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Nango growth playbook

Diagnosis

Nango has reached 700+ paying customers and several million in ARR almost entirely on inbound, with a team of 14 and a $7.5M seed. Its hiring shows the next step: a founding growth lead, content engineer and DevRel to make it the go-to integrations brand, and a founding enterprise AE with forward-deployed engineers to open enterprise.

The biggest gap is its largest search surface: about four in five of its 1,065 integration pages are boilerplate with no templates, while the docs hold the details that would make them useful.

This playbook fixes those pages and links the error-fix content first, then adds enterprise proof and a security-ready page, events and a community gallery, a cost calculator and a visible request queue, with an EU cloud, a data report and agent-led sign-up as bigger bets.

Growth Score

7/10

Biggest Opportunity

Make every one of the 1,065 integration pages genuinely useful to the developer who searched for that API, and turn the self-serve base into enterprise pipeline.

Biggest Risk

Merge, Paragon, Composio and Pipedream all now claim the AI-agent integrations position, so Nango has to win on depth per API and developer trust, not on the claim.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Fill the 860 empty integration pages with what the docs already know

    Rebuild 20 empty CRM and HR pages from the docs data and compare their impressions in Search Console after four weeks.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Link every "fix this OAuth error" post from its API's integration page, and back

    Map the 24 posts to their APIs in a spreadsheet.

    High impact First result in 2 weeks
  3. 3

    Say "700+ paying customers" on the customers page, not "hundreds"

    Change the customers page headline.

    Medium impact First result in 1 week

02

Your idea portfolio

22 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
Impact →
Quick wins · 3Big bets · 12Fill-ins · 4Reconsider · 3
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Showing 22 of 22 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Nango's integration catalog is its largest search surface: 1,065 pages, one per API. But in a sample of 59, 48 (81%) show no templates and are the same four generic paragraphs with the API name swapped. Someone searching "ConnectWise PSA API integration" lands on a page that does not say how ConnectWise authenticates, what the first call looks like or what can go wrong. Meanwhile the docs hold the auth mode, categories and a two-minute quickstart for every one of the 1,065 providers. The new growth lead and content engineer are hired to make Nango "the go-to integrations brand"; this is the fastest place to show it.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    Rebuild 20 empty CRM and HR pages from the docs data and compare their impressions in Search Console after four weeks.

    How to measure it

    Sign-ups landing on /api-integrations/

    Now
    –
    Target
    +40%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pull the data

      Auth mode, categories, quickstart call and connect guide for every provider from the docs catalog.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 days

    2. 2

      Design the page

      One layout for pages with and without templates; no boilerplate paragraphs above the fold.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 2 days

    3. 3

      Add related links

      Error-fix posts, comparison posts and three neighbouring APIs per page.

      Technical Content Engineer 3 days

    4. 4

      Write the empty-state box

      "Generate it with AI or request it", with delivery days by plan.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 day

    5. 5

      Ship a first set

      200 pages in CRM, HR, accounting and support.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 week

    6. 6

      Request indexing

      Resubmit the sitemap and watch coverage.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 day

    7. 7

      Measure

      Impressions, clicks and sign-ups per page group in Search Console and analytics.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) weekly

    8. 8

      Roll out

      The remaining pages once the first set beats the old template.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 weeks

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Engineering and content time
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Rewrite five empty pages by hand this week.

    Why it works

    Generate each catalog page from the docs catalog instead of a fixed template: auth method and what the user must supply (hostname, client ID, API key), the quickstart request in cURL and Node, the category and three related APIs, links to any "fix this error" posts for that API, and an honest "no prebuilt templates yet: generate one with AI or request it" box tied to the delivery times on the pricing page. Start with the 200 APIs in CRM, HR, accounting and support, where buyers search by name.

    Search engines and AI assistants skip near-duplicate pages; specific, useful pages get indexed and cited. It also matches the homepage promise of 1,000+ APIs with something a developer can act on in two minutes.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistIntegration page minimum

    [ ] API name, category, logo
    [ ] Auth method and what the end user enters
    [ ] Quickstart request (cURL and Node)
    [ ] Prebuilt tools, syncs and triggers, or the empty-state box
    [ ] Request / generate call to action with delivery days
    [ ] Links to error-fix and guide posts for this API
    [ ] Three related APIs in the same category
    [ ] Unique title and meta description

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Thin pages stay thin

      Do not publish a page until it has the auth method and a working first request.

    • Docs and marketing pages drift

      Build both from the same catalog file.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteIntegration catalog (/api-integrations/, 1,065 pages in the sitemap): in a sample of 59 pages checked on October 23, 2026, 48 (81%) list no prebuilt templates. Those pages are the same text with the API name swapped ("Build ConnectWise PSA integrations with Nango", four generic paragraphs on Authentication, Tools, Syncs and Triggers, a "guide" link and "Not on the list?"), with no auth method, setup steps, example request or related articles. Pages with templates show them well, e.g. Salesforce with 36 and Zoho CRM with 60.Source
    • Your docsThe docs already hold what the empty catalog pages lack: the agent catalog lists all 1,065 providers with their auth mode (359 OAuth 2, 359 API key, 117 client credentials, 104 basic, 69 two-step, 34 MCP OAuth) and categories (208 productivity, 144 dev tools, 114 marketing, 96 CRM, 74 HR, 55 accounting), and each provider doc has a two-minute quickstart with the first API call. llms.txt is published and robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers.Source
    • HiringGrowth & Marketing Lead (Founding), San Francisco, posted September 28, 2026: "make Nango known among developers and technical leaders, from startups with product-market fit to enterprises"; "Grow channels across content, social, partnerships, and paid campaigns"; "Host founder dinners, conference side events, and Nango events"; "Sharpen our messaging and secure speaking opportunities"; "Track relevant awareness, qualified leads, and contribution to pipeline".Source
    • HiringTechnical Content Engineer (freelance, remote, posted August 12, 2026): "scale our content for engineers building product integrations"; "Write deeply technical content that educates developers on APIs, integrations, agents, and AI infrastructure"; "Make technical content a major driver of Nango's awareness, adoption, and word of mouth."Source
    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
  • 02

    Nango has 24 posts that each fix one OAuth error for one API, the kind of query a developer searches mid-crisis. They are islands: the Salesforce catalog page does not link any of the six Salesforce posts, and the posts are not grouped by API.

