Hello, and welcome to this blog of Control Plane!

Today, I'm going to explain the concept of control plane for software as a service (SaaS) world, and help you understand it better.

Building software distribution channel(s) is hard, costly and time-consuming. I have discussed the challenges in building and operating your Control Plane before. To learn more, please see older version here and newer version here

A typical startup journey looks like this:

• you have an idea,
• you validate the market,
• you design your app,
• you build your initial MVP,
• you raise some capital.

After raising the initial capital or in some cases just before, you are looking to monetize by finding a product-market fit. Now, you can spend the next few years to build an operating system for your software distribution (aka Control Plane) or or you can focus on your application to build core differentiation or competitive moat. Doing one of them is extremely hard, trying to do both will also add significant risk to the success of your business and long-term success.

Building upon our initial introduction of the control and data planes, this post delves deep into the interplay between these two planes. Shedding light on their individual roles and their combined impact on the overall SaaS experience. As we navigate through this post, we'll uncover the magic behind how these components work in tandem to ensure seamless operations, swift data transfers, and a scalable environment.