Therefore, the key driver for startups using a provider such as OpSource whose main business is supplying the infrastructure, maintenance, and call center support, is a reduction in its cost of operations, Ryan said.

"Because I have the platform, I can get SaaS providers the margin they need earlier in the development cycle," Ryan said.

The incubator program may not be the first, but most industry experts, including Erin Traudt, SaaS research analyst for IDC, were hard-pressed to name another provider.

"I'm actually not familiar with another program that resembles Incubator," Traudt said.

SaaS solutions are on the fast track to adoption by many enterprise level companies, Traudt added.