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Technical Content Engineer

    First action

    Map the 24 posts to their APIs in a spreadsheet.

    How to measure it

    Error-post to sign-up rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    2x
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map posts

      Each post to its API slug.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 day

    2. 2

      Add the block

      Known issues on catalog pages.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 day

    3. 3

      Add the box

      Catalog link and sign-up on each post.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 day

    4. 4

      Build the index

      All fixes by API.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 day

    5. 5

      Plan the next 20

      From support tickets and Slack questions.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Clicks from posts to sign-up.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Technical Content Engineer

    Smallest test

    Link the six Salesforce posts from the Salesforce page today.

    Why it works

    Add a "Known issues and fixes" block to each catalog page listing that API's error posts, and a "Build this integration with Nango" box on each post pointing to the catalog page and sign-up. Add an index page of all fixes by API.

    Developers who arrive with a broken token are the warmest possible leads: they already have the integration problem Nango solves.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Posts go stale as APIs change

      Add a "last verified" date to each.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (1,261 URLs): 170 blog pages, including head-to-head posts (Merge, Paragon, Composio, Apideck, Arcade, Pipedream Connect, Rutter vs Nango, a Composio migration guide) and 24 "fix this OAuth error" posts (e.g. "salesforce-oauth-refresh-token-invalid-grant", "google-oauth-invalid-grant-token-has-been-expired-or-revoked"). No events, meetups or webinars pages, and no community page (Community links to Slack). The Salesforce catalog page does not link any of the six Salesforce blog posts.Source
    • Your websiteIntegration catalog (/api-integrations/, 1,065 pages in the sitemap): in a sample of 59 pages checked on October 23, 2026, 48 (81%) list no prebuilt templates. Those pages are the same text with the API name swapped ("Build ConnectWise PSA integrations with Nango", four generic paragraphs on Authentication, Tools, Syncs and Triggers, a "guide" link and "Not on the list?"), with no auth method, setup steps, example request or related articles. Pages with templates show them well, e.g. Salesforce with 36 and Zoho CRM with 60.Source
    • HiringTechnical Content Engineer (freelance, remote, posted August 12, 2026): "scale our content for engineers building product integrations"; "Write deeply technical content that educates developers on APIs, integrations, agents, and AI infrastructure"; "Make technical content a major driver of Nango's awareness, adoption, and word of mouth."Source
  • 03

    Every job post says more than 700 paying customers and the launch post says more than ten thousand engineering teams have used Nango, but the customers page undersells it as "Hundreds of fast-growing companies".

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 week Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    Change the customers page headline.

    How to measure it

    Customers-page conversion

    Now
    –
    Target
    +10%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Agree the numbers

      Customers, teams, requests.

      Co-Founder & CEO 1 hour

    2. 2

      Update the page

      Customers headline.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 hour

    3. 3

      Update the homepage

      Proof band.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 hour

    4. 4

      Add the missing stories

      Talkbase and Unthread on the page.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 hour

    5. 5

      Store the facts

      One shared numbers file for site and decks.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 hour

    6. 6

      Review quarterly

      Refresh the figures.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) quarterly

    First result
    1 week
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Edit the headline today.

    Why it works

    Update the customers page and homepage proof band with the current numbers (700+ paying customers, 10,000+ teams, billions of API requests a month) and keep them in one place so every page and deck uses the same figures.

    Concrete numbers are the cheapest credibility for both developers and enterprise buyers.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Numbers date quickly

      Review every quarter.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteCustomers page: "Hundreds of fast-growing companies use Nango", while job posts say more than 700 paying customers. Six case studies are featured (Replit, Motion "189 integrations", XY.AI Labs, Semgrep, Plain, Lago; Talkbase and Unthread are in the sitemap but not on the page), all startups or scale-ups. The logo wall of 81 companies includes ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Contentful, Pinecone, Mercor and Zomato, none with a case study.Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (Founding), posted October 13, 2026: "Work directly with customers from technical evaluations to production & beyond"; "Lead customer calls, pairing sessions, and technical deep dives"; "Shape the roadmap with what you learn from customers." Every post says "More than 700 paying customers use Nango today, including ServiceNow, Replit, Ramp."Source
    • Your blogApril 1, 2026: "Nango has raised $7.5M in seed funding, led by Gradient". "More than ten thousand engineering teams have already used Nango"; "The platform processes billions of API requests per month"; "Nango already generates several million in ARR, and we were cashflow positive when we decided to raise."Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Integrations for your products & agents"; "Reuse 10,000+ templates for 1,000+ APIs, or build custom"; "99.9% uptime", "1M+ integrations", "100% open source"; quotes from Replit, Vapi, Plain, Electric and Motion ("zero to 60+ integrations in weeks"); calls to action "START BUILDING" and "BOOK A CALL".Source
  • 04

    Nango prices on three meters (connections, compute hours, GB), with a $50 credit, a $450 Growth add-on and enterprise rates as low as $0.01 per connection. Buyers have to do the math themselves, and usage pricing is the first thing a finance reviewer asks about.

    High impactLow effort First result in 3 weeks Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    Write the formula with three example customers.

    How to measure it

    Pricing-page conversion

    Now
    –
    Target
    +15%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Agree the formula

      Meters, credits and thresholds.

      Co-Founder & CEO 1 day

    2. 2

      Pick examples

      Small, growth and enterprise profiles.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) 1 day

    3. 3

      Build it

      On /pricing.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 week

    4. 4

      Route estimates

      High-volume estimates go to the AE.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 day

    5. 5

      Test

      Against the current page.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 3 weeks

    6. 6

      Use in deals

      Same calculator in proposals.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) ongoing

    First result
    3 weeks
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Publish a static table of three example bills.

    Why it works

    Add a calculator: number of end users, integrations per user, sync frequency and tool calls a day. Show the pay-as-you-go total, where the Growth add-on or Enterprise becomes cheaper, and a "send me this estimate" option that passes the inputs to the sales call.

