The SaaS Awards team is pleased to announce the 2021 SaaS Awards shortlist and winners.

Head of operations for the SaaS Awards, James Williams, said: “Just as SaaS technologies have been vital in pivoting organizational functions to respond to global crises, they will be essential as we look forward to returning to normal levels of productivity.

“We’ve seen remarkably innovative solutions across all conceivable areas of industry. All shortlisted candidates represent truly innovative thinkers in the SaaS industry, whether they’re freshly-funded disruptors or established names.”

The SaaS Awards is now complemented by The A.I. Awards, and The FinTech Awards.

Full shortlist, including winners:

Best SaaS Product for Recruitment – Winner: HiringThing

• Appcast (Appcast Premium)
• HiringThing
• Lever (LeverTRM)
• Turbohire Technologies Private Limited
• Oleeo (Oleeo, the Next Generation Recruiting Enablement Platform)
• TalentReef
• Symphony Talent (SmashFlyX)
• JazzHR

Best SaaS Product for Learning Management or Training – Winner: Skyllful

• Skyllful (Skyllful Mobile Digital Adoption Platform)
• BlueVolt (BlueVolt Sharing Network)
• AvePoint (AvePoint EduTech)
• WebinarGeek (WebinarGeek webinar software)
• Infosec
• Hoylu
• Apty

Best SaaS Product for Nonprofits or Education – Winner: Childcare CRM

• Pushpay
• Ellucian (Ellucian Experience)
• EqualLevel (EqualLevel Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solution)
• Gravyty
• ManagedMethods
• AssociationSphere
• DonorView
• Viettel Business Solutions Corporation
• VoterVoice (Part of FiscalNote)
• ChildcareCRM (CRM, CRM+)

Best SaaS Innovation in the Internet of Things (IoT) – Winner: Plume

• Plume
• Sibros (Deep Connectivity Platform)
• Aiven (Aiven for IoT)
• Onebill Software Inc

Best SaaS Product for Energy & Utilities – Winner: Onebill

• Inspectivity Pty Ltd (The Inspectivity Platform)
• Radix IoT, LLC (Radix IoT Mango OS)
• AppFolio, Inc.
• Dude Solutions (Energy Manager)
• Onebill

Best SaaS Product for Health & Safety or Risk Management – Winner: MonitorQA.com

• AlertMedia
• Lexipol (Comprehensive Policy Management Solution)
• Avetta
• monitorQA.com
• Safety-Reports.com, Inc. (SR Inspection App)
• Wolters Kluwer Enablon (Enablon Vision Platform)
• Reciprocity (ZenGRC)

Best SaaS for Productivity – Winner: Stack Overflow for Teams / Ping Identity

• Filevine
• Productiv
• Sapience Analytics
• Cilio Technologies (Cilio CiO)
• PackageX (PackageX Mailroom)
• Stack Overflow for Teams
• Rev.io
• Ping Identity (Ping Intelligent Identity(TM) Platform
• Nylas
• NICE inContact (NICE CXone)
• MaxContact
• 1E (1E Tachyon)
• Docket
• Sherpany
• AppFolio, Inc.

Best SaaS Product for E-Commerce/E-Shops – Winner: Cloudinary

• Pricefx
• Kibo
• Klaviyo
• BlueSnap
• Kevel
• Cloudinary (Cloudinary Digital Asset Management)
• Signifyd (Signifyd’s Commerce Protection Platform)
• Vendasta (Vendasta’s End-to-End Ecommerce Platform)
• Optiseller
• smec – Smarter Ecommerce (Whoop!)
• dutchie
• 2Checkout (now Verifone) (Avangate Monetization Platform)
• Brightpearl
• OrderMyGear (Service)
• iQmetrix (iQmetrix’s BOPIS (Buy Online, Pickup In-Store) solution)
• Shift4Shop
• Contentsquare
• Intelligent Reach (Content Experiment Module)

Best SaaS Product for Web or App Development – Winner: Rookout

• EPAM Systems (EPAM Delivery Platform)
• SOTI (SOTI Snap)
• Rookout
• Cockroach Labs (CockroachCloud)
• Broadcom (BlazeMeter)
• CircleCI
• SolarWinds
• Plivo (Plivo SMS API Platform)
• Teknasyon (Deepwall, Desk360, Verifykit)
• Clayton

