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Buy and sell AI SaaS, every marketplace category

Buyouts is the M&A marketplace built for AI software. Browse a deck of verified AI SaaS deals, filter by category, open the full metrics, and act, or list your own to vetted buyers. Pick the path that fits you below.

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Buy AI SaaS

Explore buy ai saas. Each page shows real-looking AI SaaS listings with verified MRR and ARR, transparent multiples and escrow on every close.

AI SaaS for sale

Browse AI SaaS for sale with verified MRR, multiples and escrow.

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SaaS acquisition marketplace

A SaaS acquisition marketplace built for AI software deals.

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Buy a SaaS business

Buy a SaaS business with verified metrics and escrow.

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Buy an AI startup

Buy an AI startup from a curated, verified deal deck.

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Buy a profitable SaaS

Buy profitable SaaS with verified revenue and healthy margins.

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AI company for sale

Browse AI companies for sale with verified metrics and escrow.

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Buy an established SaaS

Buy established SaaS with a track record and verified metrics.

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Buy a bootstrapped SaaS

Buy bootstrapped SaaS with clean cap tables and real margins.

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Vertical SaaS for sale

Vertical SaaS for sale with verified metrics and vetted buyers, built for niche software that owns its industry.

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Buy an MRR business

Buy an MRR business with recurring revenue you can verify.

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Buy B2B SaaS

Buy B2B SaaS with verified MRR, ARR and churn, from vetted sellers, with escrow on close.

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Startup for sale

Browse startup companies for sale with verified MRR, ARR and churn, a published multiple, and escrow on close.

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SaaS M&A

SaaS M&A for AI software: published multiples, verified deal metrics, escrow-backed closes.

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App business for sale

Browse app businesses for sale with verified revenue, from vetted sellers, and close every deal with escrow.

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Buy a Shopify app business

Acquire recurring-revenue Shopify apps with verified MRR from vetted sellers, and close with escrow.

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SaaS holding company

Build a SaaS holding company by acquiring multiple AI SaaS businesses with verified metrics, each closed with escrow.

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Sell your SaaS

Explore sell your saas. Each page shows real-looking AI SaaS listings with verified MRR and ARR, transparent multiples and escrow on every close.

Guides & escrow

Explore guides & escrow. Each page shows real-looking AI SaaS listings with verified MRR and ARR, transparent multiples and escrow on every close.

By category

Explore by category. Each page shows real-looking AI SaaS listings with verified MRR and ARR, transparent multiples and escrow on every close.

Sell AI SaaS

Explore sell ai saas. Each page shows real-looking AI SaaS listings with verified MRR and ARR, transparent multiples and escrow on every close.

Compare marketplaces

See how Buyouts compares to the marketplaces and brokers you already know, honestly and side by side.

vs Acquire.com

Acquire.com alternative

An AI-SaaS-native marketplace with verified metrics, published multiples and vetted buyers, not a generalist startup listing wall.

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vs Flippa

Flippa alternative

A curated, metrics-verified, vetted-buyer marketplace for AI SaaS, not a high-volume auction wall.

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vs MicroAcquire

MicroAcquire alternative

An AI-SaaS-focused marketplace with verified metrics and real deal-flow tooling, not a generalist micro-startup feed.

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vs Empire Flippers

Empire Flippers alternative

A self-serve, AI-SaaS-native marketplace with published multiples and escrow, not a content and eComm brokerage.

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vs FE International

FE International alternative

A self-serve, AI-SaaS-native marketplace with verified metrics and published multiples, not a high-minimum sell-side advisory.

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vs Quiet Light

Quiet Light Brokerage alternative

A self-serve, AI-SaaS-native marketplace with verified metrics and published multiples, not a mid-market advisory engagement.

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vs Website Closers

Website Closers alternative

A self-serve AI SaaS marketplace with published multiples and no exclusivity, instead of a full-service brokerage engagement.

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vs BizBuySell

BizBuySell alternative

An online-business marketplace with verified MRR and software buyers, instead of a main street listing board built for restaurants and retail.

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vs Flippa & Empire Flippers

Flippa vs Empire Flippers

The real fee math on both marketplaces, side by side, plus where an AI SaaS actually belongs.

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vs Flippa & BizBuySell

Flippa vs BizBuySell

Two very different marketplaces: one sells online assets, one sells main street. Where software actually belongs.

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vs Flippa & Acquire.com

Flippa vs Acquire.com

An open marketplace for every online asset against a curated one built for software. Where a SaaS deal actually belongs.

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vs SaaS marketplaces

SaaS marketplaces compared

An honest roundup of every venue where a SaaS business actually changes hands, with fees read firsthand.

