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Submission Guidelines
Follow the Reddit site-wide rules and please treat others with respect, stay on-topic, and avoid non-productive self-promotion.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Breaks Submission Guidelines
r/SaaS · SaaS & startups
r/SaaS Reddit Community Guide
Discussions and useful links for SaaS owners, online business owners, and more.
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What is r/SaaS about?
What people discuss
r/SaaS is included in the SaaS & startups section of the IntentWorth Reddit community leaderboard. Its live description and recent posts show the subjects members are discussing now, while the activity data helps you judge the pace of new conversations.
Who should read this community
Use r/SaaS when its current discussions overlap with a question you can answer, an experience you can share or a topic you genuinely want to understand. Read several threads before deciding how to participate.
Latest community activity
Data updated 2026-08-09
85
Posts in 24h
3
Median comments
82
Active authors
Needs 2 days
Member change
Community rules
These are the currently published rules. Moderators and AutoModerator may enforce additional account-age, karma, flair or posting requirements that are not publicly listed.
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Posting SaaS Relevant Content Only
Please keep the discussions oriented around the SaaS ecosystem, tech companies, business, operational or even personal aspects of the tech business world. - __Strict Focus:__ Content must touch on SaaS-specific topics. - __No Generic Business:__ General entrepreneurship or broad news without a SaaS angle will be removed. - __Enforcement:__ Irrelevant content will be removed to keep the sub relevant for SaaS professionals. - __Violation:__ Repeated infringement warrants a ban
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Not SaaS Related
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No Vendor Spam on posts or comments
Promotion is allowed occasionally, but accounts focused solely on it will be removed. - __Limit:__ Max 1 mention or 3 links can be shared every 60 days - __Transparency:__ Must clearly disclose affiliation at the beginning or end of the post or comment - __Alts:__ Secondary accounts promoting the same product count toward the limit. - __Value:__ Content must provide context and value, "naked" links or product descriptions are spam. - __Penalty:__ Violation leads to a ban and URL blacklisting.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Vendor Spam (Self-Promotion or Ads) without value for r/SaaS
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No Low-Effort / Low-Quality Content
- **Posts and comments must provide actual value:** Content that is spammy, repetitive, or lacks depth will be removed. - **Originality is required:** All posts must showcase original human thought, clear context, and meaningful contribution to the SaaS community. - **Prohibited content includes (but is not limited to):** AI-generated text (even if you "made all the effort" to copy-paste it yourself), unedited prompt dumps, and vague questions that could be answered by a basic search.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Low-Effort or Low-Quality Content
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No selling, soliciting, or fundraising
This community is for knowledge exchange, not a marketplace, posts or comments focused on selling services, soliciting clients, or asking for donations/funding are not allowed. - __No Solicitation:__ Do not post or comment to sell services, "cold DM" members, or solicit clients. - __No Fundraising:__ Asking for donations, crowdfunding, or pitching for VC/Angel investment is prohibited. - __No Lead Gen:__ Posts designed purely to gather emails or "testers" without community value will be removed
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Selling, soliciting, or fundraising
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AMA / Surveys / Polls require approval
All research-related posts must be vetted by moderators before being posted. - __What's Included:__ Academic surveys, market research, vendor polls, and "product validation" forms - __How to apply:__ Message the mods via Modmail with a link to your survey and a brief explanation of why it’s valuable to the SaaS community - __Excluded:__ "Validation" posts that are meant for lead generation or email harvesting will be rejected - __Enforcement:__ Polls without "Mod Approved" flair will be removed.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Unapproved AMA, poll or survey
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No obfuscated, shortened or indirect URLs
All links must point directly to the final resource because indirect URLs are prone to breaking or being hijacked later. Transparency and security are mandatory. - __Disguised or obfuscated links:__ Lead to a direct ban for rule evasion - __Direct Links Only:__ Use the original, full URL. Do not use URL shorteners or landing page aggregators - __No Tracking/Affiliates:__ Clean links only - __Enforcement:__ Posts or comments containing shortened or indirect links will be automatically removed
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Use of obfuscated, shortened or indirect URL
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No Personal Information (Doxing)
This follows a site-wide rule, strict adherence to Reddit’s Content Policy is required. - __Zero Tolerance:__ Do not post real names, emails, phone numbers, or private social media profiles (yours or others). - __Screenshots:__ Redact all identifying info from support tickets, emails, or chat logs before posting. - __Business vs. Personal:__ Mentioning a company is fine; targeting a specific employee is not. - __Penalty:__ Doxing results in an immediate permanent ban and report to Reddit admins.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Discloses personal information
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Be excellent to eachother
We value authenticity. Whether your tone is formal, professional, informal or sarcastic, it’s welcome as long as it’s respectful. - __No Toxicity:__ Personal attacks, insults, harassment, or "flame wars" are strictly prohibited. - __Constructive Criticism:__ Feedback on SaaS projects should be helpful, not destructive. - __Hate Speech:__ Any form of discrimination results in an immediate permanent ban. - __Enforcement:__ Toxic behavior will lead to removal and bans.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Personal attack
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No "I'll review/audit/feedback/test/roast or create something for you" posts
Posts or comments offering free reviews, audits, roasts, or feedback on others' products/websites/pitches are prohibited, regardless of price or stated intent. - __No self-promotion:__ These posts function as personal or commercial branding and are considered ads. - __How to Help:__ We value help in context. If you want to share with the community, do so in existing comment threads.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Self-promotion: Offering reviews, audits, feedback or create something for others' products.
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No Promotional or Advertising SaaS
r/SaaS does not allow promotion, recommendation, launch announcements, feedback requests, recruiting, or user acquisition for SaaS products made for advertising, promotional outreach, lead/opportunity detection, or ad/content generation. - __What's Included:__ Tools that generate, suggest, schedule, automate, or coordinate promotional posts, comments, DMs, replies, or campaigns on Reddit or other platforms. - __Penalty:__ Violation may result in a permanent ban, tool name and URL blacklisting.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: SaaS made for Promotional or Advertising purposes
Top recent discussions
These recently collected r/SaaS discussions are ordered by score and comment activity. Open a thread on Reddit to read the full context and current replies.
Sold! 8 year grind…
165 points · 131 comments
Built a Tool that literally automates SEO
58 points · 33 comments
Founders who launched on Product Hunt, MicroLaunch, Uneed, etc. Was it actually worth it?
23 points · 55 comments
This thread makes me very sad
22 points · 32 comments
I created an AR Wi-Fi visualizer that rebuilds your home in 3D
22 points · 6 comments
100+ users/day, but nobody will pay!
19 points · 79 comments
My Niche SaaS App is Profitable, 1 Month After Launch
9 points · 4 comments
Does anybody have tips on how to scale my SaaS?
8 points · 16 comments
How do you actually use G2 / Capterra / Trustpilot for SaaS distribution?
8 points · 8 comments
I have 148 signups but no paying customer, What should I do to fix this?
7 points · 43 comments
How this community activity is measured
IntentWorth refreshes public r/SaaS data on a fixed schedule. The figures are descriptive measurements, not estimates of reach or recommendations to promote.
Posts in the latest 24 hours
We count collected submissions whose public creation time falls inside the latest rolling 24-hour window.
Median comments
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Daily member change
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