Best SaaS Product for Business Accounting or Finance – Winner: FinancialForce

• Intuit QuickBooks (QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Payroll)”
• Sovos
• Workiva
• Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (TeamMate)
• Ordway (Ordway billing and revenue automation platform)
• Enable
• Auditoria.AI
• Zuora (Zuora Collect)
• Lockstep
• FloQast
• Tipalti, Inc.
• FinancialForce
• Chaser Technologies Limited

Best SaaS Product for Management Accounting and Budgeting – Winner: Workiva

• Syntellis Performance Solutions
• Workiva
• Pilot
• Planful (Planful Now)

Best SaaS Product for HR – Winner: meQuilibrium

• Ease
• TalentReef
• TCP Software (TimeClock Plus)
• Topia (Topia Compass)
• PRO Unlimited (Wand VMS)
• KnowledgeLake (KnowledgeLake Platform)
• Wellbees
• Applaud
• BambooHR
• Checkr
• meQuilibrium
• Verified First (VF Connector)
• Legion Technologies
• Intuit QuickBooks (QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Payroll)
• Secure
• Synergita

Best SaaS Product for Shipping, Inventory or Vehicle Logistics – Winner: ShipStation

• Myfreight
• Sleek Technologies (OTS)
• Oddsphere Ltd (Shipster)
• ShipStation
• E2open
• Omnitracs (Omnitracs One)
• Truckstop.com (new load search)
• Verizon Connect (Verizon Connect Reveal)
• Professional Datasolutions, Inc. (known as PDI) (PDI Logistics Cloud International)
• Locus
• Logistyx Technologies (Logistyx Technologies’ SaaS-based multi-carrier shipping system)
• PCS Software
• Axele
• FreightWaves (FreightWaves SONAR)
• Unicommerce eSolution Pvt. Ltd. (Uniware)
• everstox (The Logistics as a Service Platform – everstox)
• tiramizoo GmbH (The tiramizoo SaaS-platform for urban logistics)
• WorkWave (WorkWave PestPac; WorkWave Service; WorkWave Route Manager)

Best SaaS Product for Ticketing or Event Management – Winner: Eventcube

• BigPanda (BigPanda Event Correlation and Automation platform, powered by AIOps)
• Eventcube Solutions Ltd. (Eventcube)
• Pricefx
• BMC (BMC Helix)

Best SaaS for Business Management – Winner: AppFolio

• AppFolio, Inc.
• Tr3Dent (Transformation Accelerator)
• Auvik Networks (Auvik)
• Addigy
• FinancialForce

Best SaaS for Catering and Hospitality – Winner: Tripleseat

• Tripleseat
• CaterXpress DBA FoodStorm (FoodStorm Catering Software)

Best SaaS Product for CSR or Sustainability – Winner: Wolters Kluwer Enablon

• Sweep
• Wolters Kluwer Enablon (Enablon Vision Platform)
• ShoppingGives
• BSOS (SUPLEX)
• Reciprocity (ZenGRC)

Best SaaS Product for Agriculture & Farming – Winner: Webee

• Webee
• Granular

Best SaaS Product for Media & Publishing – Winner: Mux

• Issuu, Inc.
• Mux (Mux Data)
• Boostr

Best SaaS Product for Healthcare / Pharmaceutical – Winner: Forcura

• RxAgile
• LeanTaaS (iQueue for Operating Rooms)
• Lumere, a GHX company (Lumere PLA)
• PowerDMS
• John Snow Labs
• Forcura
• ACTO
• StarLeaf
• Birdeye

Best SaaS Product for Digital Marketing – Winner: Postoplan

• Issuu, Inc. (Issuu)
• Webeo
• PUBLITECH (LOCALTRAC)
• Intelligent Reach (Content Experiment Module)
• CHEQ
• Siteimprove
• springbig
• Birdeye
• Postoplan

