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 .
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
| # | Product | Category | Founded | Employees | Funding | 12-mo activity rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 |  SVGator SVGator is a tool for creating and animating SVG files without coding. Users can animate SVGs for web and digital use, offering a range of animation options through a web interface. It supports exporting animated SVGs for various applications | Marketing & Growth | 2017 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 202 |  Mux Mux is a platform that provides video infrastructure, offering tools and APIs to help businesses deliver video streaming experiences. The platform enables users to encode, deliver, and monitor video content across devices and platforms. It includes features for live streaming, video on demand, video playback, and real-time analytics. | IT & Security | 2015 | 51-200 employees | $100M - $250M | +459 |
| 203 |  Akismet Akismet is an anti-spam service that filters comments and submissions in real-time, blocking spam with 99.99% accuracy. It requires an API key and integrates with various platforms. | IT & Security | 2005 | 11-50 employees | +267 | |
| 204 |  Stytch Stytch provides user-friendly APIs to facilitate seamless onboarding, authentication, and engagement without passwords. The platform offers features such as phone number verification, passwordless login, and user authentication through various methods. | IT & Security | 2020 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | +278 |
| 205 |  Glide Glide is a no-code platform that allows users to create custom mobile and desktop apps using their existing data. It provides solutions like portals, dashboards, and directories, which can be accessed across all devices. | Engineering & DevOps | 2018 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | -313 |
| 206 |  RudderStack RudderStack is a customer data platform that helps collect, unify, and activate customer data. It allows data teams to deploy event stream pipelines, build customer profiles, and enforce data governance. | Data & Analytics | 2019 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | +639 |
| 207 |  Browserbase Browserbase offers a high-performance, serverless platform that enables developers to run, manage, and monitor headless browsers at scale, facilitating web automation and AI agent integration. | Engineering & DevOps | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 208 |  GetDor Dor provides a thermal foot traffic counter that accurately counts visitors in retail spaces, helping optimize staffing and marketing strategies. Requires installation on door frames. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2015 | 11-50 employees | +335 | |
| 209 |  Kapwing Kapwing is a collaborative platform designed to simplify and accelerate video creation for teams. It offers a suite of tools that automate tasks, support real-time editing, and aim to enable the easier creation of content that adheres to brand standards. Kapwing aims to streamline the video creation process from start to finish, fostering collaboration among team members and ensuring content consi | Marketing & Growth | 2018 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | +335 |
| 210 |  Plaid Plaid is a financial technology service offering a data network to enable companies to build financial applications. It provides APIs for services such as payment initiation, balance checks, identity verification, and transaction data. The service aims to integrate banking services into financial applications, facilitating operations for companies and consumers. | Finance & Accounting | 2013 | 501-1,000 employees | $250M+ | +758 |
| 211 |  Functionly Functionly is a platform designed to assist organizations in creating, visualizing, and managing their internal structures and roles. It offers tools for building dynamic organizational charts and defining roles and responsibilities. The focus is on helping businesses enhance their agility by facilitating the adaptation and optimization of their structures based on evolving needs. | People Ops & Talent | 2018 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | -240 |
| 212 |  Factory Factory is a platform that allows users to connect code repositories, documentation, and tools in a single workspace. It enables users to run automated tasks that assist with writing, testing, reviewing, and documenting code. | Engineering & DevOps | 2023 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | +1281 |
| 213 |  Gumloop Gumloop is a no-code AI workflow automation platform that orchestrates modular “nodes” within visual flows. It processes structured inputs (JSON, CSV, PDFs) and integrates with APIs (Slack, Salesforce, Google Sheets, OpenAI) to automate tasks like web scraping, document processing, and email triggers. It runs parallel execution of flows based on credit limits. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2023 | 2-10 employees | $10M - $25M | +527 |
| 214 |  Eqvista Eqvista is a platform that specializes in cap table management and equity management for companies. | Finance & Accounting | 2018 | 51-200 employees | -10 | |
