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24 alternatives to SaaS Open Mic: LiveChat CMO on reaching 14K customers with no sales team

A remarkable story of pivots, organic growth & vintage SaaS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SaaS Open Mic: LiveChat CMO on reaching 14K customers with no sales team launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Startup Chat 156: Scaling SaaS from 100 to 1000 customers▲115

   Hiten Shah & Steli Efti share a framework for growing SaaS

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   SaaS Open Mic - Building a community from scratch with Alex Theuma▲67

   How do you build a community AND conference, from nothing?

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Wantoo▲113

   Managing feedback has never been easier!

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Live Chat for Sales by Intercom▲412

   The quickest way to get more qualified leads

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   LeadChat▲87

   4x more conversions w/ our outsourced live chat sales ninjas

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SaaS Open Mic: Creating a subscription box empire with Jameson Morris▲62

   How to craft a formula for subscription box success

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hello Tech Pros: Mining HackerNews for Customers▲60

   and building an international SaaS company

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Crisp Livechat▲381

   The most modern experience to talk to website visitors

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Freshchat▲264

   Catch 'em all. Keep 'em all.

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10OS
    Open-Source Alternative to Intercom, Drift, Zendesk, FreshChat▲417

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Startup Chat 174: Self-Service vs Human-Touch in SaaS▲71

    Can bots really sell?

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Chatterbox▲223

    Live chat with your to-be customers straight from your Slack

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    SaaS Revolution: With Laura Roeder CEO of MeetEdgar▲62

    How we got 7k+ customers using direct response marketing

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Reply: Live Tasks▲143

    Convert prospects into customers with Live Tasks suggestions

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SaaS Open Mic - Webflow: SaaS, consolidated?▲61

    with Co-founder Bryant Chou

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Growth Everywhere – Mutual Mobile CEO ▲75

    Generating $40M a year with only 15 customers

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Growth Everywhere: How To Grow A SaaS Business in an Ultra Competitive Market▲58

    Learn how to stand out in a crowded market

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    LiveChat Incubator▲23

    Turn your SaaS project into a full-fledged business.

    2022 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Latka SaaS 300▲223

    These SaaS companies grew revenue fastest in 2018

    2019 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    SaaS Open Mic 06: Alex MacCaw▲67

    On Stripe's success, founding Clearbit and writing

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Uncensored Growth - How founders stay SANE▲61

    Behind the scenes strategies of a 7-figure SaaS Business

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    SaaS Open Mic: David Okuniev, Founder of Typeform on Human Experience▲77

    And how Typeform is making things "a little more human".

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Live The Questions - #2 - From a lemonade stand to SaaS's strongest community▲54

    A conversation with SaaScribe's Alex Theuma

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Growth Everywhere – Lloyed Lobo, Speakeasy▲73

    How Speakeasy got and kept 10,000 users in their pre-launch

    2016 · its alternatives →

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