Greenlite Greenlite is an AI-driven platform designed to automate financial compliance tasks for institutions. It streamlines processes such as customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and screening alerts by leveraging advanced AI models, enabling teams to focus on complex issues, improve accuracy, and scale operations efficiently.	Legal, Risk & Compliance	2022	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+212
135	Cargo Cargo is a cloud-based revenue orchestration platform that integrates with 50+ data sources, automates workflows, and enables custom audience segmentation without coding.	Sales & Revenue	2021	2-10 employees	Under $1M	-31
136	Codekeeper Codekeeper is a provider of software backup and escrow solutions designed to securely store source code, software assets, and cloud-native applications. These solutions help businesses protect their digital assets, ensure quick recovery, and meet compliance standards.	Engineering & DevOps	2014	51-200 employees		+381
137	Serverless Serverless is a comprehensive platform that enables developers to build and deploy auto-scaling, low-overhead applications on cloud services such as AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB. It simplifies defining and deploying serverless functions and their triggers through YAML, integrating monitoring and team collaboration features.	Engineering & DevOps	2016	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+479
138	People Data Labs People Data Labs is a platform that provides access to a database of people and company information through an API.	Data & Analytics	2015	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+1360
139	Coda Coda is a platform that combines the functionality of documents, spreadsheets, and applications into a single workspace. It allows users to create interactive documents, spreadsheets, and databases that can be customized to meet specific needs. The platform offers a range of templates and building blocks that users can use to build their own tools and workflows. Coda enables collaboration in real-	Collaboration & Productivity	2014	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	-71
140	Luma AI Luma AI is an AI-driven content creation platform that generates personalized, stories based on user inputs.	Marketing & Growth	2021	11-50 employees	$50M - $100M	+194
141	Mural Mural is an online collaboration platform that supports virtual teamwork through digital canvases. It enables users to create visual boards for organizing and collaborating on digital content such as images, text, and sticky notes. The platform is commonly utilized for activities like brainstorming, design thinking, and project planning, providing a digital space for real-time visual collaboration	Collaboration & Productivity	2011	501-1,000 employees	$50M - $100M	+173
142	Buffer Buffer is a social media management tool that allows you to schedule social media posts as well as analyze their results and engage with your community.	Marketing & Growth	2010	51-200 employees		-13
143	Discord Discord is a tool that provides users with a platform to talk and hang out. It offers a space where users can belong to various communities such as school clubs, gaming groups, or art communities. The product aims to make it easy for users to communicate and spend time together with their friends. Discord offers features such as topic-based channels, where users can collaborate, share, and have di	Collaboration & Productivity	2015	501-1,000 employees	$10M - $25M	+6
144	Zeplin Zeplin is a collaboration tool for designers and developers	Marketing & Growth	2014	51-200 employees	$1M - $5M	-159
145	Flatfile Flatfile is a platform providing tools to easily import, map, clean, and validate data from various file formats like CSV and Excel. It offers APIs and interfaces for developers and businesses to manage data onboarding efficiently.	Engineering & DevOps	2018	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	-254
146	Anvil Anvil provides a platform for automating document workflows, including webforms and e-signatures. It assists with the process of data collection, document filling, signing, and delivery, integrating easily with other tools and systems.	Legal, Risk & Compliance	2018	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M	+1128
147	Chameleon Chameleon offers a platform for creating in-app experiences to drive product adoption and user engagement. It includes features for building and customizing product tours, tooltips, and surveys without coding. The service is designed to help improve onboarding, feature discovery, and feedback collection.	Customer Success & Support	2015	11-50 employees		+76
148	Sitecore Sitecore is a customer experience management platform utilized for web content management and digital experience management. It is widely employed by businesses and organizations to create, manage, and optimize digital experiences across various channels, including websites, mobile apps, and email. Sitecore encompasses features such as content management, personalization, analytics, and marketing	Marketing & Growth	2001	1,001-5,000 employees	$250M+	+1220
149	Matter Matter is a tool integrated with Slack or Microsoft Teams that facilitates employee recognition, rewards, and surveys. It enables users to give kudos, automate gift card delivery, conduct employee surveys, and celebrate key milestones, thereby enhancing engagement and workplace culture.	People Ops & Talent	2017	11-50 employees
150	Codecov Codecov is a source code coverage reporting tool that integrates with various programming languages, CI tools, and code hosts. It offers features such as pull request comments, status checks, GitHub checks, a command line interface, and a VS Code extension, providing actionable insights to improve test coverage.	Engineering & DevOps	2015	11-50 employees		+467