    Predictable cost removes a common objection to usage-based infrastructure and identifies large-volume prospects early.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Estimates differ from bills

      Show ranges and link to spend alerts.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
    • HiringEnterprise Account Executive (Founding), posted October 9, 2026: "We have reached mid-seven-figure ARR with a team of 14, almost entirely through inbound demand. Replit, ServiceNow, and Ramp all came to us inbound, and many of our largest customers started by signing up through self-serve." "We believe the enterprise opportunity remains largely untapped." The AE will "Develop repeatable messaging, deal patterns, and sales processes."Source
  • 05

    The AE post says many of the largest customers "started by signing up through self-serve" and Replit, ServiceNow and Ramp came inbound. Without a signal, the first enterprise seller waits for those accounts to raise their hand.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Enterprise Account Executive

    First action

    List the 20 fastest-growing free and pay-as-you-go accounts.

    How to measure it

    Product-qualified opportunities

    Now
    –
    Target
    15 a quarter
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define the score

      Usage and company signals.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 2 days

    2. 2

      Build the report

      Weekly list from the dashboard data.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 3 days

    3. 3

      Write the note

      Offer a technical session.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 day

    4. 4

      Pair with an FDE

      Joint first call.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) ongoing

    5. 5

      Track

      Opportunities and wins from the list.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) weekly

    6. 6

      Tune

      Adjust the score after a quarter.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Enterprise Account Executive (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Email the top five accounts this week.

    Why it works

    Score new sign-ups weekly on company size, connections growth, number of integrations, environments and security page visits. Accounts over the line get a personal note from the AE offering a technical session with a forward-deployed engineer.

    Product usage is the strongest buying signal Nango has, and the founding AE needs pipeline in the first month.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Developers dislike sales outreach

      Offer engineering help, not a demo.

    Evidence

    • HiringEnterprise Account Executive (Founding), posted October 9, 2026: "We have reached mid-seven-figure ARR with a team of 14, almost entirely through inbound demand. Replit, ServiceNow, and Ramp all came to us inbound, and many of our largest customers started by signing up through self-serve." "We believe the enterprise opportunity remains largely untapped." The AE will "Develop repeatable messaging, deal patterns, and sales processes."Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (Founding), posted October 13, 2026: "Work directly with customers from technical evaluations to production & beyond"; "Lead customer calls, pairing sessions, and technical deep dives"; "Shape the roadmap with what you learn from customers." Every post says "More than 700 paying customers use Nango today, including ServiceNow, Replit, Ramp."Source
    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
  • 06

    Real Chrome visitors pass Core Web Vitals, but Google's mobile test scores the homepage 35, with the headline appearing after 12.9 seconds; 1.1 MB of the 1.2 MB of JavaScript comes from 17 third-party tags, including a session recorder that blocks for 0.8 seconds.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 weeks Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    List all 17 third parties with an owner and a reason.

    How to measure it

    Mobile lab score

    Now
    –
    Target
    70+
    By
    30 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory tags

      Owner and purpose for each.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 day

    2. 2

      Remove duplicates

      Overlapping analytics.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 day

    3. 3

      Defer pixels

      After consent and interaction.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 days

    4. 4

      Limit recording

      Sample or remove from the homepage.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 day

    5. 5

      Retest

      PageSpeed and field data.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 day

    6. 6

      Set a budget

      Third-party KB limit for new tags.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) ongoing

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Defer the session recorder and retest.

    Why it works

    Review every tag with its owner: drop duplicates, load ads pixels and session recording after consent and interaction, and keep the hero free of third-party scripts. Re-run the test after each change.

    First-time visitors from social and search are often on phones, and a faster first view supports every campaign the growth lead launches.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Losing attribution

      Keep server-side conversion tracking.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedHomepage, mobile lab test on October 23, 2026: performance 35/100 (desktop 60), largest content after 12.9 s and 1.0 s of blocking time; 1.2 MB of JavaScript, 1.1 MB of it from 17 third parties (tag manager 498 KB, a social pixel 266 KB, session recording with 798 ms of blocking). Real Chrome visitors pass Core Web Vitals (LCP 2.0 s, INP 138 ms), so this matters most for first-time mobile visitors and crawlers.Source

This quarter 10

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Contentful, Pinecone and Zomato are on the customers page, but all six featured case studies are startups. The new enterprise AE will sell to security, procurement and executive teams who look for a company like theirs.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Enterprise Account Executive

    First action

    Ask the three largest customers for a 30-minute interview.

    How to measure it

    Enterprise stories

    Now
    –
    Target
    3
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick customers

      Three enterprise accounts.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 week

    2. 2

      Interview

      Security, scale and engineering time.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 month

    3. 3

      Write

      Stories with numbers.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      Approve

      Customer review.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 month

    5. 5

      Publish

      With an enterprise filter on the customers page.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 day

    6. 6

      Use in deals

      In security reviews and proposals.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) ongoing

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Enterprise Account Executive (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Publish one anonymised enterprise story.

    Why it works

    Ask three enterprise customers for a story focused on what enterprises care about: security review, self-hosting or BYOC, scale, SLAs and time saved by their engineers. Offer an anonymised version where names cannot be used.

    Peer proof shortens enterprise evaluations more than any feature list.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Large companies refuse names

      Publish anonymised stories with real numbers.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteCustomers page: "Hundreds of fast-growing companies use Nango", while job posts say more than 700 paying customers. Six case studies are featured (Replit, Motion "189 integrations", XY.AI Labs, Semgrep, Plain, Lago; Talkbase and Unthread are in the sitemap but not on the page), all startups or scale-ups. The logo wall of 81 companies includes ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Contentful, Pinecone, Mercor and Zomato, none with a case study.Source
    • HiringEnterprise Account Executive (Founding), posted October 9, 2026: "We have reached mid-seven-figure ARR with a team of 14, almost entirely through inbound demand. Replit, ServiceNow, and Ramp all came to us inbound, and many of our largest customers started by signing up through self-serve." "We believe the enterprise opportunity remains largely untapped." The AE will "Develop repeatable messaging, deal patterns, and sales processes."Source
    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
  • 08

    The growth lead is asked to host founder dinners and conference side events, and DevRel to organize meetups; the site has no events page and no list of past events.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    Book the first dinner with 12 invited engineering leaders.