| 215 |  Convex Convex is a backend-as-a-service that provides an integrated real-time database, serverless functions, and client SDKs to build reactive applications quickly. It offers hosted infrastructure, real-time sync, and developer tooling for JavaScript/TypeScript apps. | Engineering & DevOps | 2021 | 11-50 employees | Under $1M | |
| 216 |  Lovart AI Lovart AI is an AI-powered design platform that enables users to create professional-quality visuals from text descriptions. It offers features such as real-time editing, batch production, and integration with multiple AI models, supporting various export formats. | Marketing & Growth | 2023 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 217 |  ZeroTier ZeroTier provides proprietary software, SDKs and commercial products and services to create and manage virtual software-defined networks. | IT & Security | 2015 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | +275 |
| 218 |  Observable Observable is a platform designed to help teams create custom data applications and dashboards using various libraries and languages, including JavaScript, Python, and SQL. It provides tools for efficient data visualization and management. Observable also offers open-source resources like the Observable Framework for building and deploying data apps. | IT & Security | 2017 | 11-50 employees | $25M - $50M | +549 |
| 219 |  PopSQL PopSQL is a collaborative SQL editor designed for data teams to write SQL, visualize data, and share results. It features real-time collaboration, a built-in data catalog, enhanced autocomplete, and supports various database integrations, including dbt and Slack, improving productivity and simplifying data management tasks. | Data & Analytics | 2017 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 220 |  Sphere Sphere provides an AI-native global tax compliance platform that automates the calculation, collection, filing, and remittance of indirect taxes, including US sales tax, international Value Added Tax (VAT), and Goods and Services Tax (GST). | Finance & Accounting | 11-50 employees | |||
| 221 |  Sync.so Sync.so is an AI-driven video editing platform that allows creators to seamlessly synchronize lip movements in videos with any audio or text input, facilitating content localization and personalization. | Marketing & Growth | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 222 |  Square Square is a platform that initially emerged with a mobile card reader. It allows businesses to accept card payments anywhere, manage inventory, payroll, customer engagement, and more, serving as a complete operating system for business management. | Finance & Accounting | 2009 | 1,001-5,000 employees | +232 | |
| 223 |  MTCaptcha MTCaptcha is a platform that provides captcha service and plugins to protect websites from bots and automated attacks. | IT & Security | 2018 | 11-50 employees | +443 | |
| 224 |  PDF.co PDF.co is a low code and REST API solution, enabling easier PDF conversion, editing, extraction, splitting, and automation. The platform can also read barcodes from various file formats, including PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, and BMP. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2009 | 2-10 employees | +605 | |
| 225 |  Toast Toast is a Slack integration tool that coordinates with GitHub to deliver notifications only to the involved team members, manage pull requests, unblock teammates, and maintain workflow efficiency within the development pipeline. | Engineering & DevOps | 2018 | 2-10 employees | -58 | |
| 226 |  Forest Admin Forest Admin is a software platform providing tools to create custom interfaces for managing operational data. It offers a low-code editor for building and optimizing admin panels, which helps businesses streamline their workflows and increase productivity without heavy developer involvement. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2017 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | -272 |
| 227 |  Insomnia Insomnia is a collaborative API client and design tool for building and testing APIs. It supports multiple protocols like REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and gRPC, and includes features such as environment variable management, code generation, and a customizable user interface. | Engineering & DevOps | 2016 | |||
| 228 |  Twenty Twenty is an open-source, data-centric CRM platform designed for businesses to customize and control their customer relationship management systems. | Sales & Revenue | 2023 | 2-10 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 229 |  Documenso Documenso is an open-source electronic signature platform that enables users to create, send, and sign PDF documents through customizable workflows. It supports self-hosting and offers API integration, webhooks, and reusable templates. The platform complies with eIDAS Level 1 (SES) and ESIGN/UETA standards. | Legal, Risk & Compliance | 2019 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | +828 |