151	Webshare Webshare provides a proxy service that supports SOCKS5 and HTTP protocols, enabling users to scrape data from websites with over 99% success, limited to 1GB/mo for free proxies.	Engineering & DevOps	2018	11-50 employees		+210
152	Dromo Dromo is a self-service data import platform designed to streamline the process of uploading and integrating data files like CSV, XLS, and XLSX into applications. It offers features such as AI-powered data validation, customizable schema definitions, and robust security measures, including end-to-end encryption and options for private or self-hosted deployments.	Data & Analytics	2021	11-50 employees		+830
153	Nx Cloud Nx Cloud is a platform for development teams, that offers distributed caching and task execution, allowing efficient collaboration and secure data management.	IT & Security	2020			-448
154	DeepSource DeepSource is a static code analysis tool that integrates with your version control system to automatically detect and fix code quality issues in every commit, supporting multiple programming languages.	Engineering & DevOps	2018	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+90
155	OpenArt OpenArt is a platform that enables users to create, browse, and share AI-generated images. It provides tools for generating art using advanced artificial intelligence technologies. The platform supports a community of users who share and explore digital creations.	Marketing & Growth	2022	51-200 employees	$5M - $10M	+440
156	TextExpander TextExpander is a SaaS product that provides a solution for teams and individuals to increase productivity by automating repetitive typing tasks. The product allows users to create customizable and shareable snippets of text that can be quickly accessed through a search or abbreviation. TextExpander works on various platforms including Mac, Windows, Chrome, iPhone, and iPad, making it accessible f	Collaboration & Productivity	2005	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M	+277
157	Middesk Middesk is an identity platform that automates business verification and underwrites decisions.	Legal, Risk & Compliance	2019	51-200 employees	$50M - $100M	+821
158	Ubicloud Ubicloud offers cloud services that operate on bare metal providers like Hetzner, OVH, or AWS Bare Metal, aiming to provide an open, more cost-effective alternative to traditional public cloud providers. It supports self-setup or managed services for infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) features, including virtual machines, networking, and storage, with encryption for data in transit and at rest.	IT & Security	2023	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+278
159	Exa Exa provides an AI-driven search engine and API that delivers content retrieval using embeddings-based search. It offers features like semantic understanding of queries, instant content retrieval, and similarity search to enhance AI applications.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2023	11-50 employees	$100M - $250M
160	Tango Tango is a digital platform designed to assist in the creation of interactive guides, known as "Tangos," for documenting software processes. It enables users to capture their screen activities, automatically generating descriptions and screenshots to compile guides. These guides are utilized for a range of purposes including documentation, help articles, and improving team communication. The platf	Customer Success & Support	2020	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	+533
161	Jasper Jasper AI is a copywriting tool that uses the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to automatically produce copy for blog posts, landing pages, social media, ads, marketing emails, and more. Jasper AI has various templates and customization options for tone and style. It is particularly useful for marketers, content creators, and small businesses, offering features like text and i	Marketing & Growth	2020	201-500 employees	$100M - $250M	-205
162	SigNoz SigNoz is an open-source observability platform that provides metrics, traces, and logs in one unified platform. It allows organizations to monitor their applications and troubleshoot issues effectively, serving as a cost-effective alternative to services like Datadog.	Engineering & DevOps	2021	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M
163	Sakari Sakari is a communication platform designed to facilitate SMS messaging for businesses. The platform enables organizations to send text messages to their customers and clients. It offers features such as mass texting, scheduled messaging, and two-way communication, allowing businesses to engage with their audience effectively. The platform serves as a tool for businesses to conduct marketing campa	Marketing & Growth	2017	11-50 employees		+304
164	Fillout Fillout is a platform to create and store forms, surveys, and quizzes your audience will answer.	Customer Success & Support	2022	11-50 employees		-49
165	Contra Contra is a platform designed to facilitate collaboration and networking among freelancers, independent contractors, and businesses. It enables users to showcase their skills, connect with potential clients or collaborators, and find opportunities for freelance work or projects. The platform adopts a community-driven approach to freelancing, allowing users to build relationships, share resources,	People Ops & Talent	2019	11-50 employees
