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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 |  Oliv AI Oliv is an AI sales assistant that automates tasks such as CRM updates, note-taking, and meeting preparation, helping sales teams manage daily activities. | Sales & Revenue | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 502 |  OneSchema OneSchema is a platform streamlining CSV data imports and enhancing data accuracy for improved customer activation and completion rates. | Data & Analytics | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 503 |  OneShot AI OneShot AI provides an AI-driven platform that automates and enhances outbound and marketing outreach by delivering personalized messages and insights to improve engagement and efficiency. | Sales & Revenue | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 504 |  Onfleet Onfleet is a delivery management software that provides tools for route optimization, dispatch, and real-time tracking for delivery operations. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2015 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 505 |  Onlook Onlook lets users edit and build web interfaces visually while writing changes directly into React code in real time through a web-accessible service. The platform enables design and development teams to import existing React codebases, collaborate on UI changes, and export or publish the resulting code. | Engineering & DevOps | 2-10 employees | Under $1M | ||
| 506 |  Onyx AI Onyx is an AI platform that integrates with company documents, applications, and internal systems to provide enterprise search and AI assistant capabilities. It allows users to deploy AI-powered search and automation within their existing infrastructure, either on-premises or in a Virtual Private Cloud. | Customer Success & Support | 2023 | 2-10 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 507 |  Opero Opero Documents is an automatic document generation app merging Salesforce data. | Sales & Revenue | 2008 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 508 |  OptimHire OptimHire is an AI-driven recruitment platform that automates candidate sourcing, screening, and interview scheduling. It integrates with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and supports data formats like JSON and CSV for importing/exporting candidate information. | People Ops & Talent | 2018 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 509 |  Padlet Padlet is a platform that facilitates the creation and sharing of digital boards where users can post various types of content, such as text, images, links, and files. These boards are accessible through a web browser and can be edited in real-time by multiple users. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2012 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 510 |  Palmier Palmier provides a native, open-source video editor built for macOS (Palmier Pro) designed to operate alongside generative AI models and autonomous agents. The platform integrates generative media pipelines directly into the editing timeline and exposes a local Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. | Marketing & Growth | 2024 | 2-10 employees | Under $1M | |
| 511 |  Panoply Panoply is a smart cloud data warehouse that automates the collection, modeling, and scaling of any data. | Data & Analytics | 2015 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 512 |  Paper Paper by thirdweb is a platform focused on delivering an NFT checkout experience. It simplifies complex processes involved in NFT transactions, making it more accessible and straightforward for buyers and sellers. | Finance & Accounting | 2022 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 513 |  Parallel Parallel provides web infrastructure and search APIs designed specifically for AI agents. It allows artificial intelligence applications to search, extract, monitor, and reason over real-time web data with cited sources and structured outputs. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2023 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 514 |  Patch Patch provides a climate solutions platform that facilitates the discovery, comparison, and purchase of verified carbon credits and renewable energy certificates. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2020 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 515 |  Paubox Paubox is an email security and compliance platform that provides secure email solutions for businesses. | IT & Security | 2015 | 51-200 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 516 |  Pepper Content Pepper is a platform that handles everything from content ideation to delivery. | Marketing & Growth | 2017 | 201-500 employees | ||
| 517 |  Percy Percy is a visual testing and review platform. | Engineering & DevOps | 2015 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 518 |  Periskope Periskope enables teams to manage multiple WhatsApp numbers, groups, and chats from a unified inbox, aiming to help with task creation, ticketing, and system integration. | Customer Success & Support | 2024 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 519 |  PhotoAI PhotoAI is an AI-powered platform that generates photorealistic images and videos of individuals. Users can upload selfies to create an AI clone, enabling the generation of photos in various poses, settings, and outfits without the need for traditional photography. | Marketing & Growth | 2022 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 520 |  Pickaxe Pickaxe is a platform for project management and collaboration, specifically designed for software development teams. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2022 | 2-10 employees | Under $1M | |