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vs Flippa

Flippa fees explained

Every Flippa listing fee, brokerage fee, success fee and escrow rate across all ten price bands, read off Flippa's own pricing page and totalled on real sales.

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vs SaaS acquirers

SaaS acquirers compared

The nine kinds of buyer that actually acquire SaaS companies, what each one publishes about its criteria, and how the money arrives.

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vs Empire Flippers

Empire Flippers fees explained

Every Empire Flippers commission tier, read off their own seller FAQ and worked out as a real dollar cost at twelve sale prices.

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vs Acquire.com

Acquire.com fees explained

Every Acquire.com listing plan, closing fee and buyer membership price, including the two buyer tiers their pricing page does not name.

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vs Website Closers

Website Closers fees and commission

Website Closers does not publish a commission rate. Here is every fee structure they name, and what each one actually costs.

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vs Empire Flippers

Empire Flippers vs Acquire.com

Both publish their rates in full, which is rare. Here is what each one costs at nine sale prices, and the point where the cheaper one flips.

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vs Empire Flippers

SaaS valuation multiples

Public, private and marketplace multiples in one table, on the annual basis advisors use, with the older monthly-profit figures reconciled against it.

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vs Empire Flippers

Rule of 40 for SaaS

The 2026 Rule of 40 benchmarks for public and private SaaS, both margin bases, and what a passing score is actually worth on a valuation.

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vs Empire Flippers

SaaS valuation calculator

Value a SaaS company on the ARR multiple buyers actually apply, then see which metric moves the number and by how much.

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vs Flippa

CAC payback period benchmarks

The 2026 CAC payback, magic number and LTV to CAC benchmarks, broken out by deal size and growth rate, and what each one is actually worth to somebody buying the company.

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vs Empire Flippers

SaaS revenue per employee

The 2026 revenue per employee and ARR per employee benchmarks for private SaaS, public SaaS and AI-native companies, with the sample size behind every figure.

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vs Acquire.com

SaaS companies for sale

Where SaaS companies and SaaS businesses are actually listed for sale in the US, what buyer access costs at each venue, and which ones check the seller's numbers before the listing goes live.

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vs Buy side advisors

Buy side advisor fees

What a buy side M&A advisor and a business acquisition consultant charge in retainers, success fees and minimum fees, and the deal size below which they will not take the mandate at all.

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vs Off-market channels

Off market businesses for sale

Where off-market businesses actually come from, what each channel costs a buyer, and the only published conversion rate for off-market outreach.

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vs Empire Flippers

Business broker fees

What business brokers and online-business marketplaces actually charge to sell a company, which ones publish a rate at all, and what the same sale price costs at each of them.

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vs Generalist marketplaces

Online business for sale

The ten marketplaces where online businesses are actually listed, with buyer cost and verification policy read firsthand.

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vs Generalist software marketplaces

Software companies for sale

Where software companies are actually listed in the US, what a buyer pays at each venue, and what SaaS and on-premise software really sell for.

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vs A main street SBA acquisition

SBA loan to buy a business

What an SBA 7(a) business acquisition loan actually requires, what the fees cost in FY2026, and the change of ownership rules that replace themselves on 1 October 2026.

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vs generic loan calculators

Business acquisition loan calculator

Payment, guaranty fee, debt service coverage and the most you can pay for a business, on the SBA rules a lender actually applies.

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vs generic capital gains calculators

Business sale tax calculator

Federal capital gains, recapture, the 3.8% surtax, state tax and what you keep after fees on the sale of a business.

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vs A main street business

How to buy a business

The eight stages of a US business acquisition, each one costed and timed, with the closing stack worked out on a real purchase price.

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vs The letter of intent

Letter of intent to buy a business

Every clause in an LOI, whether it binds you at signature, and what each marketplace actually requires before a seller stops taking other offers.

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vs The purchase agreement

Asset purchase agreement

What a definitive purchase agreement costs, what every clause does, and which structure the SBA will actually finance.

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vs M&A due diligence

M&A due diligence checklist

Every workstream in an acquisition diligence process, the documents that actually prove each claim, and what the deal room vendors will and will not tell you about price.

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vs Earnout agreement

Earnout agreement, seller note and working capital adjustment

The three mechanisms that move a purchase price after the handshake, what each one costs to paper, and the sample size that tells you how rare earnouts really are.

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vs Purchase price allocation

Purchase price allocation and IRS Form 8594

The seven asset classes, the residual method, and what each class is actually worth to a buyer versus a seller, read from the statute and the IRS instructions.

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vs Business partner buyout

Partnership buyout agreement, financing and valuation

How a partner buyout is structured, what the SBA actually requires you to put down, and the clause in your partnership agreement that decides the tax.