    How to measure it

    Opportunities from attendees

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set the format

      Dinner, 12 guests, one topic.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 week

    2. 2

      Invite

      Customers bring a peer.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build the page

      Events, sign-up and recaps.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 week

    4. 4

      Plan side events

      Two conferences.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 month

    5. 5

      Follow up

      AE and FDE after each event.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Pipeline per event.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Event costs
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Host one dinner.

    Why it works

    Run one dinner a month for 12 engineering leaders building AI agents, plus a side event at the two biggest AI developer conferences. Publish an events page with sign-ups and recaps, and track pipeline from attendees.

    Small, high-trust events reach the technical leaders who choose infrastructure, and recaps turn them into content.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Guests do not convert

      Invite teams already evaluating integrations.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth & Marketing Lead (Founding), San Francisco, posted September 28, 2026: "make Nango known among developers and technical leaders, from startups with product-market fit to enterprises"; "Grow channels across content, social, partnerships, and paid campaigns"; "Host founder dinners, conference side events, and Nango events"; "Sharpen our messaging and secure speaking opportunities"; "Track relevant awareness, qualified leads, and contribution to pipeline".Source
    • HiringDeveloper Relations (Founding), San Francisco: "make Nango known, trusted, and talked about by developers"; "Speak at and organize conferences, meetups, and workshops"; "Create demos and prototypes around agents, MCP, and integrations"; "Help the community share what they are building with Nango"; "Track what resonates".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (1,261 URLs): 170 blog pages, including head-to-head posts (Merge, Paragon, Composio, Apideck, Arcade, Pipedream Connect, Rutter vs Nango, a Composio migration guide) and 24 "fix this OAuth error" posts (e.g. "salesforce-oauth-refresh-token-invalid-grant", "google-oauth-invalid-grant-token-has-been-expired-or-revoked"). No events, meetups or webinars pages, and no community page (Community links to Slack). The Salesforce catalog page does not link any of the six Salesforce blog posts.Source
  • 09

    DevRel is asked to "help the community share what they are building with Nango", and 10,000+ teams have used it, but there is no community page; Community links straight to Slack.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Developer Relations

    First action

    Collect ten projects from Slack and GitHub.

    How to measure it

    Gallery submissions

    Now
    –
    Target
    50
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Collect

      Ten existing projects.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Build the page

      Gallery and submit form.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 week

    3. 3

      Feature

      Monthly builder spotlight.

      Developer Relations (Founding) monthly

    4. 4

      Promote

      Social and GitHub README.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) ongoing

    5. 5

      Reward

      Swag or credits.

      Developer Relations (Founding) ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Submissions and sign-ups.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Credits and swag
    Owner
    Developer Relations (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Post five projects on a page.

    Why it works

    Launch a /community page with a gallery of open-source projects and demos built on Nango, a monthly featured builder, and a simple submit form. Feature the best on social and in the newsletter.

    Developers trust what other developers build, and a gallery gives the GitHub audience a reason to come back.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low-quality projects

      Curate before publishing.

    Evidence

    • HiringDeveloper Relations (Founding), San Francisco: "make Nango known, trusted, and talked about by developers"; "Speak at and organize conferences, meetups, and workshops"; "Create demos and prototypes around agents, MCP, and integrations"; "Help the community share what they are building with Nango"; "Track what resonates".Source
    • Your blogApril 1, 2026: "Nango has raised $7.5M in seed funding, led by Gradient". "More than ten thousand engineering teams have already used Nango"; "The platform processes billions of API requests per month"; "Nango already generates several million in ARR, and we were cashflow positive when we decided to raise."Source
    • GitHubNangoHQ/nango has 12,956 stars and was pushed October 23, 2026; the integration-templates repo has 51 stars. Nango's best-known Hacker News story, "Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?", scored 642 points.Source
  • 10

    The main repo has nearly 13,000 stars, but the templates repo has 51. Many stargazers are self-hosters or browsers who never see the cloud product's fastest path.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Developer Relations

    First action

    Add a tagged sign-up link to the README.

    How to measure it

    GitHub-sourced sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write the section

      Five-minute path.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 2 days

    2. 2

      Ready a sample

      One-click template in the cloud.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 week

    3. 3

      Tag links

      README, releases, templates repo.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 day

    4. 4

      Promote templates repo

      Link from main README.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 day

    5. 5

      Measure

      Sign-ups and activation.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    6. 6

      Iterate

      Test two README versions.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 quarter

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Developer Relations (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Add one tagged link today.

    Why it works

    Add a short "build your first integration with AI in five minutes" section to the README and release notes, linking to a guided cloud sign-up with a ready sample, and track sign-ups from GitHub with tagged links.

    The repository is Nango's largest owned audience; one clear next step converts more of it.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Open-source users dislike upsells

      Keep the self-host path equally clear.

    Evidence

    • GitHubNangoHQ/nango has 12,956 stars and was pushed October 23, 2026; the integration-templates repo has 51 stars. Nango's best-known Hacker News story, "Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?", scored 642 points.Source
    • HiringSenior+ Full-Stack Engineer, posted October 20, 2026: "Build the tools developers and agents use to reach Nango: APIs, SDKs, CLI, MCP and the web app"; "help decide how Nango evolves as more of our customers build agents"; customers named include Replit, Ramp, Mercor, Vapi, Instantly and Exa.Source
  • 11

    Nango's audience is shifting to agents (MCP, tools, triggers), and the content engineer is hired to write on agents and AI infrastructure. Agent builders search API by API.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Technical Content Engineer

    First action

    Pick the top 50 APIs by connections.

    How to measure it

    Guide-sourced activations

    Now
    –
    Target
    200 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick APIs

      By connections and searches.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Template the guide

      Auth, tool, trigger, MCP.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 week

    3. 3

      Write ten

      Tested code.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      Review

      Engineer check.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) ongoing

    5. 5

      Link

      From catalog pages.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 day

    6. 6

      Scale

      Forty more.

      Technical Content Engineer 2 months

    7. 7

      Measure

      Activation per guide.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Freelance writing
    Owner
    Technical Content Engineer

    Smallest test

    Publish one guide for the most-used API.

    Why it works

    Write one guide per top API showing auth, a tool call, a trigger and an MCP setup with Nango, generated from real templates and tested by an engineer. Link each from its catalog page.