| 521 |  Picolo Picolo AI is an operational AI platform for consumer and e-commerce brands that deploys autonomous agents across customer support, subscriptions, fraud detection, logistics, and marketing. It connects directly into tools like Shopify, Gorgias, and Klaviyo to automate end-to-end business workflows and allow lean teams to scale without adding headcount. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2025 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 522 |  PinpointHQ PinpointHQ is a talent acquisition software designed to streamline and improve the hiring process. It provides tools to attract, hire, and onboard top talent, offering features to automate tedious processes, make better hiring decisions faster, and engage new hires effectively. | People Ops & Talent | 2012 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 523 | Pinterest | Marketing & Growth | 2010 | 1,001-5,000 employees | ||
| 524 |  Plai Plai is an AI-driven marketing platform that automates ad creation and optimization across Facebook, Google, TikTok, and more. | Marketing & Growth | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 525 | Plato | People Ops & Talent | 11-50 employees | |||
| 526 |  Plaud Plaud is a platform that records meetings, calls or voice-memos and uses AI to transcribe and summarise the content into organised notes. It captures audio, text, images and highlights, then produces searchable summaries and allows exporting or sharing of the results. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2021 | 201-500 employees | ||
| 527 |  PlayPass PlayPass is a software platform that provides event management and access control solutions. | Marketing & Growth | 2014 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 528 |  Poll Everywhere Poll Everywhere enables real-time audience interaction through live polls, quizzes, and Q&A sessions. Users can gather instant feedback from participants via mobile or web. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2008 | 51-200 employees | Under $1M | |
| 529 |  Polycam Polycam is a cross-platform 3D scanning application that utilizes LiDAR sensors on compatible iOS devices and photogrammetry to create detailed 3D models. It supports export in formats such as OBJ, STL, FBX, and PDF. | Marketing & Growth | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 530 |  Polytomic Polytomic is a platform that simplifies access to and synchronization of fragmented internal data across various systems. It supports two-way ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and data syncing between databases, data warehouses, business applications, spreadsheets, and APIs, enabling business teams to seamlessly retrieve and integrate relevant information. | Data & Analytics | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 531 |  POWR A live chat application that integrates with Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Telegram, allowing real-time customer interaction. | Customer Success & Support | 2014 | 11-50 employees | Under $1M | |
| 532 |  Primer Primer is a platform that integrates both 1st and 3rd party B2B audience data to assist in reaching Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs) and targeting B2B buyers across multiple channels. | Marketing & Growth | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 533 |  Printify Printify is a print-on-demand platform enabling users to create and sell customized products through various sales channels, managing printing and delivery via third-party providers. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2015 | 501-1,000 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 534 |  ProdCamp ProdCamp provides user feedback and a product management software platform. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2021 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 535 | Product Marketing Alliance | Marketing & Growth | 2019 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 536 |  Product School Product School provides live-online and cohort-based training and certification courses for product management and AI-enabled product roles. It works with individuals and enterprise teams to build product-skills, design frameworks, and prepare professionals for product leadership. | People Ops & Talent | 2014 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 537 |  ProjectDiscovery ProjectDiscovery is a platform that provides tools for vulnerability management and security testing. It allows users to discover, monitor, and manage security vulnerabilities in their systems. The platform includes tools for automated scanning, reconnaissance, and monitoring.
| IT & Security | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 538 |  Prospect by IrisVR Prospect by IrisVR is a platform that enables architects, engineers, and construction professionals to create and visualize 3D models in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) environments. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2014 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 539 |  Pry Pry offers pro forma financials, financial forecasting, headcount planning, and KPI dashboards.
