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Integration partnerships: find integration partners and manage partner integrations
Integration partnerships compound when you connect with apps your customers already use. Partnerships finds those apps. The BD agent surfaces complementary products whose users overlap yours, ranked by fit with reasons, then drafts the outreach your team approves to open a technical and go-to-market conversation.
Once an integration partner is in, you coordinate the relationship and track the co-sell and referral revenue the integration produces. Flat SaaS pricing, no cut of integration-driven revenue, and you own the partner relationships you build.
Ranked by fit · you approve every outreach · no marketplace tax
Describe your product, find your partners
Partnerships surfaces the companies who should resell, refer, and integrate with you, ranked by a transparent fit score, then drafts the outreach for you to approve.
Ideal partners for
ranked by fitDrafted outreach · Drafted outreach
WritingClick a match to draft a first-touch message in your voice.
A human approves every outreach before it sends. Nothing goes out automatically.
Partner pipeline
One co-sell overlap surfaced from account mapping. Referral and co-sell revenue tracked per partner.
Live, interactive · ranked by transparent fit
Ranked by transparent fit · you approve every outreach · no marketplace tax · you own your partner list
Works alongside your CRM
Flat pricing · no marketplace tax
The short answer
What are integration partnerships?
Integration partnerships are agreements between two software companies to connect their products so shared customers can use both together, usually followed by joint marketing and co-selling to those overlapping users. They differ from resellers, who sell your product for a margin, and from affiliates, who send traffic for a commission. The hard part is not building the integration, it is picking which apps are worth building with and getting the first conversation.
Last updated July 2026
- Also called
- Technology partnerships, tech partners, app partnerships
- Typical trigger
- Overlapping customer base, adjacent workflow
- Revenue model
- Co-sell and referral, rarely a resale margin
- Usual bottleneck
- Choosing which apps, and getting a reply
- Partnerships pricing
- Flat SaaS, no cut of integration revenue
Side by side
Integration partnerships vs the other partner types
What each partner type actually does, and what you owe them.
| Partner type | What they do | How they are paid | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integration partner | Builds or maintains a product connection with you, then co-markets and co-sells to shared users | Usually nothing directly. Value is the shared customer and co-sell pipeline | Your customers already run both products side by side |
| Reseller | Sells your product under their own contract and owns the customer relationship | A margin or discount off list price | You need geographic or vertical coverage you do not have |
| Referral partner | Introduces you to a prospect and hands off | A one-time or recurring fee on closed revenue | Consultants and agencies already advising your buyers |
| Affiliate | Drives self-serve signups through a tracked link | A percentage commission on subscription revenue | You sell self-serve and the purchase needs no salesperson |
| Co-marketing partner | Runs joint content, webinars, or campaigns with you | Nothing. Both sides trade audience access | Two similar-sized audiences with little product overlap |
One company can occupy more than one row. An integration partner that also resells is common in mid-market SaaS.
Why it works
What your team gets with integration partnerships
Find complementary apps
The agent surfaces products whose users overlap yours, ranked by fit with reasons.
Open the right conversation
Drafted, approved outreach starts both the technical and go-to-market sides of the partnership.
Track co-sell value
See the co-sell and referral revenue your integrations produce, with no cut taken.
What it handles
Find the partner, draft the outreach, track the revenue
Partnerships surfaces ideal partner companies ranked by fit, drafts the first-touch message for you to approve, and tracks the referral and co-sell revenue each one drives, all in one place.
- Find complementary apps your users already use
- See fit scores and reasons for each app
- Draft and approve outreach to integration partners
- Coordinate the go-to-market side, not just the API
- Track co-sell revenue from each integration
Outreach drafted
ApprovedFirst-touch written in your voice. You approve before anything sends.
Why Partnerships
Partners found, outreach drafted, revenue tracked
Not a static directory, not a tool that only manages partners you already found. Partnerships does the prospecting, drafts the outreach you approve, and tracks the revenue, on flat pricing with no marketplace tax.
Ranked by fit
Describe your product and the agent surfaces ideal partners with a transparent fit score and the reasons each one matched.
Outreach you approve
The agent drafts the first-touch message in your voice. A human approves before anything sends. Never an auto-blast.
Yours to keep
Flat SaaS pricing, no percentage of partner revenue, and you own and can export your partner list anytime.
Good questions
Questions about integration partnerships
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Ranked by transparent fit · you approve every outreach · full lifecycle in one place · no marketplace tax