THE SAAS RECKONING
💀 SaaS Apocalypse
Tracking the collapse of overvalued SaaS companies — from shutdowns and sunsets to the rise of open-source alternatives.
Graveyard
Shut Down
🥽Metaverse (Horizon Worlds)DEAD
Pivoted 2021 · Abandoned 2024
🎬OpenAI SoraDEAD
Launched Dec 2024 · Died Apr 2026
🖼️Stability AI (DreamStudio)DEAD
Founded 2019 · Collapsed 2024
🎮Google StadiaDEAD
Launched Nov 2019 · Died Jan 2023
⚛️Atom EditorSUNSET
Launched 2014 · Archived Dec 2022
☁️Heroku (Free Tier)SUNSET
Free since 2007 · Free tier killed Nov 2022
✍️Jasper AIDEAD
Peak valuation $1.5B · Mass layoffs 2024
Danger Zone
Critical
🎨Tailwind CSSCRITICAL
75% team reduction · Revenue collapse
⚡ZapierDECLINING
AI-native competitors rising · Pricing pressure
🐘EvernoteCRITICAL
Bending Spoons acquisition · User exodus
📝GrammarlyDECLINING
AI competition · Commoditization