biz59
Tools for developers, data people and small teams.
Biz59 LLC is a small company in New York. We build and run eleven products, most of them with one sign-in, and we write about what we see in software, AI and startups.
A database client, plus free data tools in the browser.
iPaid, i Owe: track what you owe and what is owed to you.
Security tools for small sites and teams, with one sign-in.
Short links, QR codes and page-view tracking.
An email router for apps, developers and bots.
Privacy policies, consent records and download/delete requests for apps and sites.
Website, policies, support pages, sign-in and cloud sync for your mobile app.
Offline-first cloud sync for your app's data, with sign-in for your users built in.
Our build agent: describe your app in a chat and watch it get built. Coming soon.
A whiteboard that also draws the diagram from your outline.
Markdown notes and documents that look good on screen and on paper.
More articles
SOC 2 for a five-person SaaS: what the audit costs and when a customer really needs it
Type 1 or Type 2, what Vanta, Drata and Secureframe sell for in 2026 (Vendr medians of $20,000 to $24,934 a year), auditor and pen test fees, a full year-one budget for five people ($36,500 to $46,500 in cash), what a bridge letter can and cannot do, which buyers stall without the report and the break-even deal size.
Support with two people: the response times customers expect from a small SaaS and how to meet them
Published benchmarks (62% of companies never answer an email; a one-hour first reply puts a SaaS in the top 15%), what Plausible, Transistor, Buttondown and Fathom promise, how two people cover a week without 63-hour Friday gaps, 2026 prices of shared inboxes, help desks and AI replies ($0.75 to $2.00 a resolution) with a worked example, where an AI answer angers customers, and six numbers to check every Monday.
The first salesperson at a small SaaS: when to hire, what to pay and how long until they earn it back
The signs founder-led sales has done its job (10-20 referenceable customers, a 15-25% win rate), 2026 pay and quota norms (median AE OTE $200,000, quota 4.6x OTE, 48% at quota, 6.2-month ramp), a month-by-month payback for a $12,000-a-year product (month 15 to 21 depending on attainment), the commission clauses that matter, a 90-day plan and the signs it isn't working.