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SaaS Ecosystem Catalog Overview

This is the master entry point for the ConnectSoft SaaS Ecosystem Catalog - a structured, implementation-ready map of ~1,500 candidate products, services, and components across 30 categories. It exists to drive product strategy, architecture decisions, future microservice/agent generation, backlog generation, and Azure DevOps planning. It is documentation only: no business services are built here.

The catalog is a long-term superset. The authoritative timelines remain the 2026 Roadmap and Platforms Roadmap; this catalog organizes everything those roadmaps will eventually draw from.

Important

The catalog does not imply 1,500 microservices. Most items are modules inside a small number of bounded-context services, reusable libraries, connectors, UI modules, AI agents, workflow templates, or pre-composed solution packs. See the service classification model and ADR-0011.

How This Catalog Is Organized

The catalog has two complementary layers plus a machine-readable core:

Strategy Documents

# Document Purpose
00 Executive Summary What this is and why it matters
01 Ecosystem Principles Architectural principles honored across the catalog
02 Category Map The 30 categories and their grouping
03 Platform vs Horizontal vs Vertical Separation of concerns
04 Prioritization Model Scoring and tiers
05 Implementation Waves Phases 0-6
06 Bounded-Context Map Foundational and vertical contexts
07 Service Classification Model Delivery shapes; avoiding fragmentation
08 Reference Architecture How a candidate is built
09 Roadmap Alignment Crosswalk to existing cycles/waves
10 Risks & Governance Risks, controls, and ownership

Category Map (30 Categories)

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    subgraph Core[Core Platform - Tier 0-1]
        C1[1 SaaS Core and Tenant]
        C2[2 Identity and Security]
        C3[3 Config and Flags]
        C4[4 Billing and Revenue]
        C5[5 Notifications]
        C6[6 Audit and Compliance]
        C7[7 Data and AI]
        C8[8 API and Integration]
        C9[9 Infra and SRE]
        C10[10 Developer Factory]
    end
    subgraph Horizontal[Horizontal SaaS - Tier 2-3]
        C11[11 CRM and Support]
        C12[12 Sales and RevOps]
        C13[13 Marketing]
        C14[14 E-Commerce]
        C23[23 Finance Ops]
    end
    subgraph Vertical[Verticals - Tier 3-5]
        C15[15 Banking]
        C16[16 Insurance]
        C17[17 Healthcare]
        C18[18 Education and HR]
        C19[19 Logistics]
        C20[20 Manufacturing]
        C21[21 Real Estate]
        C22[22 Legal and Gov]
        C24[24 Media]
        C25[25 Hospitality]
        C26[26 Energy and ESG]
    end
    subgraph Ecosystem[AI, Packs, Marketplace, Governance]
        C27[27 AI Agents]
        C28[28 Marketplace]
        C29[29 Solution Packs]
        C30[30 Enterprise Governance]
    end
    Core --> Horizontal --> Vertical
    Core --> Ecosystem
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Status & Tier Legend

  • Status - Live (running today), Documented (has an existing platform/product page), Planned (catalog candidate).
  • Tier - Tier 0 mandatory foundation through Tier 5 future/research. See the prioritization model.
  • Wave - Phase 0 (documentation) through Phase 6 (advanced AI factory). See implementation waves.

Crosswalk to Existing Structures

Existing structure Relationship to this catalog
12-category platform framework This 30-category catalog is a superset; platform categories 1-12 map into categories 1-14 here
Core Platform Wave / Tier-1 list Equivalent to catalog Tier 0-1 in Phase 1
5 SaaS cycles Mapped to Phases 2-5 in roadmap alignment
SaaS framework DDD blueprint Source of truth for foundational bounded contexts

Decision Records