Save Up to 30% on SaaS Costs with CloudFuze Manage

Managing SaaS costs manually in a spreadsheet can be overwhelming and error-prone. One day, your SaaS cost will seem under your control. The very next day, your finance team will be shocked on seeing your organization’s SaaS subscription bill. This uncontrolled SaaS spending is one of the biggest silent budget killers for growing companies like yours.

The good news is that you can save up to 30% on SaaS costs by using our unified SaaS management software, CloudFuze Manage.

In this blog post, you’ll learn what SaaS costs really include and how enterprises can save up to 30% with CloudFuze Manage.

What Are SaaS Costs?

SaaS costs are the total amount of money your company spends on cloud-based software tools. It typically includes:

• License Fees: Monthly or annual charges based on the number of SaaS license seats or active accounts.
• Add-On Features: Extra costs for advanced features, add-ons, or premium plans.
• Integration Costs: Costs associated with connecting the purchased SaaS tools with your systems.
• Compliance & Security: Special costs that ensure data protection across multiple SaaS apps.

Common Mistakes That Increase Your SaaS Costs

Organizations often overlook some mistakes that silently drain their software budget. They are listed as follows:

1. Lack of Full SaaS Visibility

If you don’t know what SaaS apps your teams use, you can’t manage your SaaS costs. These blind spots lead to an increase in the number of duplicate SaaS tools and unnecessary auto-renewals.

2. Paying for Unused Software Licenses

Inactive software license seats often remain active even after an employee leaves your organization or changes their job role internally. Without SaaS user automation, your finance team will be paying for licenses that no one in your organization uses.

3. Ignoring SaaS Subscription Renewal Dates

Auto-renewals at full price occur when you miss renewal deadlines, leaving no room for subscription modifications.

4. Shadow IT

Your employees sign up for SaaS tools without your IT team’s approval, creating SaaS compliance risks and hidden subscription costs.

SaaS Cost Optimization Tips for Growing Companies

Here are a few effective best practices to optimize your SaaS spend:

• Always review all SaaS apps quarterly and eliminate redundancies.
• Invest in a feature-rich SaaS management tool like CloudFuze Manage that provides real-time SaaS usage insights.
• Analyze the SaaS usage data given by CloudFuze Manage and modify your cloud app’s subscription tiers to maximize your SaaS ROI.
• Automate user lifecycle management to cut SaaS spend on idle license seats.

These steps aren’t just good practice, they’re essential for scaling your business securely without SaaS budget bloat.

How CloudFuze Manage Optimizes Your SaaS Spend

Our SaaS management platform, CloudFuze Manage, helps SMBs and large enterprises control their SaaS costs through advanced SaaS user automation, full SaaS visibility, and complete SaaS control. Here’s how each feature works for you:

1. Unified Dashboard

With CloudFuze Manage, you get a single source of truth for your entire SaaS ecosystem. You can see what licenses you’re paying for, who’s using those licenses, and where the permit is being wasted in an intuitive dashboard.

2. SaaS License Optimization

Unused licenses are silent budget killers. Our platform automatically identifies inactive software license seats and offers you “potential savings” insights to reclaim them. Whether it’s employees who left your organization or tools that your teams stopped using, you’ll stop paying for what you don’t need. This alone can significantly save your SaaS spend.

3. Subscription Renewal Alerts

Our SaaS management tool sends proactive notifications before your cloud app’s subscription auto-renewal dates hit, giving you time to reclaim or cancel unnecessary subscriptions with thoughtful planning.

4. Shadow IT Detection

Shadow IT isn’t just a compliance risk; it’s a cost risk that can lead to hefty penalties. Our SaaS management solution, CloudFuze Manage, scans your SaaS environment for unauthorized SaaS apps and brings them under your governance. You’ll eliminate duplicate tools and prevent unnecessary SaaS spending on unauthorized tools.

5. SaaS Usage Analytics

With CloudFuze Manage, businesses get deep insights into their SaaS usage patterns so they can invest in apps that actually drive the team’s productivity and cut the ones that don’t.

Discover How to Save Up to 30% on SaaS Costs with CloudFuze Manage

With our SaaS management platform, CloudFuze Manage, you can optimize your SaaS spending. Here’s a breakdown of how organizations can save up to 30% of their SaaS cost:

• License Optimization by removing underutilized/idle license seats.
• Duplicate App Removal by consolidating overlapping SaaS tools.
• SaaS Subscription Tier Modification through continuous SaaS usage monitoring.

These three strategies can reduce SaaS costs by up to 30% or more without compromising your business productivity.

Effortlessly Reduce Your SaaS Costs with CloudFuze Manage

Manual SaaS cost optimization is a challenging task. With CloudFuze Manage, SMBs and large enterprises can gain 360-degree SaaS visibility, complete SaaS control, and actionable cost-saving insights to save up to 30% of their SaaS costs.

Watch your SaaS expenses shrink by up to 30% with CloudFuze Manage!

Contact us for a free and no-obligation demo!

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are the hidden fees to watch out for in SaaS contracts?

You need to watch for sneaky charges like subscription auto-renewals, overage fees, premium feature add-ons, and compliance costs buried in the vendor contracts. With our platform, CloudFuze Manage, you’ll get renewal alerts in advance and full SaaS visibility to manage hidden subscription costs.

2. What are the typical pricing models used by popular SaaS platforms?

Most SaaS platforms use per-user, tiered, usage-based, or freemium pricing options. Instead of guessing, our SaaS management app, CloudFuze Manage, tracks SaaS usage of over 50 leading cloud-based SaaS apps, which helps you pick the plan that saves you the most money.

3. How can I compare SaaS usage across different software categories?

Doing this manually in a spreadsheet is a headache. With our software, CloudFuze Manage, you can view all your SaaS usage in a single dashboard, with a graphical view for easy comparison.