| Finance & Accounting | 2020 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 540 |  Pulley Pulley is a software company that provides tools for developers to build, test, and deploy software applications. | Engineering & DevOps | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 541 |  Qualified.io Qualified is a web service that automates technical skill assessments for software engineers, providing detailed reports based on coding submissions with integrated unit testing. | People Ops & Talent | 2016 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 542 |  Quill Meetings Quill Meetings is a platform designed to streamline and enhance virtual meetings and collaboration. It offers a range of features aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of remote meetings, including agenda management, real-time note-taking, | Collaboration & Productivity | 2021 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 543 |  Quip Quip is a collaboration platform that integrates documents, spreadsheets, and chat, designed to streamline productivity for Salesforce users. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2012 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 544 | Railway | Engineering & DevOps | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 545 |  Range Range is a team collaboration platform that integrates with tools to facilitate async check-ins, meetings, and goal tracking. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2017 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 546 |  RealScout RealScout is a real estate technology company that provides a full-featured search platform for real estate agents to collaborate with their clients during the .. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2012 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 547 | Reddit | Marketing & Growth | 2005 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $250M+ | |
| 548 |  Reducto Reducto is a document ingestion API that accepts unstructured files (PDFs, images, spreadsheets, slide decks) and returns structured, schema-based outputs optimized for large language model workflows. It can also support document editing tasks like filling forms or modifying content via API calls. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 549 | Reforge | People Ops & Talent | 2016 | 51-200 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 550 |  Regie.ai Regie.ai is a Generative AI Platform designed for enterprise sales teams, offering content personalization capabilities based on unique data pertaining to both the business and prospects. | Sales & Revenue | 2020 | 51-200 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 551 | Remote | People Ops & Talent | 2019 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $250M+ | |
| 552 |  Reprompt Reprompt is a platform that provides AI agents that automatically validate, and analyze location-based data by processing inputs such as web content, geospatial information, images, and documents for real-time data workflows. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2024 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 553 |  Respaid Respaid is a platform that manages reservations and appointments. It enables users to create and oversee booking systems for different services. The platform includes features for setting appointment types, managing availability, and processing customer bookings through a single interface. It integrates with other systems and offers tools for notifications, reminders, and cancellations. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 554 |  Reverse Contact Reverse Contact offers a tool that enables users to obtain real-time contact and company information from an email address. It is designed for business use, providing details like professional profiles and employment history. The tool is compliant with GDPR and CCPA regulations, ensuring that data is gathered using proprietary algorithms without relying on databases. | Sales & Revenue | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 555 |  RevvedUp RevvedUp is a platform that provides tools for sales and marketing automation. It focuses on account-based marketing and sales development, enabling users to create content for prospects, engage buyers through interactions, and optimize the sales process. The platform includes features such as email automation, content hubs, integration with various tools. | Marketing & Growth | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 556 |  Rewatch Rewatch is a platform that features an AI Meeting Assistant for capturing meetings with summaries and transcriptions, and a Video Hub to centralize meeting videos and notes. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 557 | Rocket Lawyer | Legal, Risk & Compliance | 2008 | 201-500 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 558 |  RocketDevs RocketDevs operates as a recruitment platform that connects startups with pre-vetted software engineers. The tool provides a matching service to help companies hire full-time or part-time developers for various technical stacks. | People Ops & Talent | 2-10 employees | |||
| 559 |  Rooster Rooster Technology offers a platform for managing workforce scheduling and communication | People Ops & Talent | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 560 |  Rootly Rootly is a incident and on‑call management platform that automates incident detection, response orchestration, and post‑incident retrospectives from within collaboration tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams | Engineering & DevOps | 2020 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 561 |  RunLLM RunLLM is a platform that leverages large language models (LLMs) to handle technical support inquiries. It processes user queries using a LLM, which is regularly updated with new data. The platform integrates with various systems to provide multimodal responses that include text and images, and it allows users to upload screenshots.
