By Userfront, the definitive auth and identity platform for growing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, today announced a seed investment round of $5.3 million led by Heavybit, and its general availability for SaaS providers.
Userfront’s auth and access control system handles the full range of SaaS use cases and unlocks greater revenue opportunities faster by serving free individual accounts, freemium organizations, and customized Fortune 500 enterprises in a single platform.
In this episode of Let’s Talk, Tyler Warnock, CEO and Co-Founder of Userfront, talks about the company’s innovative approach to authentication and access control for SaaS companies. Warnock reinforces his views that Userfront sees access control and authentication as a revenue driver.
User authentication and access control for SaaS companies, with a focus on migration and modernization
- Warnock discusses challenges of scaling SaaS companies and the importance of improved authentication and access control.
- Userfront offers an authentication and access control platform specifically designed for customer-facing software companies.
- Warnock highlights two types of competitors in the off-site software industry: legacy companies and new entrants.
Migrating legacy authentication systems to modern ones, focusing on ease of use and minimal code changes
- Warnock talks about new players like Userfront differentiating by focusing on customer experience, standing on legacy companies’ shoulders.
- Warnock discusses how Userfront helps enterprise customers migrate from old systems to new ones with ease.
- Userfront’s sidecar tool mimics existing authentication systems, reducing migration time from 9 months to 2-3 weeks with minimal code changes.
User authentication and access control, with a focus on cost efficiency and growth revenue
- Warnock says that brownfield customers can migrate login credentials in 5-10 minutes.
- Warnock highlights the importance of addressing organizational barriers for enterprise deals.
- Warnock highlights Userfront’s focus on simplifying the development process for startups and existing companies.
- Userfront offers advanced features like data residency and custom instances to meet the needs of large enterprises.
Guest: Tyler Warnock (LinkedIn)
Company: Userfront (Twitter)
Show: Let’s Talk