| 230 |  Portkey Portkey is a platform that offers tools for building, deploying, and managing AI models and workflows. It allows users to create and integrate AI-driven features into their applications or processes. The platform supports the development and deployment of machine learning models, providing an interface for managing these models and their associated data. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 231 |  Quiver QuiverAI is an AI-powered vector graphics platform and API that generates, edits, vectorizes, and animates clean SVG assets directly from text prompts or raster images. Designed for designers, software developers, and AI agents, its specialized models output lightweight, production-ready code for scalable logos, UI illustrations, typography, and micro-animations. | Marketing & Growth | 2025 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 232 |  SheetWhiz SheetWhiz is a browser-based AI tool that parses, analyzes, and transforms spreadsheet data (CSV, XLSX, Google Sheets) into Excel formulas, pivot tables, or summaries using natural language prompts. It requires access to Google Sheets or Excel and internet connectivity. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2023 | 2-10 employees | +858 | |
| 233 |  Bubbles Bubbles is a collaboration tool that lets tag anything on screen and invite teammates to discuss in-context. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 2-10 employees | $5M - $10M | +351 |
| 234 |  Chatwoot Chatwoot is a customer communication and engagement platform that provides businesses with tools to manage conversations across various messaging channels. | Customer Success & Support | 2020 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | +431 |
| 235 |  Runware Runware provides an cloud infrastructure platform and API that runs generative artificial intelligence models for media inference and content creation. The platform connects software applications directly to optimized server clusters to process text, image, and video generation workloads. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2023 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 236 |  Slashy Slashy provides an artificial intelligence email client and workspace solution that drafts responses, organizes inboxes, and manages meeting schedules. The application integrates across communication tools to process messages and execute automated follow-up actions. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2025 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 237 |  Airbridge Airbridge is a mobile measurement and attribution platform that helps businesses track app and web marketing performance, analyze customer journeys, and optimize campaign ROI. It is used for attribution, incrementality measurement, audience analysis, and marketing analytics. | Marketing & Growth | 2015 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 238 |  Ryze AI Ryze AI is an autonomous digital marketing platform that uses AI agents to manage and optimize paid advertising, technical SEO, and conversion landing pages. It integrates directly with platforms like Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, and Shopify, acting as an automated copilot to continuously audit campaigns, reallocate budgets, generate creative assets, and execute optimizations 24/7. | Marketing & Growth | 201-500 employees | |||
| 239 |  Rime Rime provides a voice AI platform that converts text into speech and supports real-time conversational voice applications. It offers cloud and on-premises deployment options for developers and enterprises building voice-enabled systems. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2021 | 2-10 employees | $10M - $25M | +901 |
| 240 |  OpenObserve OpenObserve is an observability and telemetry platform for logs, metrics, traces, and analytics. It provides a cloud-native alternative for monitoring and troubleshooting applications and infrastructure. | Engineering & DevOps | 2022 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 241 |  Subframe Subframe provides a cloud-based UI design tool that allows teams to build interfaces and export React and Tailwind code. The service is delivered through a web application with drag-and-drop editors, component libraries, and collaboration features. | Engineering & DevOps | 2023 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 242 | 21st.dev | Engineering & DevOps | 2024 | Self-employed | ||
| 243 | 3RM | Sales & Revenue | 2022 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 244 |  6sense 6sense is a platform designed to support account-based marketing strategies for B2B organizations. It uses artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning to uncover anonymous buying behavior, prioritize target accounts, and enable sales and marketing teams to engage effectively with potential buyers. By capturing anonymous buying signals and targeting the right accounts at the optimal tim | Sales & Revenue | 2013 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 245 |  Abacus.AI Abacus.AI is an advanced AI platform that enables organizations to build and deploy real-time machine learning models for a variety of use cases. