Product integrations are vital for SaaS companies as they help reduce churn, increase sales, and expand market reach, with more than half of such companies benefiting from them, according to the State of Product Integrations report. Effective integration management involves prioritizing integration requests using a scoring methodology based on demand, requestor size, and difficulty. Automated alerting workflows can help engineers quickly resolve integration issues by connecting monitoring tools with platforms like Slack and Gmail. A strategic go-to-market approach for each integration, including thoughtful pricing, marketing, and sales enablement, ensures a meaningful ROI. Leveraging a unified API solution, such as Merge, allows companies to efficiently manage integrations, providing scalability and maintenance support without diverting engineering resources from core product development. Integrations differ from standard product features due to their reliance on third-party APIs, which can introduce risks and dependencies.