    Specific how-to guides rank, get cited by AI assistants and drive activation because the reader copies working code.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Code goes stale

      Test guides in CI.

    Evidence

    • HiringTechnical Content Engineer (freelance, remote, posted August 12, 2026): "scale our content for engineers building product integrations"; "Write deeply technical content that educates developers on APIs, integrations, agents, and AI infrastructure"; "Make technical content a major driver of Nango's awareness, adoption, and word of mouth."Source
    • HiringSenior+ Full-Stack Engineer, posted October 20, 2026: "Build the tools developers and agents use to reach Nango: APIs, SDKs, CLI, MCP and the web app"; "help decide how Nango evolves as more of our customers build agents"; customers named include Replit, Ramp, Mercor, Vapi, Instantly and Exa.Source
    • Your docsThe docs already hold what the empty catalog pages lack: the agent catalog lists all 1,065 providers with their auth mode (359 OAuth 2, 359 API key, 117 client credentials, 104 basic, 69 two-step, 34 MCP OAuth) and categories (208 productivity, 144 dev tools, 114 marketing, 96 CRM, 74 HR, 55 accounting), and each provider doc has a two-minute quickstart with the first API call. llms.txt is published and robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers.Source
    • Your websiteIntegration catalog (/api-integrations/, 1,065 pages in the sitemap): in a sample of 59 pages checked on October 23, 2026, 48 (81%) list no prebuilt templates. Those pages are the same text with the API name swapped ("Build ConnectWise PSA integrations with Nango", four generic paragraphs on Authentication, Tools, Syncs and Triggers, a "guide" link and "Not on the list?"), with no auth method, setup steps, example request or related articles. Pages with templates show them well, e.g. Salesforce with 36 and Zoho CRM with 60.Source
  • 12

    Nango adds any public API on request, with delivery in 20, 5 or 2 days depending on plan. Requests are invisible to other customers, who might want the same API.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Forward Deployed Engineer

    First action

    Export the last 90 days of requests.

    How to measure it

    Growth add-on upgrades

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Export requests

      Last 90 days.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) 1 day

    2. 2

      Build the page

      Votes and status.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Notify voters

      On release.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 week

    4. 4

      Link plans

      Delivery days and upgrade.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 day

    5. 5

      Feed the roadmap

      Votes into planning.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Upgrades and sign-ups.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Post the top ten requests on the changelog.

    Why it works

    Show a public list of requested and in-progress integrations, let users vote and get notified when it ships, and show delivery days by plan beside it.

    A visible queue proves momentum, captures demand from prospects, and turns the Growth add-on into an obvious upgrade.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customer names leak

      Show only API names and vote counts.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (Founding), posted October 13, 2026: "Work directly with customers from technical evaluations to production & beyond"; "Lead customer calls, pairing sessions, and technical deep dives"; "Shape the roadmap with what you learn from customers." Every post says "More than 700 paying customers use Nango today, including ServiceNow, Replit, Ramp."Source
    • Your websiteIntegration catalog (/api-integrations/, 1,065 pages in the sitemap): in a sample of 59 pages checked on October 23, 2026, 48 (81%) list no prebuilt templates. Those pages are the same text with the API name swapped ("Build ConnectWise PSA integrations with Nango", four generic paragraphs on Authentication, Tools, Syncs and Triggers, a "guide" link and "Not on the list?"), with no auth method, setup steps, example request or related articles. Pages with templates show them well, e.g. Salesforce with 36 and Zoho CRM with 60.Source
  • 13

    Forward-deployed engineers build integrations and resolve hard issues for customers. Without a habit of capturing it, that work helps one customer once.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Forward Deployed Engineer

    First action

    Add a "what can we publish" step to the engagement checklist.

    How to measure it

    New templates from FDE work

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Add the step

      Engagement checklist.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) 1 day

    2. 2

      Template it

      Generalise the code.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) ongoing

    3. 3

      Fix docs

      Gaps found on calls.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) ongoing

    4. 4

      Case notes

      With permission.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) ongoing

    5. 5

      Publish

      Templates repo and catalog.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer ongoing

    6. 6

      Report

      Quarterly count.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Publish one template from last month's work.

    Why it works

    After each engagement, publish what can be shared: a new template, a docs fix, and with permission a short case note. Track how many templates come from customer work.

    It scales the FDE team's impact and fills the catalog with templates customers proved they need.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customer-specific code

      Remove all customer data and logic.

    Evidence

    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (Founding), posted October 13, 2026: "Work directly with customers from technical evaluations to production & beyond"; "Lead customer calls, pairing sessions, and technical deep dives"; "Shape the roadmap with what you learn from customers." Every post says "More than 700 paying customers use Nango today, including ServiceNow, Replit, Ramp."Source
    • Your websiteIntegration catalog (/api-integrations/, 1,065 pages in the sitemap): in a sample of 59 pages checked on October 23, 2026, 48 (81%) list no prebuilt templates. Those pages are the same text with the API name swapped ("Build ConnectWise PSA integrations with Nango", four generic paragraphs on Authentication, Tools, Syncs and Triggers, a "guide" link and "Not on the list?"), with no auth method, setup steps, example request or related articles. Pages with templates show them well, e.g. Salesforce with 36 and Zoho CRM with 60.Source
    • Your websiteCustomers page: "Hundreds of fast-growing companies use Nango", while job posts say more than 700 paying customers. Six case studies are featured (Replit, Motion "189 integrations", XY.AI Labs, Semgrep, Plain, Lago; Talkbase and Unthread are in the sitemap but not on the page), all startups or scale-ups. The logo wall of 81 companies includes ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Contentful, Pinecone, Mercor and Zomato, none with a case study.Source
  • 14

    Nango has posts against Merge, Paragon, Composio, Apideck, Arcade, Pipedream Connect and Rutter, plus a Composio migration guide, but they live in the blog with no hub. Rivals now all claim the "AI agents" position.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    List which rivals come up in calls.

    How to measure it

    Comparison-page sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      List rivals

      From sales calls.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 day

    2. 2

      Build the hub

      Approach table.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 week

    3. 3

      Link posts

      Head-to-head pages.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 day

    4. 4

      Add migrations

      Two guides.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 month

    5. 5

      Date and source

      Each claim.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) ongoing

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Quarterly.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Publish the hub with existing posts.

