International SaaS recognition platform

Make your name as an innovative software solutions provider

Whatever your SaaS product, if it’s Software as a Service that deserves to be celebrated, The SaaS Awards is the recognition platform for you. The summer SaaS Awards program is now partnered with the winter Cloud Awards, which celebrates the brightest and the best in Cloud Computing. Any SaaS solution is eligible: the SaaS Awards celebrate SaaS solutions across public clouds, as well as alongside private, single-tenant solutions, off-premise or on-premise. Entry to the SaaS Awards closes at the end of May. For more information on the SaaS Awards program, and for a list of categories, please see below.

The SaaS Awards, now partnered with the global Cloud Awards.

Cloud Awards winners and nominees span the globe – including America, Canada, Europe, the UK, Australia and Asia. The Software as a Service Awards program strives to represent software innovation and diversity from all of these regions, and more.

Software as a Service Awards categories

All-new categories for 2016

An overview of awards categories follows below. Winners will be selected internationally, including the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. As a Cloud Awards partner, the SaaS Awards strives to represent software from across the globe: not only is equal weighting given to all countries, but individual awards across any category may be split into more than one award depending on the strength of submissions from different regions.

Best SaaS Product for Small Business / SMEs

This award will go to the best SaaS product for small businesses, across a broad gamut of possible applications. Applicants are encouraged to supply client case study materials, or for beta products, sufficient evidence of compelling market research or focus group evidence.

Best Enterprise-Level SaaS Product

This award will go to the best SaaS product for large, enterprise-level businesses, across a broad gamut of possible applications. Applicants are encouraged to supply client case study materials, or for beta products, sufficient evidence of compelling market research or focus group evidence.

Best SaaS Product for Nonprofits or Education

This award will go to the best SaaS product for NPOs, governmental or educational organizations, across a broad gamut of possible applications. Applicants are encouraged to supply client case study materials, or for beta products, sufficient evidence of compelling market research or focus group evidence.

Best SaaS for Productivity

This award will go to the best SaaS product, either business-oriented or consumer-facing, which increases user productivity. Applicants are encouraged to supply client case study materials for increased productivity. A typical SaaS product for this category would be used in a call center or office.

Best SaaS Product for E-Commerce/E-Shops

Eligible software services include e-commerce website plugins, customer-facing solutions or back-end organizational software. Applicants must provide evidence of business improvement – whether increased efficiency, sales, conversions, usability, etc. Again, case study materials or market research may be beneficial.

Best SaaS Product for Web Development

The award for best SaaS product for web development will be awarded to software that clearly meets a developer need. You may wish to demonstrate how the software encourages adoption of current bast practice or improved efficiency.

Best SaaS Product for Business Accounting or Finance

This award is for ground-level business accounting and finance. Please supply evidence of success in the form of testimonials, beta feedback, or of sufficient product innovation.

Best SaaS Product for Management Accounting and Budgeting

This award is for senior-management-level budgeting and finance planning. Please supply evidence of success in the form of testimonials, beta feedback, or of sufficient product innovation.

Best SaaS Product for HR or Recruitment

Innovation and operational efficiency is important here. Judges will also look favorably on applicants displaying a sufficient evidence of client success through improved efficiencies or outcomes.

Best SaaS Product for Shipping, Inventory or Vehicle Logistics

This broad category covers any point of the supply chain, from order taking to final fulfilment. There are manifold challenges in this area; please supply evidence of innovation and/or tangible successes.

Best SaaS Product for Sales and Marketing

Submissions will be judged in the areas of increased productivity, more capable lead scoring and enhanced conversion rates. Case study material demonstrating these factors will give an advantage.

Best SaaS Product for PR or Social Monitoring and Management

This award runs across a range of software services, including social buzz and sentiment monitoring, social network management, press cutting management, media alerts, media distribution services and PR management. In an increasing deluge of web-driven data, judges will favor SaaS products that smartly filter the noise to client advantage.

Best SaaS Product for Customer Services / CRM

This award will be given to the service which best allows business to support their customers. Customer service and CRM, from ticketing systems to end-to-end user journey monitoring, must be supported by real-world evidence of success in the form of client testimonials or case studies.

Best SaaS Product for Business Intelligence or Analytics

Another award with a focus on data-driven services, the judges are looking for data collection systems and intelligent analytics to help guide business decisions. Innovation is critical here, and there is no reliance on case study materials for successful applicants (although where given, it will be taken into consideration).

Best SaaS Product for Supply Chain / Warehouse Management

Award for best warehouse management software. Candidates should demonstrate how a range of real-world problems have been solved by their solution. There is also potential for applicants to demonstrate how their warehouse management solution integrates with further supply chain considerations.

Best SaaS Product for Project Management

Project management nominees can be from any vertical business category. Judges will again look for suitable testimonial content from users experiencing increased productivity.

Best SaaS Product for ERP

Judges will take a holistic view of the ERP solution and would encourage applicants to do the same, giving a top-level overview of the benefits of their ERP solution and the role of ERP in tying together disparate business functions.

Best UX/UI/Design in a SaaS Product

This award will be given to a SaaS product from any category which demonstrates innovative and/or beautiful design. Candidates should bear in mind that form follows function, and clear workflows and design should be supported by testimonial content.

Best Data-Driven SaaS Product

A general category, Best Data-Driven SaaS product can be from any category of SaaS which actively demonstrates intelligent use of data, whether “separating the signal from the noise,” or holistically tying together disparate data to reach positive outcomes.

Best SaaS Newcomer

This award will be given to the best SaaS product to appear in the last 12 months. Products still in beta will be considered. Judges are looking for evidence of innovation and either positive reception or clear market demand.

Now accepting entries for 2016-2017

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Recent Winners

We are delighted that Mule iON was recognized by the Cloud Awards program as the leading cloud service offering in its category.

Chris Purpura, Mulesoft

StrikeIron takes great pride in the recognition of our platform in the Infrastructure award. A great way to kick off the year!

Justin Helmig, StrikeIron

I am delighted to have won this award, particularly against this calibre of competition.

Igor Sysoev, NGINX

The Cloud Awards are one of the highest accolades in our sector.

Bernie Schiemer, HRBoss

The Cloud Awards validates our accomplishments in helping cloud service providers compete with and differentiate from industry leaders.

Greg Goelz, CloudByte

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