| Engineering & DevOps | 2020 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 562 |  Runscope Runscope develops tools that support the modern application development life cycle. | Engineering & DevOps | 2013 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 563 |  SafeBase by Drata SafeBase by Drata is a platform that allows security and sales teams to share and automate access to security, compliance, and privacy information. | Legal, Risk & Compliance | 2021 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 564 |  Sagetap SageTap connects B2B companies with vetted experts to facilitate product feedback sessions, helping businesses improve their offerings through real user insights. | Customer Success & Support | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 565 |  Salesfinity Salesfinity helps sales teams with a Parallel Dialer software that allows them to make several calls at the same time. | Sales & Revenue | 2022 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 566 |  Sapling.ai Sapling.ai is a language model platform that integrates with enterprise workspaces and messaging systems to provide functionality such as real-time suggestions, grammar and spelling support, autocomplete, paraphrasing, AI detection, sentiment analysis, and developer API/SDK tools. This enhances written communication across business workflows. | Customer Success & Support | 2019 | 2-10 employees | Under $1M | |
| 567 |  Screenly Screenly is a digital signage platform that enables users to display images, videos, live web pages, and audio content on screens by connecting a digital signage player via HDMI and managing content through an online account. The platform supports features such as content scheduling, playlist creation, and remote screen health monitoring. | Marketing & Growth | 2014 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 568 |  ScreenMeet ScreenMeet is a platform that enables businesses to assist customers by viewing and resolving computer issues remotely.
| Customer Success & Support | 2016 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 569 | Scribd | Collaboration & Productivity | 2007 | 201-500 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 570 | Scrubby | Marketing & Growth | 2-10 employees | |||
| 571 |  Secureframe Secureframe is a compliance and security automation platform that helps businesses streamline and manage their compliance requirements. | Legal, Risk & Compliance | 2020 | 201-500 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 572 |  SEED SEED is a platform that allows developers to automate the deployment process, making it easier to build, test, and deploy serverless applications. | Engineering & DevOps | 2017 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 573 |  Semgrep Semgrep is a platform that provides tools for static code analysis to identify vulnerabilities, enforce coding standards, and perform automated code reviews. Semgrep integrates with various development environments and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, facilitating code quality and security checks throughout the development lifecycle. Users can create their own rules | Engineering & DevOps | 2017 | 201-500 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 574 |  Sendoso Sendoso is a platform that specializes in sending personalized physical gifts, swag, and direct mail to prospects, customers, or employees on behalf of businesses. | Marketing & Growth | 2016 | 201-500 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 575 |  Sendwithus by Dyspatch Sendwithus by Dyspatch is a solution for managing transactional email workflows. It allows teams to create, optimize, and personalize emails without deploying code. | Marketing & Growth | 2013 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 576 |  Sensor Tower Sensor Tower is a platform to cater to the needs of app developers, marketers, and businesses. Its primary focus lies in providing users with invaluable insights and data to improve app performance, understand app store trends, stay competitive, and optimize their mobile applications effectively. One of Sensor Tower's core functionalities is its App Store Optimization (ASO) tools, empowering users | Marketing & Growth | 2013 | 201-500 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 577 |  Sequin Sequin is a platform that offers an API data platform, turning APIs into a consistent, real-time data stream. This enables integration with third-party services like Salesforce, Shopify, and GitHub, with the aim of assisting developers to build on their data without dealing with the complexities of APIs. | Data & Analytics | 2020 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 578 |  Serra Serra is a cloud-based recruiting platform that uses AI to automate candidate sourcing, ranking, and outreach. It enables recruiters and HR teams to search for and communicate with potential hires from multiple data sources through a unified interface. | People Ops & Talent | 2023 | 2-10 employees | Under $1M | |
| 579 |  Settle Settle is an all-in-one payments solution tailored to the needs of growing e-commerce brands. | Finance & Accounting | 2019 | 51-200 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 580 | Shadeform | Engineering & DevOps | 2023 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 581 | Sharebird | Collaboration & Productivity | 2-10 employees | |||
| 582 |  Sherlock Sherlock is a platform that helps businesses use their product engagement data to drive essential actions. It helps sales and customer success teams by translating product data into simple metrics that make CRMs useful. With Sherlock, businesses can have an overview of account and user-based engagement with a smart scoring system. | Sales & Revenue | 2022 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 583 |  Shippo Shippo is a shipping platform that simplifies the process of managing and shipping parcels for e-commerce businesses. It provides tools for comparing shipping rates, printing labels, tracking shipments, and managing returns. Shippo integrates with e-commerce platforms to streamline shipping logistics. | Operations & Supply Chain | 2013 | 201-500 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 584 |  Shorebird Shorebird is a platform designed to simplify the management and deployment of Flutter applications. It provides tools and services for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), helping developers automate workflows, test their applications, and deploy updates efficiently.