Best SaaS Product for Financial Services – Winner: DailyPay

• Clear Capital (ClearCollateral Review)
• DailyPay (PayEx)
• Avalara
• ZL Tech (ZL UA)
• AvidXchange
• Mesh Payments (Mesh Payments Cardless Payments Platform)
• Provenir
• Argyle (Argyle Employment Data Platform)
• Secure
• Capitolis
• Visual Lease
• BillingPlatform (BillingCloud)
• CloudPay (CloudPay Now)
• Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (TeamMate)
• Trintech (CadencyDirect)
• Vertafore (Commercial Submissions and Sircon for Carriers)
• Lockstep
• BSOS (SUPLEX)

Best SaaS Product for E-Learning – Winner: CYPHER LEARNING

• AvePoint (AvePoint EduTech )
• Wisetail
• CYPHER LEARNING (NEO LMS)
• Intellum, Inc. ( Intellum Platform)
• Apty

Bespoke SaaS Solution of the Year – Winner: Apty

• Synergita
• expert.ai (expert.ai Platform)
• Dude Solutions (Capital Predictor Enterprise)
• Global Edit
• Apty
• Clayton

Best UX/UI/Design in a SaaS Product – Winner: Simpplr Inc

• Modernizing Medicine (PocketPatient)
• Bravado Health (Treat)
• Igloo Software
• Amino (Service)
• Simpplr Inc
• PlanSource (PlanSource Mobile App)
• Pushpay
• Asana
• Plum (Plum.io Talent Resilience Platform)
• FiscalNote
• Ziflow

Best SaaS Product for Sales and Marketing – Winner: DecisionLink

• Allego
• Amperity (Amperity)
• Integrate (Integrate’s Demand Acceleration Platform)
• DecisionLink (DecisionLink’s ValueCloud)
• Pitcher
• Skuid
• PROS (PROS Platform)
• ON24
• ActiveCampaign (Customer Experience Automation Platform)
• Cloudinary (Cloudinary Digital Asset Management)
• MRP (MRP Prelytix)
• automotiveMastermind (Market EyeQ)
• Asana
• Postoplan

Best SaaS Product for PR, Brand Management or Stakeholder Engagement – Winner: PowerChord Inc

• PowerChord Inc
• Reputation

Best SaaS Product for Customer Services / CRM – Winner: ContactEngine

• Zammo.ai (Zammo.ai Conversational AI Platform)
• Simplr
• Kustomer
• Five9
• Precisely (EngageOne Communicate)
• ContactEngine
• Calabrio (Calabrio ONE)
• TCN (TCN Operator)
• Genesys (Genesys Cloud)
• Wix Answers
• ChurnZero
• Vivantio
• Front
• Thryv
• NetHunt CRM
• Aircall

Best SaaS Product for Business Intelligence or Analytics – Winner: ThoughtSpot

• ThoughtSpot
• Domo
• Datasite®
• Xactly Corporation (Xactly’s Intelligent Revenue Platform)
• Toucan Toco
• Qlik Technologies Inc.
• PatSnap
• Sigma Computing (Sigma)
• Fuel Cycle
• Infragistics (Reveal)
• Ahana (Ahana Cloud)
• Plum (Plum.io Talent Resilience Platform)

Best SaaS Product for Supply Chain / Warehouse Management – Winner: Blue Yonder

• Adventoris (SwiftCloud)
• PandoCorp
• Blue Yonder (Luminate Platform)
• Qlik Technologies Inc.
• Unicommerce eSolution Pvt. Ltd. (Uniware)

Best SaaS Product for Project Management, Workflow Automation or PLM – Winner: Onshape Inc

• Moovila
• BMC (BMC Helix)
• Benchling
• Accela (Accela Building)
• Workato
• airSlate, Inc (airSlate)
• Onshape Inc, a division of PTC (Onshape)
• Tray.io
• RedTeam
• KeyedIn (KeyedIn Projects)
• Ziflow
• KnowledgeLake (KnowledgeLake Platform)
• ECI Software Solutions (Cognytics, Lasso, M1 and BuildTools)

Best SaaS Product for ERP / MRP – Winner: Unit4

• SourceDay
• Unit4 (Unit4 ERPX)
• Acumatica
• IFS (IFS Cloud)
• ECI Software Solutions
• (Cognytics, Lasso, M1 and BuildTools)
• FinancialForce