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2019 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 246 |  Abstract Abstract is a versioning platform that helps designers work like developers. | Engineering & DevOps | 2016 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 247 |  Accord Inaccord is a sales execution and deal intelligence platform that helps revenue teams inspect pipeline, improve forecast accuracy, and coach reps using conversation and opportunity data. It is designed to support better sales decisions and execution across the funnel. | Sales & Revenue | 2020 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 248 |  Acho Acho is a platform to connect, transform, and analyze your business data. | Data & Analytics | 2018 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 249 |  Acquire.com Acquire.com is an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of SaaS (Software as a Service) startups. It provides tools and expert guidance to help sellers list their businesses and connect with potential buyers. Buyers can browse listings, assess startup metrics, and make offers, aiming to complete transactions efficiently and safely. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 250 |  Actiondesk Actiondesk is a spreadsheet software that lets you import and refresh data from SQL, Stripe, Salesforce, Hubspot and more. | Data & Analytics | 2020 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 251 |  Adbeat Adbeat provides insights into display advertising campaigns. | Marketing & Growth | 2013 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 252 |  Admin By Request Admin By Request is a solution designed to manage local admin rights on corporate networks. It provides a secure and scalable platform, hosted on Microsoft Azure, to streamline the control and monitoring of administrative access. The service allows IT teams to efficiently handle admin rights, enhancing security without compromising productivity | IT & Security | 2015 | 501-1,000 employees | ||
| 253 |  AdRoll AdRoll is a marketing and advertising platform that streamlines the process of creating and managing web ads, social ads, and email campaigns. It helps brands grow revenue and save time by providing tools to effectively run, measure, and optimize marketing efforts across multiple channels. | Marketing & Growth | 2007 | 201-500 employees | ||
| 254 |  Adspirer Adspirer is an artificial intelligence advertising platform that connects digital assistant clients to various marketing accounts through a specialized protocol. The tool facilitates campaign management, keyword research, and performance analysis across multiple social media and search networks using natural language commands. | Marketing & Growth | 2025 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 255 |  Affinity.co Affinity.co is a AI-powered relationship intelligence platform. | Sales & Revenue | 2014 | 201-500 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 256 |  AI Bees AI Bees offers sales and marketing solutions for B2B companies | Sales & Revenue | 2018 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 257 |  AI Writer AI Writer is an AI-powered tool that allows users to generate relevant content. | Marketing & Growth | 2020 | 201-500 employees | $250M+ | |
| 258 | Airbnb | 2007 | 5,001-10,000 employees | $250M+ | ||
| 259 |  Airops
AirOps provides a platform to create, test, deploy, and scale AI applications, particularly focusing on workflows that drive business growth. It offers tools for designing and scaling powerful integrated workflows, utilizing AI models like GPT-4-turbo, DALLE-3, and Claude 2. The platform enables users to build AI-powered chatbots, content and SEO solutions, NLP applications, and various other AI- | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2021 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 260 |  Airplane Airplane offers a software platform for engineers to build internal tools | Engineering & DevOps | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 261 |  Airship Airship is a platform designed to optimize various stages of the mobile app lifecycle. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools and features for enhancing app experiences, both inside and outside the app. Key functionalities include no-code native experiences, push notifications, in-app messaging, scenes, stories, surveys, message centers, preference centers, and various other engagement tools. Ad | Marketing & Growth | 2009 | 201-500 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 262 |  AiSDR AiSDR is a sales prospecting automation tool that leverages generative AI to compose and send sales emails to potential customers. It facilitates the automation of engaging with prospects and aims to secure meetings through automated correspondence. | Sales & Revenue | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 263 |  AITOPIA AITOPIA offers a comprehensive AI platform integrating language models and AI tools like DALL-E for text and image generation, empowering businesses and creators to enhance their productivity and creativity. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2023 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 264 |  Alfa Alfa provides a platform for identifying and prioritizing sales leads. It analyzes data and signals to help teams target and engage potential customers. | Sales & Revenue | 11-50 employees | |||
| 265 | Allowlist Guard Test Row | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2022 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 266 |  amoCRM amoCRM is a messenger-based sales CRM | Sales & Revenue | 2009 | 201-500 employees | ||
