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.
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
| # | Product | Category | Founded | Employees | Funding | 12-mo activity rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 |  Roam Research Roam Research is a tool that offers services for notetaking and graph databases.
| Collaboration & Productivity | 2019 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 802 |  Sauce AI Sauce AI is a platform that consolidates customer feedback from various sources into a centralized system. It utilizes AI to automatically identify trends and categorize feedback into issues and feature requests. The platform integrates with CRM and support tools, enabling users to filter insights by customer attributes such as region and industry. | Engineering & DevOps | 2022 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 803 |  Sequel.io Sequel.io is a platform that enables businesses to host webinars, virtual events, and networking events, directly on their website. | Marketing & Growth | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 804 |  Simli Simli provides a low-latency API and web interface for embedding real-time artificial intelligence video avatars into applications. It enables users to integrate interactive digital humans for conversation, customer support, and sales interactions. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 805 |  SimpleHash Tool for generating cryptographic hash values for strings of text or files. | Engineering & DevOps | 2022 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 806 |  Socket Socket scans open-source dependencies for malicious code and vulnerabilities, providing real-time alerts to prevent software supply chain attacks. | IT & Security | 2020 | 51-200 employees | $50M - $100M | |
| 807 |  StackBlitz StackBlitz is a platform that provides an online integrated development environment (IDE) for web developers. | Engineering & DevOps | 2017 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 808 |  Strawberry Browser Strawberry Browser is a web browser product focused on providing a browser experience for users. It appears to be software, but publicly available information does not clearly indicate a subscription-based SaaS pricing model. | IT & Security | 2-10 employees | $5M - $10M | ||
| 809 |  Subscript Subscript offers a platform for invoicing customers and tracking B2B SaaS metrics. | Finance & Accounting | 2021 | 11-50 employees | $10M - $25M | |
| 810 |  Sudowrite Sudowrite is an AI creative writing assistant. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2020 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 811 |  Superpeer Superpeer is a platform that enables experts and professionals to offer one-on-one video consultations and monetize their expertise. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 11-50 employees | $5M - $10M | |
| 812 |  Superwall Superwall is a platform that allows mobile app developers to create, manage, and test in-app paywalls without requiring app updates. It provides tools for building paywalls, conducting A/B tests, and analyzing performance metrics to optimize user conversion and revenue. | Marketing & Growth | 2021 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 813 |  Swell AI Swell AI is a platform that helps podcasters and YouTubers automate the process of writing articles and show notes for their podcast episodes and videos. | Marketing & Growth | 2023 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 814 |  Tandem AI Tandem AI is an AI-driven meeting assistant that records meetings, produces transcripts, summaries, and action items, and helps teams capture and share meeting knowledge. It integrates with video conferencing tools to automate note-taking and follow-ups. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2024 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 815 |  Team-GPT Team-GPT is a platform that facilitates team collaboration using ChatGPT. It supports integration with language models, allowing users to select a suitable model for their needs. The platform includes features for audit logs, data redaction, and enforcement of use policies, supporting compliance and data security. Team-GPT can be deployed either on-premise or on cloud services, and integrates with | Collaboration & Productivity | 2023 | 11-50 employees | $1M - $5M | |
| 816 |  Teamflow Teamflow is an online remote team collaboration software. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2020 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 817 |  Typedream Typedream is a no-code website builder that enables users to create and publish websites using pre-designed templates and drag-and-drop widgets. | Marketing & Growth | 2020 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 818 |  Undermind Undermind is an AI-powered tool that searches and analyzes scientific literature to help researchers find relevant papers on specific topics. | Collaboration & Productivity | 2023 | 2-10 employees | Under $1M | |
| 819 |  Unlayer Unlayer is a product providing an email editor. It simplifies the creation of engaging and professional emails, requiring no coding or design skills. With a drag-and-drop editor, users can craft mobile-ready emails that display on all devices and email clients. | Marketing & Growth | 2017 | 11-50 employees | ||
| 820 |  Warmly Warmly is an autonomous revenue orchestration platform that integrates with existing sales and marketing technology stacks. It identifies and de-anonymizes contacts and companies visiting a user's website, then automates personalized outreach through email, LinkedIn, and AI-powered chat. | Sales & Revenue | 2020 | 51-200 employees | ||
| 821 | Wellfound | People Ops & Talent | 2019 | 2-10 employees | ||
| 822 |  Zep AI Zep AI is a platform for context engineering and memory management for artificial intelligence agents. The tool constructs temporal knowledge graphs from user interactions and business data to facilitate the retrieval of relevant information for large language models. | AI Platforms & Model Ops | 2023 | 2-10 employees | $1M - $5M |
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.