Ordway

Ordway

Automates SaaS billing, revenue recognition

Overview

Ordway Labs builds SaaS financial software for billing automation, subscription management, revenue recognition, and KPI reporting. The platform runs in the cloud and automates the entire billing lifecycle for usage-based and subscription-based businesses: it turns signed sales orders into invoices and cash, schedules recurring charges, tracks usage, recognizes revenue under applicable rules, and surfaces metrics via KPI reports. Compared with competitors, Ordway focuses on end-to-end automation for usage-based models and revenue recognition within a single platform, delivering continuous updates to pricing and features via a subscription model. The goal is to help modern businesses run accurate, efficient billing and revenue processes at scale, reducing manual effort and improving cash flow and financial visibility.

About Ordway

Simplify's Rating
Why Ordway is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Financial Services

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$12.5M

Headquarters

Washington DC, District of Columbia

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Exact Payments partnership creates new ARR expansion revenue stream beyond traditional SaaS subscription model.[1]
  • Startup package launched August 2023 targets pre-revenue to $3M ARR companies avoiding early-stage billing mistakes.[1]
  • Senior leadership hires like Subbu Venkiteswaran bring 30 years SaaS expertise to accelerate product development.[1]

What critics are saying

  • Chargebee dominates usage-based billing with lower pricing, forcing Ordway customers to migrate post-$3M ARR.[1]
  • Stripe Billing's embedded payments integration undercuts Ordway's Exact Payments partnership, reducing net dollar retention.[1]
  • Maxio's advanced contract management erodes Ordway's market share among scaling SaaS firms outgrowing startup package.[1]

What makes Ordway unique

  • Ordway targets scaling SMBs and mid-market companies seeking agile billing automation with quicker implementation than enterprise competitors.[3]
  • Platform automates invoice calculations, revenue schedules, and quarterly board reports based on extracted sales contract data.[2]
  • Ordway supports innovative pricing models: subscriptions, usage-based, transaction-based, and dynamic pricing for online marketplaces.[2]

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Funding

Total Funding

$12.5M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

2 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Below Average

Industry standards

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Benefits

Office or remote work

Flexible work hours

Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)

Employee stock options

Health savings accounts

401k retirement savings plans

Medical, dental, vision

Maternity and paternity leave

Commuter benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-6%

1 year growth

-6%

2 year growth

-8%
PYMNTS
May 29th, 2024
Nue Launches Platform That Unifies Cpq And Billing

Nue has launched a platform that unifies configure, price and quote (CPQ) and billing, and accelerates finance operations across every B2B model. The new Everything Billing product brings together direct sales and product-led growth, subscription- and usage-based pricing, and bundling across software, physical goods and services, the company said in a Wednesday (May 29) press release. “With Nue, everything is unified,” Mark Walker, CEO of Nue, said in the release. “We bring all revenue models under one quote-to-revenue platform, one unified data model and single pricing engine. The minute you can quote across any revenue model, you can bill.”

Ordway
Jan 23rd, 2024
Ordway Recognized as Leading Subscription Management Software Application in 2024

WASHINGTON, January 23rd, 2024 - Ordway, the finance platform for innovative business models, has been recognized as a leading subscription management software provider by the online software marketplace, Tekpon.

Cision
Aug 16th, 2023
Ordway Launches Billing And Revenue Automation For Startups

New Recurring Billing and Subscription Management Solution Designed for Seed and Series A Startups in the SaaS, Cloud, and Generative AI SpaceWASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ordway, the finance platform for innovative business models, today announced a new billing and revenue automation solution designed for early-stage startups. The solution enables SaaS, cloud, and other technology startups to bill customers, collect payments, report on investor metrics, and recognize revenue using GAAP accounting. Ordway's new package is designed for rapid implementation in just a few weeks and is priced to fit the budgets of seed and Series A companies ranging from pre-revenue to $3M in ARR."We've worked with hundreds of companies who adopted Maxio, Chargebee, Recurly, or Stripe Billing primarily because it was cheap, but then quickly outgrew the limited feature sets of those applications," said Sameer Gulati, CEO and founder of Ordway. "With our new startup package, early-stage companies can avoid the typical first-time mistakes and start directly on an enterprise-class platform that they can scale to $100M and beyond."Ordway's new startup package includes support for:Multiple Pricing Models - Launch subscription pricing models based on user counts and feature tiers or usage-based pricing models based on volume or time consumed. Ordway's ultra-flexible product catalog enables rapid experimentation with different packaging configurations, feature entitlements, and payment schedules.New Customer Acquisition Strategies - Incentivize customers to adopt with freemium /free trials, percentage discounts, first n months free, cashback rewards, and free credits

Google
Aug 9th, 2023
Ordway and Exact Payments Partner to Streamline Billing and Payments

Ordway, a billing and revenue automation platform for scaling Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, has partnered with embedded payments provider Exact Payments.

PYMNTS
Aug 9th, 2023
Ordway And Exact Payments Partner To Streamline Billing And Payments

Ordway, a billing and revenue automation platform for scaling Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, has partnered with embedded payments provider Exact Payments. The collaboration aims to deliver an all-in-one billing and payments solution to Ordway’s customers, aiding in the reduction of manual processes and providing an improved customer experience, the companies said in a Wednesday (Aug. 9) press release. “Our partnership with Exact Payments has enabled us to move beyond our traditional business model, which was focused on generating SaaS subscription revenues,” Ordway founder and CEO Sameer Gulati said in the release. “We have now created a new revenue stream that will help us generate expansion [annual recurring revenue (ARR)] with our customers and boost our net dollar retention.”

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