CSR SaaS Industry

Almost all CSR software is delivered via a SaaS model, and so the CSR Software industry is a subset of the larger SaaS industry. Revenues for SaaS expect to exceed $75b in 2017. The industry is currently undergoing consolidation as smaller vendors are being acquired. Furthermore, the marquee names in the CSR Software industry could be changing as both Blackbaud and Salesforce seem to be poised to become much larger players in 2018/19.

10 12, 2020

A CSR Software Update for 2021

A CSR Software Update for 2021

By Gary Carr|2021-02-19T13:13:20+00:00December 10th, 2020|

Wow. It's been two and half years since I first wrote a post titled "The CSR SaaS Industry is Growing Up". In that post, I focused on events such as capital infusion and business consolidation that demonstrate maturity in a niche software sector. I'm long overdue for a CSR software update. A lot has been [...]

25 02, 2019

Blackbaud Buys YourCause: What’s next for CSR SaaS?

Blackbaud Buys YourCause: What’s next for CSR SaaS?

By Gary Carr|2019-04-17T18:05:20+00:00February 25th, 2019|

CSR SaaS just took another big leap forward as an industry. I hope you took note, because a lot is happening within CSR that is going to impact all of us for the next ten years. The industry continues to grow up. And the story keeps getting better. CSR SaaS has been a niche industry [...]

25 09, 2018

SDG Reporting & CSR Software (Part 2)

SDG Reporting & CSR Software (Part 2)

By Gary Carr|2018-12-18T20:58:22+00:00September 25th, 2018|

We set out to answer a simple question: What are the SDG reporting capabilities of current CSR software? Then we learned that the "simple question" wasn't so simple. Join us in Part 2 of this two-part series as we explore examples of SDG reporting hard at work. In Part 1, we addressed the reality that Corporate [...]

5 09, 2018

SDG Reporting & CSR Software (Part 1)

SDG Reporting & CSR Software (Part 1)

By Gary Carr|2018-09-25T16:06:39+00:00September 5th, 2018|

In 2015, the United Nations published a collection of 17 "sustainable development goals", or SDGs. The goal is simple enough: transform for the better the world in which we live. And ever since, the list of SDG reporting questions has grown: How should companies track, organize and communicate SDG metrics? Should we be reporting statistics [...]

9 03, 2018

Why CSR Software is Not Just CSR Software – and What We Can Do About It

Why CSR Software is Not Just CSR Software – and What We Can Do About It

By Gary Carr|2018-03-12T21:33:42+00:00March 9th, 2018|

Last month, I wrote that The CSR SaaS industry is Growing Up, and what this means for both customers of and providers to the CSR market. Now I have a companion post of sorts. I want to talk to you about why the CSR software industry doesn't look and feel like a typical, more familiar B2B [...]

1 02, 2018

The CSR SaaS Industry is Growing Up – What does that mean for you?

The CSR SaaS Industry is Growing Up – What does that mean for you?

By Gary Carr|2018-02-05T19:51:03+00:00February 1st, 2018|

The CSR SaaS industry is maturing. Over the past six months, there have been a number of events shedding light on the fact that the CSR SaaS industry is no longer a niche market led by a handful of small companies. What does this mean for companies needing SaaS software to manage their Corporate Social [...]