    Why it works

    Create /compare with a table of approaches (unified API, embedded iPaaS, agent tool platforms, code-first), link each head-to-head post, and add migration guides for the two rivals prospects leave most.

    Buyers comparing tools are close to a decision, and one hub ranks better than scattered posts.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Claims age

      Date every table.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (1,261 URLs): 170 blog pages, including head-to-head posts (Merge, Paragon, Composio, Apideck, Arcade, Pipedream Connect, Rutter vs Nango, a Composio migration guide) and 24 "fix this OAuth error" posts (e.g. "salesforce-oauth-refresh-token-invalid-grant", "google-oauth-invalid-grant-token-has-been-expired-or-revoked"). No events, meetups or webinars pages, and no community page (Community links to Slack). The Salesforce catalog page does not link any of the six Salesforce blog posts.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: Merge, "The universal context engine for AI"; Paragon, "Integration platform for AI agents and products"; Composio, "1,500+ apps" for "the AI you already use"; Pipedream, "The integration layer for AI agents" with "10,000+ tools across 3,000+ APIs".Source
  • 15

    Mastra and other agent builders are on Nango's customer wall, and the full-stack post says more customers build agents. Framework docs are where agent developers look for auth and tools.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    Shortlist five frameworks with integration directories.

    How to measure it

    Partner-sourced sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    100 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Shortlist

      Five frameworks.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 week

    2. 2

      Build integrations

      Auth and tools.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 month

    3. 3

      Joint guides

      One per partner.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      Webinars

      One per partner.

      Developer Relations (Founding) quarterly

    5. 5

      Listings

      In partner docs.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Tagged sign-ups.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Pitch one framework.

    Why it works

    Offer agent frameworks a ready Nango integration for auth and tools, a joint guide and a webinar. Ask for a listing in their integrations docs.

    Being the default auth and tools answer inside popular frameworks puts Nango in front of builders at the moment they need it.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Partners build their own auth

      Lead with long-tail APIs they cannot cover.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior+ Full-Stack Engineer, posted October 20, 2026: "Build the tools developers and agents use to reach Nango: APIs, SDKs, CLI, MCP and the web app"; "help decide how Nango evolves as more of our customers build agents"; customers named include Replit, Ramp, Mercor, Vapi, Instantly and Exa.Source
    • Your websiteCustomers page: "Hundreds of fast-growing companies use Nango", while job posts say more than 700 paying customers. Six case studies are featured (Replit, Motion "189 integrations", XY.AI Labs, Semgrep, Plain, Lago; Talkbase and Unthread are in the sitemap but not on the page), all startups or scale-ups. The logo wall of 81 companies includes ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Contentful, Pinecone, Mercor and Zomato, none with a case study.Source
    • HiringGrowth & Marketing Lead (Founding), San Francisco, posted September 28, 2026: "make Nango known among developers and technical leaders, from startups with product-market fit to enterprises"; "Grow channels across content, social, partnerships, and paid campaigns"; "Host founder dinners, conference side events, and Nango events"; "Sharpen our messaging and secure speaking opportunities"; "Track relevant awareness, qualified leads, and contribution to pipeline".Source
  • 16

    Enterprise features (SAML, SCIM, audit trail, BYOC, HIPAA BAA, SLAs) are rows in a pricing table and a trust center. There is no page that speaks to a platform or security team evaluating Nango.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Enterprise Account Executive

    First action

    Draft the page outline from the last three security questionnaires.

    How to measure it

    Enterprise requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Collect questions

      Last three questionnaires.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 week

    2. 2

      Write the page

      Deployment, compliance, SLAs.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Add proof

      Enterprise stories.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 month

    4. 4

      Form

      Security-review request.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 days

    5. 5

      Route

      To the AE.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 day

    6. 6

      Measure

      Requests and cycle time.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Enterprise Account Executive (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Publish a one-section enterprise page.

    Why it works

    Build /enterprise with deployment options (cloud, BYOC, self-host), compliance, data handling, support and SLAs, two enterprise stories, and a security-review request form that goes to the AE.

    Enterprise buyers need a page to forward internally; it also gives the AE a repeatable first message.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Overpromising

      Link to the trust center for proof.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
    • HiringEnterprise Account Executive (Founding), posted October 9, 2026: "We have reached mid-seven-figure ARR with a team of 14, almost entirely through inbound demand. Replit, ServiceNow, and Ramp all came to us inbound, and many of our largest customers started by signing up through self-serve." "We believe the enterprise opportunity remains largely untapped." The AE will "Develop repeatable messaging, deal patterns, and sales processes."Source
    • Your websiteCustomers page: "Hundreds of fast-growing companies use Nango", while job posts say more than 700 paying customers. Six case studies are featured (Replit, Motion "189 integrations", XY.AI Labs, Semgrep, Plain, Lago; Talkbase and Unthread are in the sitemap but not on the page), all startups or scale-ups. The logo wall of 81 companies includes ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Contentful, Pinecone, Mercor and Zomato, none with a case study.Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 17

    The pricing FAQ says Nango has no EU cloud and is "considering this for the future"; today EU data residency means a BYOC enterprise deal. Several engineering roles hire in Europe.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Co Founder & CEO

    First action

    Count EU sign-ups and lost deals citing residency.

    How to measure it

    EU cloud customers

    Now
    –
    Target
    50
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Size demand

      Sign-ups and lost deals by region.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) 1 month

    2. 2

      Plan the region

      Infrastructure and compliance.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 month

    3. 3

      Build

      EU deployment.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 quarters

    4. 4

      Update legal

      DPA and subprocessors.

      Co-Founder & CEO 1 month

    5. 5

      Launch

      Campaign to EU SaaS.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      EU sign-ups and deals.

      Enterprise Account Executive (Founding) monthly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Infrastructure costs
    Owner
    Co Founder & CEO

    Smallest test

    Add a waitlist for the EU region.

    Why it works

    Size demand from sign-ups and lost deals by region, then launch an EU region for the cloud with the same plans, and market it to EU SaaS and AI companies.

