The Complete SaaS Development Checklist

192 items · 7 stages

Founder's Guide

The Complete SaaS Development Checklist

A stage-by-stage guide to building, launching, and scaling your SaaS product—from initial validation to exit-ready. Built from 50+ real-world checklists and Reddit war stories.

192 items • 7 stages

Stage 7 / 24 items

Scaling & Sellability

Growing the team without chaos, and building something someone else could run. Whether you exit or not, this makes everything easier.

Document architecture and key decisions

Document all third-party services

Document domain and hosting credentials

Separate business logic from framework

Document CI/CD pipeline

Ensure test coverage for critical paths

Define engineering levels

Document interview process

Create onboarding checklist for new engineers

Document decision-making process

Establish remote work guidelines (if applicable)

Set up knowledge sharing mechanism

Verify tech stack is standard/common

Keep financial records accurate

Make customer data easily exportable

Eliminate single points of failure (people)

Ensure legal ownership is clear

Build metrics dashboard

Monitor customer concentration

Review SaaS CTO security checklist

Run static code analysis for security

Plan third-party penetration testing

Consider bug bounty program

Prepare security assets for enterprise customers