| 267 |  Amp Amp is an AI-powered coding assistant for professional software engineers that helps users write, understand, and modify codebases directly from their development workflow. It is positioned as a developer productivity tool for software development teams. | Engineering & DevOps | 11-50 employees | |||
| 268 |  Anakin (YC S21) Anakin is a platform designed to aid eCommerce shops and brands in understanding their competitors by providing data and intelligence. It offers services such as custom scraping, product matching, and data delivery through APIs in various formats. | Data & Analytics | 2019 | 51-200 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 269 |  AngelList AngelList provides various services related to startups, fundraising, and talent recruitment. The platform features a job board that connects startups with talented individuals seeking employment opportunities. It also allows startups to raise capital through its syndicates and venture funds. Accredited investors can invest in startups through these syndicates, enabling startups to access funding | People Ops & Talent | 2010 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 270 |  Animaker Animaker is a DIY video-making platform. | Marketing & Growth | 2015 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 271 |  Ankr Ankr provides Web3 infrastructure services, offering scalable and adaptable solutions for various Web3 projects. This includes rollups and sidechains as service models, which are key for blockchain creation and optimization. They cater to businesses and developers, offering customized blockchain solutions for specific applications or ecosystems, and secondary layer services for enhanced scalabilit | Engineering & DevOps | 2017 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 272 |  Anon Anon is an integration platform designed to streamline the process of building and maintaining user-permissioned integrations across various platforms, languages, authentication types, and services. | Engineering & DevOps | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 273 |  AnswersAI AnswersAI is an educational platform aimed at making learning easier for students by offering AI-powered support tools. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2023 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 274 | Anyleads | Sales & Revenue | 2015 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 275 |  Appsmith Appsmith is an open-source, low-code platform designed for building custom internal tools quickly and efficiently. It allows users to create applications with features like interface creation, data integration, and widget control without needing to write extensive code. The platform supports customization through in-line JavaScript, making it a versatile choice for developers looking to extend app | Engineering & DevOps | 2019 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 276 |  Appwrite Appwrite is a backend platform (Backend as a Service / open-source server) that offers APIs for authentication, database, storage, functions, and realtime functionality. Developers can host it themselves (self-host) or use a managed/cloud offering. | Engineering & DevOps | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 277 |  Aqua Voice Aqua Voice is a speech-to-text desktop app for Mac and Windows that allows users to dictate prompts, notes, and documents. It uses advanced speech recognition and a context-aware engine for accurate and low-latency transcription, especially useful for technical and productivity-focused users. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2023 | 2-10 employees | Under $1M | |
| 278 |  Arena.im Arena provides a platform for building AI-powered communities, live blogs, group chats, and discussion feeds on websites or apps. It enables organizations to host and monetize community engagement directly rather than relying exclusively on external social platforms. | Customer Success & Support | 2018 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 279 | AssemblyAI | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2017 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 280 |  AudioShake AudioShake provides AI-powered audio source separation and speech enhancement tools that split music or dialogue into stems for remixing, localization, restoration, and other media workflows. Its platform and APIs are used by music, film, broadcast, and enterprise teams to process audio at scale. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2020 | 2-10 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 281 | Authorize.net | Finance & Accounting | 1996 | 501-1,000 employees | ||
