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Stop the overspend.

License Optimization.

The typical enterprise is paying for 38% more software licenses than it uses. Auto-renewals, decentralized purchasing, and unused seats quietly drain millions from your IT budget every year.

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The Problem

You're paying for licenses nobody's using.

It starts innocuously — a project team buys extra seats, another department signs up for a similar tool, and a third tool auto-renews at full volume even though headcount dropped 20%. Nobody's tracking it holistically.

Shelfware alone — paid licenses collecting dust — accounts for 25-40% of enterprise software spend at most organizations. The vendors know it. Your procurement team doesn't.

38%
Average license waste across enterprises
$2.4M
Average annual savings per engagement
90d
Typical time to first recoverable savings
247
Average vendor relationships at a 2,000-person org
Our Approach

A four-phase audit that pays for itself.

1

License Inventory & Audit

We pull every contract, subscription, and purchase order to build a complete picture of what you're paying for — broken down by vendor, department, renewal date, and cost center.

2

Usage Analysis & Right-Sizing

We measure actual utilization against paid capacity using SSO logs, API telemetry, and direct integrations with your major platforms. Inactive seats are identified and quantified.

3

Renewal Negotiation Support

Armed with usage data and market benchmarks, we prepare and support your negotiations at renewal time — driving down unit costs, eliminating auto-escalation clauses, and locking in volume discounts.

4

Ongoing Spend Visibility

We set up a spend management framework so that over-provisioning never happens quietly again — with dashboards, renewal calendars, and ownership tracking built into your existing workflows.

Coverage

Every tool category. Every vendor.

Productivity
M365, Google Workspace, Notion
CRM & Sales
Salesforce, HubSpot, Outreach
Dev Tools
GitHub, Jira, Datadog, LaunchDarkly
Cloud
AWS, Azure, GCP reserved capacity
Security
Okta, CrowdStrike, Splunk
Data & BI
Snowflake, Tableau, Looker, dbt
FAQ

Common questions.

What is software license optimization?

Software license optimization is the process of ensuring your organization is paying only for the software capacity it actually needs. It involves auditing current licenses, measuring real usage, eliminating waste, and negotiating better terms at renewal.

How much can we save on software licenses?

Most organizations save between 20-40% of their software spend through optimization. The savings come from three sources: immediate license reclamation (unused seats), downgrades to appropriate tiers, and improved renewal pricing.

Will this disrupt our team?

Minimally. The audit phase is mostly passive — we pull data from existing systems with IT's help. License reclamations are communicated clearly to users in advance, with a defined process for appeals if someone needs their access restored.

Free License Audit

Find out how much you're leaving on the table.

A 30-minute call. We'll identify your highest-value license savings opportunities — no commitment required.

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