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vs ROBS 401k

ROBS 401k rollovers as business startups

How a ROBS 401k actually works, what the IRS says about it in its own words, what the providers charge to set it up, and the exit fee none of them put in the brochure.

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vs QSBS

QSBS exclusion under section 1202

What section 1202 actually says about qualified small business stock, read from the statute rather than from a summary of it, and the three sentences in it that decide whether a software exit is taxed or not.

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vs Installment sale

installment sale of a business

What section 453 and Form 6252 actually do to a seller note on a small US business sale, read from the statute and from IRS Publication 537 rather than from a summary of either.

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vs Empire Flippers

Empire Flippers valuation multiple

The four published Empire Flippers sale multiples, read off the live Scoreboard on 9 September 2026, on the day the basis changed from monthly net profit to annual trailing twelve months.

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vs SBA 7(a) program

SBA SOP 50 10 8 requirements

The change of ownership rules in SOP 50 10 8, quoted from the SOP itself, plus what SOP 50 10 8.1 changed for every SBA acquisition loan numbered on or after 1 October 2026.

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vs Business for sale listing sites

Where to list my business for sale

Ten places to list a business for sale, what each charges the owner, and what the buyer pays on the other side of the same deal.

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vs Website brokers

Website broker

What each website broker and online business broker charges to sell your site, the deal size it takes, and what the fee comes to on a real sale.

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vs Selling through a business broker

Sell a business without a broker

What it really costs to sell your business yourself, where the buyers are, and the jobs a broker does that you now own.

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vs A standard business sale NDA

Confidentiality agreement for sale of business

What a business sale NDA should say, what it costs, and what each marketplace makes a buyer sign before seeing your numbers.

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vs Rep and warranty insurance

Rep and warranty insurance cost

What a rep and warranty policy costs at each deal size, why the minimum premium rules out most small deals, and what buyers under $10M use instead.

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vs Escrow holdbacks

Escrow holdback agreement

How much of the price to hold back, for how long, who holds it and what the agreement has to say, with a calculator built on 2026 deal data.

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vs Business acquisition courses

Entrepreneurship through acquisition course

What the US business acquisition courses and buyer programs actually cost, which ones publish a price, and what you get for the money.

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vs Deal sourcing platforms

Deal sourcing platform

Every small business deal sourcing platform a US buyer is likely to pay for, with its published price, its buyer success fee and what it actually verifies.

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vs generic SBA fee calculators

SBA guaranty fee calculator

The FY2027 SBA 7(a) guaranty fee on any loan size, the $700,000 cliff, the rural and manufacturing waiver and every other fee on an acquisition loan.

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vs technical due diligence firms

Technical due diligence for SaaS acquisitions

What tech due diligence on a SaaS acquisition costs, from a $99 code scan to a $30,000 firm review, and the checklist to run before you close.

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vs SBA loan brokers

SBA loan broker fees

What an SBA loan broker, consultant or packager may charge a borrower, what the lender may charge, and what has to be disclosed on SBA Form 159.

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vs Overall SBA lender rankings

Top SBA lenders for business acquisition loans

The SBA lenders that actually finance business purchases, ranked nationally and by state from SBA’s own 7(a) loan file.

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vs Seller financing

Seller financing calculator

Monthly payment, balloon, total interest and the IRS minimum rate for a seller note on a business purchase, with the SBA standby rules built in.

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vs Buying a business

Cost to buy a business

The cash you need at closing and the full cost on top of the price, for an SBA-financed or all-cash purchase.

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vs SBA approved listings

SBA approved business for sale

What the SBA labels on a business listing mean, who puts them there, and a checker that runs the lender’s cash flow test on any listing.

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vs Cash flow as advertised

Cash flowing businesses for sale

What the cash flow in a listing includes, what sold businesses actually traded at in 2026, and a screener that turns advertised SDE into the cash you can bank on.

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vs A listing that says seller financing available

Businesses for sale with seller financing

What sellers who finance actually agree to, how a seller note sits next to an SBA loan in 2026, and a tester that tells you whether your offer pays for itself.

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vs A listing that says recurring revenue

Recurring revenue businesses for sale

What recurring and subscription businesses actually sell for, what separates real recurring revenue from repeat sales, and a checker that shows how much of the MRR survives a year.

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The outcome

Whatever you came to do, it ends at a real AI SaaS deal

Every path leads to the same place: verified AI SaaS listings with transparent multiples, vetted buyers, and escrow on every close, in one calm, light deal room.

Metrics

Verified

MRR, ARR, churn

Multiples

Transparent

published, AI-aware

Buyers

Vetted

capital-qualified only

Every close

Escrow

backed and safe

Anonymized listings · educational valuation content, not investment advice · no guaranteed sale price or return.

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