166	Labelbox Labelbox is a platform designed for machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, particularly in the field of computer vision. It provides tools and capabilities for data labeling, annotation, and management, which are essential for training machine learning models, especially those that require labeled image and video data.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2018	51-200 employees	$100M - $250M	+588
167	Outline Outline is a platform designed for knowledge management, helping teams and organizations create, organize, and collaborate on documentation and internal knowledge.	Collaboration & Productivity	2018	11-50 employees		+141
168	Replicate Replicate.com provides a platform for running, fine-tuning, and deploying open-source and custom AI models with minimal coding effort. It hosts a variety of models from the community, making them accessible for production use through APIs. The service targets AI development across several domains, such as image, text, and video generation.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2019	11-50 employees	$25M - $50M	-368
169	Resend Resend enables developers to send and manage transactional and marketing emails at scale with high deliverability and robust integration capabilities.	Marketing & Growth	2023	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M	+638
170	Confident AI Confident AI offers a cloud-based platform for evaluating Large Language Model (LLM) applications, addressing the need for systematic benchmarking and performance monitoring. It enables users to curate datasets, define evaluation metrics, and conduct experiments to assess LLM outputs.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2023	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M
171	Anyscale Anyscale is a managed compute platform for building, deploying, and running scalable AI and Python applications using Ray. It provides tools to scale applications from development to production across cloud environments, supporting performance optimization and resource management.	AI Platforms & Model Ops	2019	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	+87
172	Jet Admin Jet Admin is a no-code platform that connects to various data sources, enabling CRUD operations, data management, and workflow automation without coding.	Operations & Supply Chain	2018	11-50 employees	Under $1M	+166
173	Ocean.io Ocean.io is a platform that offers business intelligence and data solutions. It focuses on aiding businesses in identifying and targeting potential customers by providing insights into company data, contact information, and market trends. The platform is designed to streamline the process of finding and connecting with relevant businesses to support sales and marketing efforts.	Sales & Revenue	2017	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	+1046
174	Walter! Walter! manages hardware procurement, device deployment, and security compliance for teams. It automates onboarding, ticketing, and inventory tracking through integrations with identity and resource software.	IT & Security		2-10 employees
175	Baremetrics Baremetrics is a subscription analytics platform that provides real-time SaaS data and metrics. It integrates with platforms like Stripe to monitor key business metrics such as churn rate, lifetime value, and net revenue retention, all in one place.	Data & Analytics	2013	11-50 employees	Under $1M	+243
176	Strapi Strapi is a flexible, open-source headless CMS that allows developers to customize and manage content. It offers both Community and Enterprise Editions and integrates with tools like React, Next.js, and Vue.js. Strapi supports diverse content types, media management, multilingual sites, and access controls, with a managed Cloud platform available.	Engineering & DevOps	2016	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+234
177	Splunk Splunk is a SaaS product that functions as a data platform, allowing extensive access to data, analytics, and automation. It addresses business challenges such as cloud transformation, digital resilience, and digital customer experience. Key products like Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise offer search, analysis, and visualization capabilities for actionable insights from diverse data sou	Engineering & DevOps	2003	5,001-10,000 employees		-37
178	Reacher Reacher is an AI-powered affiliate marketing platform specifically designed for TikTok Shop brands to discover, manage, and scale creator partnerships. It automates the entire affiliate process, from finding relevant creators and sending bulk outreach to managing sample requests, tracking GMV, and running targeted campaigns.	Marketing & Growth	2024	2-10 employees	Under $1M
179	InVideo InVideo is a video creation platform providing an online video editor that allows users to create professional videos using templates, stock footage, and music, supporting features like automated text-to-speech and voiceovers.	Marketing & Growth	2017	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	-136
180	Rocketlane Rocketlane is a customer onboarding and professional services automation platform designed to help businesses deliver predictable outcomes and enhance project profitability by providing tools for project management, time tracking, and resource allocation.	Data & Analytics	2020	201-500 employees	$25M - $50M
181	vidIQ vidIQ is a YouTube audience development and management suite that helps brands and agencies grow their views and subscribers.	Marketing & Growth	2012	51-200 employees	$1M - $5M	+250
182	Omneky Omneky uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automatically generate, test, and launch omnichannel digital ad campaigns across platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, and Snapchat. The platform also provides analytics, creative brief tools, brand models, and approval workflows to streamline campaign execution.	Marketing & Growth	2018	11-50 employees	$10M - $25M