| Engineering & DevOps | 2023 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 585 |  Shortwave Shortwave is an AI-powered email client that integrates with Gmail, offering features like smart summaries, AI writing, and task management, designed for productivity and organization. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 586 |  Sift Sift is a software company offering an AI-powered digital risk decisioning platform designed to prevent payment fraud, account takeover, content scams, and other forms of digital fraud. The platform provides real-time risk scores and identity graph insights tailored for various industries and roles. | IT & Security | 2011 | 201-500 employees | ||
| 587 | SingleStore | Data & Analytics | 2011 | 201-500 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 588 |  Skiff Skiff is an encrypted platform that supports collaboration, email, and messaging. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 589 |  Slaask Slaask is a SaaS product that integrates with Slack to provide customer service and live chat solutions directly within the Slack interface. It allows businesses to manage customer interactions, support requests, and live chats seamlessly through Slack, centralizing communication and enhancing customer service efficiency. | Customer Success & Support | 2015 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 590 |  Sleuth Sleuth is a platform tailored for software development teams, optimizing the continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) lifecycle. It empowers teams to seamlessly manage and monitor their code changes, detect and address issues, and ensure the reliable delivery of software. | Engineering & DevOps | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 591 |  Slintel Slintel captures technographic-powered buying intent and helps companies uncover active buyers in their target market. | Sales & Revenue | 2013 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 592 |  Solid Solid enables users to input requirements for a full-stack web application and generates the corresponding code (e.g., Node.js, React, TypeScript, Docker) ready for deployment. The platform integrates with development workflows (IDE extensions, publishing) so teams can build and deploy applications without manually constructing the stack. | Engineering & DevOps | 2023 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 593 | Sonder | Operations & Supply Chain | 2012 | 1,001-5,000 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 594 |  Sonix Sonix is an automated transcription software that transcribes audio and video files rapidly, providing accurate speech-to-text conversion in multiple languages. Features include translation, subtitling, AI-driven summaries, and organization tools, all accessible through an online platform. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2017 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 595 |  SoTrender SoTrender is a social media analytics and performance monitoring platform. SoTrender's platform is designed to help businesses and digital marketers analyze and optimize their social media marketing efforts across various social media platforms. The platform typically integrates with popular social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, allowing users to gather da | Marketing & Growth | 2018 | 51-200 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 596 |  Sourcegraph Sourcegraph provides a code search and intelligence platform that helps developers explore, understand, and analyze code across large repositories. It enhances developer productivity by enabling them to find relevant code snippets, understand code structure, and navigate through complex codebases efficiently. | Engineering & DevOps | 2013 | 51-200 employees | $100M - $250M | |
| 597 |  SpeakUp SpeakUp is a platform that facilitates structured collaboration for problem-solving and idea generation, allowing anonymous posting and voting among team members. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2013 | 11-50 employees | Under $1M | |
| 598 |  Spot Spot is a platform that specializes in misconduct reporting and compliance training for organizations. | Legal, Risk & Compliance | 2017 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 599 |  Sprinto Sprinto is a compliance automation platform designed for cloud-hosted B2B SaaS companies. It automates busy work, monitors controls in real-time, and tracks progress, aiming to simplify compliance processes. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 201-500 employees | $25M - $50M | |
| 600 |  Sprouts.ai Sprouts.ai is an AI-powered GTM (Go-To-Market) intelligence platform designed to automate and enhance demand generation for B2B companies. It offers advanced ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) discovery, multi-database enrichment, intent signal identification, automated multi-channel outreach, and purchase prediction to maximize sales and conversion rates. | Sales & Revenue | 2022 | 51-200 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.