# SaaS vs. Open Core: Comparing Business Models Using S-1 Filings

DevFeed: [SaaS vs. Open Core: Comparing Business Models Using S-1 Filings](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/which-business-model-is-best-saas-vs-open-core-29777.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/open-core-vs-saas-business-model/>)

Author: taylor@goteleport.com (Taylor Wakefield)

Published: 2019-06-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [vendor lock-in](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vendor-lock-in.md>)

Tags: [comparison](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/comparison.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [vendor-lock-in](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vendor-lock-in.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares SaaS and Open Core software business models from customer and vendor perspectives. It discusses operational burden, usage-based billing, data control, vendor lock-in, delivery costs, community development, product usage data, and sales and marketing. The supplied evidence says the series concludes by evaluating S-1 filings for an inherent advantage, but it does not provide those results.

## Source excerpt

In the final part of this three-part series, we evaluate S-1 filings from SaaS and Open Core companies to determine if either model has an inherent advantage.