183	InfluxData InfluxData is a company that develops InfluxDB, a time series database designed for real-time analytics. It is optimized for high-speed data ingestion, storage efficiency, and query performance, supporting various environments including cloud, on-premises, and edge computing.	Data & Analytics	2012	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	+150
184	Flipsnack Flipsnack is a platform that allows users to transform PDFs into interactive digital flipbooks. Users can upload, design, customize, publish, and share their flipbooks, while also gaining insights on engagement and performance. The platform offers various interactive tools, branding options, and collaboration features.	Marketing & Growth	2011	51-200 employees	Under $1M	+609
185	AddEvent AddEvent is a platform that offers event management software for businesses and organizations. It provides tools for creating, promoting, and managing events of various types, including conferences, webinars, workshops, and seminars. The platform allows users to create event listings, customize event pages, and integrate registration forms to facilitate attendee registration and ticketing. AddEven	Marketing & Growth	2015	11-50 employees		-196
186	Mermaid Chart MermaidChart is a platform that enables the creation of diagrams and visualizations using plain text. It provides functionality to generate flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, and other diagram types by writing code in the Mermaid syntax.	Collaboration & Productivity	2022	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M	+672
187	Ravenna Ravenna is an AI-native service desk platform that integrates directly with Slack to help IT, HR, and Operations teams automate workflows and resolve employee requests. It enables organizations to build intelligent agents and deterministic workflows that handle repetitive tasks like access requests and onboarding, improving internal support efficiency.	Customer Success & Support	2024	11-50 employees
188	Process Street Process Street is a software for creating checklists, workflows, and standard operating procedures. It allows users to automate tasks, assign them, and track progress. The platform offers integration features with other tools, enabling centralized management of workflows and data.	Operations & Supply Chain	2014	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	+57
189	Patreon Patreon is a platform that allows creators to receive funding directly from their audience through a subscription model. It supports a wide range of creators, including artists, musicians, writers, and other content creators, providing them with tools to build a membership service for their fans. This model enables creators to receive recurring payments in exchange for exclusive experiences and co	Finance & Accounting	2013	201-500 employees		+56
190	LIM LIM is a cloud-based software platform for service businesses to manage operations such as scheduling, dispatching, CRM, invoicing, and team workflows. It is designed to help field service and home service companies run their businesses more efficiently.	Operations & Supply Chain	2025	2-10 employees
191	Kilo Code Kilo Code is an AI-driven coding assistant that integrates with IDEs and terminals to generate, refactor, test and debug code automatically. It enables development teams to use machine learning models across multiple editors and workflows while managing costs and model access.	Engineering & DevOps	2025	11-50 employees
192	MileIQ MileIQ is an automatic mileage tracking app that helps users log, manage, and report their drives for tax deductions or reimbursements.	Finance & Accounting	2012	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	+246
193	Obvious			11-50 employees
194	Trupeer AI Trupeer is a platform that converts rough screen recordings into polished, branded product-videos and step-by-step documentation using AI.	Marketing & Growth	2025	11-50 employees
195	FoxPass Foxpass is a cloud-hosted Privileged Access Management solution that automates user authentication via LDAP and RADIUS, supporting SSO and MFA, with compliance logging and API access.	IT & Security	2015	11-50 employees	$1M - $5M	+333
196	Voiceflow Voiceflow is a platform for building conversational AI and voice assistant applications at scale.	Customer Success & Support	2019	51-200 employees	$10M - $25M	+832
197	Sprig Sprig AI is a product experience insights platform that captures user behavior and sentiment data, analyzes it, and generates actionable recommendations to enhance product development.	Data & Analytics	2019	51-200 employees	$25M - $50M	+465
198	Dataslayer Dataslayer is a reporting tool for PPC/SEM marketing metrics, offering a Google Sheets add-on that integrates with platforms like Adwords, Analytics, Facebook, and Microsoft Advertising. It also extends its support to Google Looker Studio, API integration with BI tools such as Qlik, Tableau, Power BI, and Google BigQuery.	Data & Analytics	2021	11-50 employees	$5M - $10M	+160
199	Flodesk Flodesk is a platform that offers a suite of tools to help businesses design and send visually appealing, on-brand marketing emails.	Marketing & Growth	2018	51-200 employees		+1104
200	Gorgias Gorgias is a customer support platform designed for eCommerce brands. It offers an AI-driven helpdesk to centralize customer interactions across email, chat, social media, and SMS. Key features include automated responses, customer data integration, and performance analytics to enhance operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.	Customer Success & Support	2015	201-500 employees	$50M - $100M	-277

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.