    Data residency is a hard requirement for many European buyers; an EU cloud turns a blocker into a reason to choose Nango.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Running two clouds

      Automate deployments for both.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (Founding), posted October 13, 2026: "Work directly with customers from technical evaluations to production & beyond"; "Lead customer calls, pairing sessions, and technical deep dives"; "Shape the roadmap with what you learn from customers." Every post says "More than 700 paying customers use Nango today, including ServiceNow, Replit, Ramp."Source
    • HiringSenior+ Full-Stack Engineer, posted October 20, 2026: "Build the tools developers and agents use to reach Nango: APIs, SDKs, CLI, MCP and the web app"; "help decide how Nango evolves as more of our customers build agents"; customers named include Replit, Ramp, Mercor, Vapi, Instantly and Exa.Source
  • 18

    Nango processes billions of API requests a month across 1,065 APIs. It can see which APIs fail auth most, rate limits, and which integrations agents call most; no one else publishes that.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 1 quarter Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    Pick five metrics that can be shared safely.

    How to measure it

    Downloads

    Now
    –
    Target
    5,000
    By
    1 year

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick metrics

      Five safe metrics.

      Co-Founder & CEO 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Query data

      Aggregated only.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 month

    3. 3

      Privacy check

      No customer identifiable.

      Co-Founder & CEO 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Write

      Report and charts.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 month

    5. 5

      Launch

      Events and press.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 month

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Quarterly.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart on auth failures by provider.

    Why it works

    Publish a quarterly report with anonymised data: most-connected APIs, auth failure rates by provider, growth of agent tool calls, average time to build. Launch it at events and in press.

    Original data earns links, press and AI citations, and positions Nango as the authority on integrations.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Data reveals customers

      Aggregate and suppress small groups.

    Evidence

    • Your blogApril 1, 2026: "Nango has raised $7.5M in seed funding, led by Gradient". "More than ten thousand engineering teams have already used Nango"; "The platform processes billions of API requests per month"; "Nango already generates several million in ARR, and we were cashflow positive when we decided to raise."Source
    • Your docsThe docs already hold what the empty catalog pages lack: the agent catalog lists all 1,065 providers with their auth mode (359 OAuth 2, 359 API key, 117 client credentials, 104 basic, 69 two-step, 34 MCP OAuth) and categories (208 productivity, 144 dev tools, 114 marketing, 96 CRM, 74 HR, 55 accounting), and each provider doc has a two-minute quickstart with the first API call. llms.txt is published and robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers.Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (1,261 URLs): 170 blog pages, including head-to-head posts (Merge, Paragon, Composio, Apideck, Arcade, Pipedream Connect, Rutter vs Nango, a Composio migration guide) and 24 "fix this OAuth error" posts (e.g. "salesforce-oauth-refresh-token-invalid-grant", "google-oauth-invalid-grant-token-has-been-expired-or-revoked"). No events, meetups or webinars pages, and no community page (Community links to Slack). The Salesforce catalog page does not link any of the six Salesforce blog posts.Source
  • 19

    Nango already ships a management MCP and the full-stack role builds tools "developers and agents use to reach Nango". Developers increasingly ask coding agents to add integrations for them.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Senior+ Full Stack Engineer

    First action

    Test the current MCP with three coding agents.

    How to measure it

    Agent-initiated sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    10% of sign-ups
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Test

      Three coding agents.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Fill gaps

      Account and integration setup.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Approval flow

      Developer confirms.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      List

      Agent tool directories.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 month

    5. 5

      Guide

      Docs for agent use.

      Technical Content Engineer 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Agent sign-ups and activation.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Senior+ Full Stack Engineer

    Smallest test

    Write a guide for using the MCP from one coding agent.

    Why it works

    Make it possible for a coding agent to create a Nango account, configure an integration and generate a template with the developer's approval. Publish it in agent tool directories.

    If coding agents choose Nango by default, every new integration request becomes a sign-up.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Abuse of automated sign-ups

      Require developer approval and limits.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior+ Full-Stack Engineer, posted October 20, 2026: "Build the tools developers and agents use to reach Nango: APIs, SDKs, CLI, MCP and the web app"; "help decide how Nango evolves as more of our customers build agents"; customers named include Replit, Ramp, Mercor, Vapi, Instantly and Exa.Source
    • Your docsThe docs already hold what the empty catalog pages lack: the agent catalog lists all 1,065 providers with their auth mode (359 OAuth 2, 359 API key, 117 client credentials, 104 basic, 69 two-step, 34 MCP OAuth) and categories (208 productivity, 144 dev tools, 114 marketing, 96 CRM, 74 HR, 55 accounting), and each provider doc has a two-minute quickstart with the first API call. llms.txt is published and robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers.Source
    • Your blogApril 1, 2026: "Nango has raised $7.5M in seed funding, led by Gradient". "More than ten thousand engineering teams have already used Nango"; "The platform processes billions of API requests per month"; "Nango already generates several million in ARR, and we were cashflow positive when we decided to raise."Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 20

    Nango's 24 error-fix posts and its 642-point story on why OAuth is hard show the pain is widely felt. A tool solves it faster than a post.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Developer Relations

    First action

    List the 50 most common errors from support.

    How to measure it

    Decoder uses

    Now
    –
    Target
    5,000 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Collect errors

      From posts and support.

      Forward Deployed Engineer (Founding) 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Build

      Simple lookup.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Write fixes

      Short answers.

      Technical Content Engineer 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Launch

      Hacker News and social.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 week

    5. 5

      Add errors

      Monthly.

      Technical Content Engineer monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Uses and sign-ups.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Developer Relations (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Launch with 20 errors.

    Why it works

    Build a page where a developer pastes an OAuth error and provider name and gets the likely cause, the fix and a link to the post, with "never deal with this again" leading to sign-up.