| 282 |  Autobound Autobound is an AI-powered B2B sales platform that helps users to create personalized sales emails quickly. | Sales & Revenue | 2022 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 283 |  Autocode Autocode provides a platform for building and deploying serverless applications. | Engineering & DevOps | 2016 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 284 |  Aviator Aviator is a platform that offers automation tools for build and test workflows in software development, aiming to streamline and simplify various processes. | Engineering & DevOps | 2021 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 285 |  Beacons.ai Beacons.ai is a platform for creator business management and mobile website construction. The tool provides link aggregation, electronic commerce, and audience engagement features through a single interface. | Marketing & Growth | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 286 |  Beagle Security Beagle Security is a platform offering automated penetration testing services. | IT & Security | 2020 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 287 |  Beautiful.AI Beautiful.AI is a web-based platform for creating presentations. It provides templates and design features to help users craft slides without needing advanced design skills. The tool streamlines the presentation design process, aiming to enhance the visual quality of slideshows. | Marketing & Growth | 2016 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 288 |  Beaver Builder Beaver Builder is a powerful drag-and-drop WordPress page builder that enables easy creation of responsive websites without coding. It includes premium modules, templates, and the Beaver Builder Theme, catering to both individual and multisite projects. | Marketing & Growth | 2014 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 289 |  Bench Accounting Bench provides an online platform for bookkeeping services, integrating dedicated human bookkeepers with financial software. It delivers monthly financial statements, real-time insights, and tax preparation services. The platform also supports tax filing and advisory, for compliance with financial regulations. | Finance & Accounting | 2012 | 201-500 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 290 |  BentoML BentoML is a platform that helps deploy, manage, and monitor machine learning models in production, making it easier to handle the model lifecycle in real-world applications. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2019 | 51-200 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 291 |  Bettermode Bettermode is a platform that consolidates various community engagement tools to enhance customer engagement and manage online communities. Features include threaded conversations, long-format posts, Q&A support, event management, and text-heavy content pages. It offers customization options without coding, integrates with leading software and websites, and provides tools for building custom apps. | Customer Success & Support | 2013 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 292 |  Bezi Bezi is a collaborative 3D design platform that empowers designers and teams by revolutionizing the 3D design workflow. It offers advanced prototyping, generative AI, and composition tools, enabling the creation of 3D apps and games for desktop, mobile, and VR/AR platforms. Bezi is inspired by 2D design tools, making it accessible even to those without prior 3D expertise. | Marketing & Growth | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 293 |  Billo Billo is a cloud-based social selling platform, designed to help small to midsize eCommerce businesses connect with video creators to produce a variety of custom videos (such as unboxing, testimonials, how-to, etc). | Marketing & Growth | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 294 |  Bit.ai Bit.ai is a document collaboration and knowledge-management platform that lets teams create, edit and share “smart documents” and wikis. It supports real-time co-editing, inline comments, rich media embedding (text, images, video, spreadsheets, code, etc.), document tracking/analytics, and version history. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2017 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 295 |  Bitscale Bitscale is an AI-powered B2B lead generation and outbound sales automation platform that helps teams discover prospects, enrich contact data, and personalize outreach at scale. | Sales & Revenue | 2024 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 296 |  Blacksmith Blacksmith is a cloud CI/CD platform that provides managed GitHub Actions runners designed to run continuous integration workflows significantly faster and more cost-effectively than standard GitHub-hosted runners. The platform uses high-performance infrastructure, caching optimizations, and CI observability tools to accelerate build, test, and deployment pipelines. | Engineering & DevOps | 2024 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 297 |  Blaze AI Blaze is a platform that uses AI and automation to help companies generate and target high-potential leads based on online signals from social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter. It streamlines the process of lead generation and engagement through automated DM campaigns, custom ads, and campaign analytics. | Marketing & Growth | 2023 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 298 | BlockVigil | Engineering & DevOps | 2018 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 299 |  Bond BOND is an AI-powered executive productivity platform that acts like a Chief of Staff by connecting to a company’s existing tools (calendar, Slack, Jira, etc.) to prepare daily briefings, summarize key metrics, surface blockers and priorities, and help leaders focus on critical actions without manual status updates. | Legal, Risk & Compliance | 2023 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 300 | Bootstrap | Engineering & DevOps | 2011 | 2-10 employees |
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.