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Founders, operators and finance people: share what you’ve learned buying and running software. We publish practical, honest pieces with a full byline.
Pitch an articleWhat we publish
Buying guides
How to choose a tool in a category, what to pay, and which plan is worth it.
Negotiation playbooks
Renewals, multi-year discounts, startup programmes and getting the price down.
Stack breakdowns
The tools a real company runs on, what they cost and what you’d change.
Hands-on reviews
Honest reviews of a product after months of real use, including the downsides.
Credits and perks
How to find, stack and actually use cloud credits and startup perks.
Cost cutting
Auditing your SaaS spend, cutting seats, and consolidating tools.
Guidelines
Keep these in mind before you pitch. They’re what our editors check first.
- 1,200 to 2,500 words, original and not published anywhere else.
- Written from your own experience, with real numbers, screenshots or examples.
- Clear and direct. No fluff, no hype, no keyword stuffing.
- Disclose any relationship with the products you mention.
- One author bio link. We don’t accept paid links in articles.
How to pitch
Email contact@saasondeal.com with a working title, a five-line outline, why you’re the right person to write it, and two links to things you’ve written before.
We reply to every pitch within a week. If it’s a fit, an editor will work with you on the draft.
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