Procurement
SaaS stack waste finder
Short answer
Quick triage: enter your tool count, annual spend, and rough % of features actually used. Returns wasted spend, savings from a 20% trim, and the next audit's payback.
When this calculator helps
- Annual board-deck slide showing the cost of SaaS sprawl.
- Building the case for a FinOps role or vendor management hire.
- Setting the audit target before the actual deep-dive begins.
When to look elsewhere
- Stacks under 10 tools, the audit overhead exceeds the savings.
- When you have already-instrumented utilization data per tool (use that instead of a guess).
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the 'estimated waste' number?
Directional only. Real audits typically find 60-80% of the modeled waste once you account for must-keep low-utilization tools (security, compliance, vendor-mandated).
What's a typical SaaS stack waste rate?
Industry benchmarks put it at 30-50% across mid-market stacks. Companies past 100 tools usually clock 50%+ waste.