    Free tools earn links and repeat visits from exactly the developers who need managed auth.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Wrong diagnosis

      Show "likely" causes and links.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (1,261 URLs): 170 blog pages, including head-to-head posts (Merge, Paragon, Composio, Apideck, Arcade, Pipedream Connect, Rutter vs Nango, a Composio migration guide) and 24 "fix this OAuth error" posts (e.g. "salesforce-oauth-refresh-token-invalid-grant", "google-oauth-invalid-grant-token-has-been-expired-or-revoked"). No events, meetups or webinars pages, and no community page (Community links to Slack). The Salesforce catalog page does not link any of the six Salesforce blog posts.Source
    • GitHubNangoHQ/nango has 12,956 stars and was pushed October 23, 2026; the integration-templates repo has 51 stars. Nango's best-known Hacker News story, "Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?", scored 642 points.Source
    • Your docsThe docs already hold what the empty catalog pages lack: the agent catalog lists all 1,065 providers with their auth mode (359 OAuth 2, 359 API key, 117 client credentials, 104 basic, 69 two-step, 34 MCP OAuth) and categories (208 productivity, 144 dev tools, 114 marketing, 96 CRM, 74 HR, 55 accounting), and each provider doc has a two-minute quickstart with the first API call. llms.txt is published and robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers.Source
  • 21

    The connect UI shows "Secured by Nango" unless a customer pays to remove it, so many end users of Nango customers already see the brand.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Growth & Marketing Lead

    First action

    Measure clicks on the badge today.

    How to measure it

    Badge-sourced sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    100 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Measure

      Current badge clicks.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Build page

      For builders.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 week

    3. 3

      Link badge

      Tagged link.

      Senior+ Full-Stack Engineer 1 day

    4. 4

      Offer credit

      For customers who keep it.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 week

    5. 5

      Feature

      In the gallery.

      Developer Relations (Founding) monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sign-ups.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Credits
    Owner
    Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding)

    Smallest test

    Tag the badge link.

    Why it works

    Make the badge link to a short page for builders ("this app uses Nango for integrations"), and give customers who keep it a credit or a featured spot in the gallery.

    Every authorised connection becomes a small ad to the next builder.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customers want white label

      Keep removal available.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing: Free ($0, hard-capped: 10 connections, 10 hours compute, 10GB), Pay-as-you-go ($50/mo with $50 in credits; $0.29 per connection, $0.72 per compute hour, $0.5 per GB), Enterprise (custom; connections "as low as $0.01/connection/month at scale"). A Growth add-on at $450/mo cuts requested-integration delivery from 20 days to 5 (Enterprise: 2). "We currently don't have an EU cloud"; BYOC is offered on Enterprise. There is no cost calculator.Source
    • Your websiteCustomers page: "Hundreds of fast-growing companies use Nango", while job posts say more than 700 paying customers. Six case studies are featured (Replit, Motion "189 integrations", XY.AI Labs, Semgrep, Plain, Lago; Talkbase and Unthread are in the sitemap but not on the page), all startups or scale-ups. The logo wall of 81 companies includes ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Contentful, Pinecone, Mercor and Zomato, none with a case study.Source
  • 22

    Nango reached several million in ARR, cash-flow positive, almost entirely on inbound with a team of 14. Founders and engineering leaders want to hear how.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Co Founder & CEO

    First action

    Draft the talk outline.

    How to measure it

    Talks booked

    Now
    –
    Target
    4
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Outline

      Five lessons.

      Co-Founder & CEO 1 week

    2. 2

      Write the post

      Long form.

      Technical Content Engineer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Pitch events

      Founder and devtool events.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) 1 month

    4. 4

      Record

      Video version.

      Developer Relations (Founding) 1 month

    5. 5

      Repurpose

      Clips and threads.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sign-ups after talks.

      Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding) monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Travel
    Owner
    Co Founder & CEO

    Smallest test

    Publish the post.

    Why it works

    Turn the story into a talk and a long post: content, open source, docs and self-serve. Pitch it to founder and developer-tool events the growth lead is targeting.

    Speaking slots reach technical founders, the buyers Nango wants, and the story itself is the proof.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Sounds like bragging

      Lead with mistakes and numbers.

    Evidence

    • HiringEnterprise Account Executive (Founding), posted October 9, 2026: "We have reached mid-seven-figure ARR with a team of 14, almost entirely through inbound demand. Replit, ServiceNow, and Ramp all came to us inbound, and many of our largest customers started by signing up through self-serve." "We believe the enterprise opportunity remains largely untapped." The AE will "Develop repeatable messaging, deal patterns, and sales processes."Source
    • Your blogApril 1, 2026: "Nango has raised $7.5M in seed funding, led by Gradient". "More than ten thousand engineering teams have already used Nango"; "The platform processes billions of API requests per month"; "Nango already generates several million in ARR, and we were cashflow positive when we decided to raise."Source
    • HiringGrowth & Marketing Lead (Founding), San Francisco, posted September 28, 2026: "make Nango known among developers and technical leaders, from startups with product-market fit to enterprises"; "Grow channels across content, social, partnerships, and paid campaigns"; "Host founder dinners, conference side events, and Nango events"; "Sharpen our messaging and secure speaking opportunities"; "Track relevant awareness, qualified leads, and contribution to pipeline".Source

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 306 ideas

    Rebuild the empty catalog pages, link the error-fix posts, update proof numbers, add the cost calculator, flag enterprise accounts and lighten the homepage.

  2. Days 31 to 6012 ideas

    Enterprise stories and page, events, the community gallery, GitHub conversion, agent guides, the request queue, FDE templates, the comparison hub and framework partners; the error decoder and badge.

  3. Days 61 to 904 ideas

    Commit to an EU cloud, the quarterly data report and agent-led sign-up; the founders' inbound talk.

The research behind the plan

3 research areas, each summarised in a few lines. Open any of them for the full detail.

Customers

What customers say

Customers value auth and token refresh handled for every API. The most cited problem: OAuth errors and token refresh failures.

  • Code-first integrations they own
  • Customers requesting long-tail APIs
  • In their words: “integrations”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: Merge, Paragon, Composio and Pipedream Connect.

  • Gap to exploit: Useful per-API detail at catalog scale
  • Merge: Less flexible for custom objects
  • Paragon: Not open source

Hiring signals

Nango is building its first go-to-market team on top of inbound demand.

  • Growth & Marketing Lead (Founding): Go-to integrations brand; content, events, pipeline. Ideas 1, 4, 8.
  • Technical Content Engineer: Scale technical content on APIs and agents. Ideas 2, 11.
  • Developer Relations (Founding): Community, meetups and demos. Ideas 9, 10.

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