Best Data-Driven SaaS Product – Winner: Trifacta

• Skedulo
• Aparavi
• Motus
• Zylo
• Cisco ThousandEyes
• Trifacta
• Netskope
• Neo4j (Neo4j Aura)
• Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (CCH Axcess(TM) Knowledge Coach)
• Cloudera (Cloudera Data Platform)
• Bright Data
• The Data Collector
• Ostendio (Ostendio MyVCM)
• nexoya
• Botkeeper
• SciLeads
• EdgeVerve Systems (TradeEdge – An EdgeVerve Product)
• SnapLogic (SnapLogic Intelligent Integration Platform)
• IDB LLC (IPinfo.io)

Best SaaS Newcomer – Winner: RealEyes

• Ultima Business Solutions (Ultima Labs, IA-Cloud)
• Vertafore (Commercial Submissions and Sircon for Carriers)
• Axele, LLC (Axele TMS)
• ChildcareCRM (CRM, CRM+)
• Postal.io
• RealEyes
• Coniq (IQ Connect)
• SyndicationPro
• Postoplan
• Hoylu
• Global Edit

Best Security Innovation in a SaaS Product – Winner: Siemplify

• Nightfall
• ExtraHop (ExtraHop Reveal(x) 360)
• Huntress
• CyberArk (Cloud Entitlements Manager)
• Siemplify (Siemplify Security Operations Platform)
• Perception Point
• Imperva (Imperva Sonar Platform)
• AppOmni
• McAfee (McAfee XDR)
• Dashlane
• Kaseya (IT Complete Security Suite)
• ReliaQuest
• Aqua Security (Aqua Security Dynamic Threat Analysis)
• Valtix
• Axis Security
• Devo (Devo Security Operations)
• BigID (BigID Cloud)
• FireEye (Mandiant Advantage)
• Keysight Technologies (Keysight Threat Simulator)
• JupiterOne
• Fairwinds (Fairwinds Insights)

Best SaaS Product for Communication, Collaboration or Conferencing – Winner: CodeLathe

• CodeLathe (AirSend)
• Mitel (MiCloud Connect)
• Help Lightning (Help Lightning Remote Assistance Software)
• WebinarGeek (WebinarGeek webinar software)
• Fuze
• Dialpad
• NetSfere
• Sherpany
• VIRNECT
• Mentimeter
• Plivo (Plivo SMS API Platform)
• Synacor (Zimbra)
• Outreach (Outreach Kaia)
• Docket
• Hoylu

Best Accessibility Innovation in a SaaS Product – Winner: StarLeaf

• FiscalNote
• StarLeaf

Best SaaS Product for Small Business / SMEs – Winner: Alignable

• LogMeIn (LogMeIn’s products: GoTo, LastPass, Rescue)
• PandaDoc (Free eSign)
• Vinno Vietnam Joint Stock Company (SlimCRM)
• Jackrabbit Technologies
• Alignable (Alignable referral network)
• Waste Logics Software Limited
• Text Request
• 2Checkout (now Verifone) (Avangate Monetization Platform)
• WorkWave (WorkWave PestPac; WorkWave Service; WorkWave Route Manager)
• Chaser Technologies Limited (Sonia Dorais)
• Wix Answers
• Aircall
• Shopmonkey

Best Enterprise-Level SaaS Product – Winner: Forward Networks

• Copado
• Yext
• Lucid (Lucidspark)
• Zoomforth, Inc.
• Automation Anywhere
• CT Corporation, a Wolters Kluwer company (hCue)
• Tonkean
• Adaptiva (Adaptiva OneSite Cloud)
• OpsRamp
• Forward Networks
• Striim
• Alteryx
• CloudCheckr (CloudCheckr CMx)
• Applause (Applause Codeless Automation)
• IntelePeer (IntelePeer Atmosphere CPaaS)
• PagerDuty
• WANdisco (WANdisco LiveData Migrator)
• LeanIX
• Moogsoft
• Metallic(TM), a Commvault Venture
• OpenReel
• YouScan
• LinkSquares
• LogicMonitor
• Celonis
• PMG
• Gluware
• Zylo

Best Enterprise-Level SaaS Product – Non-USA – Winner: Mentimeter

• 1E (1E Tachyon)
• Mentimeter
• Siteimprove

Congratulations to all the shortlist and particularly the winners of the concluded 2021 SaaS Awards program.

The 2021-22 Cloud Awards is now open and accepting entries into this year’s program.