SaaS application rationalization
Rationalize SaaS applications and save
Controlling SaaS application use can be challenging as spend rises to 31% in 2024 . Flexera solutions deliver complete visibility into application sprawl and associated usage to eliminate redundant applications, reduce costs and limit complexity.
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Optimize SaaS usage
Buy what you need, eliminate what you don’t
Reporting on active, inactive and never active users, as well as cost per user is essential to rationalize your applications. Accurate reporting enables you to buy only what you need and eliminate monthly subscriptions for users who aren’t deriving value.
SaaS application rationalization
Rationalize SaaS use
Many organizations struggle to gain verified SaaS usage data to comprehensively understand their SaaS environment, down to the hours and minutes of application use. With this visibility, you can quickly identify unused and unassigned licenses, eliminate redundant applications and standardize your SaaS applications.
SaaS estate optimization
Rationalize your entire SaaS portfolio
With a combination of several powerful discovery mechanisms, you can gain key insights on known and paid applications and the unknown and free applications that so often go undetected. This comprehensive visibility allows you to rationalize the entirety of your SaaS portfolio, eliminate underutilized applications and licenses and maximize the value of your entire SaaS estate.
SaaS application rationalization
Rationalize SaaS for business optimization
Before you can start controlling your SaaS footprint, you must have a clear picture of the assets in use across your organization. Flexera makes it easy to see your total number of SaaS accounts, total monthly cost, percentage of users without login activity by application, and many other metrics. Make confident rationalization decisions across your entire SaaS estate based on usage, active/inactive users and cost.
Snow has helped the bank reduce the time it takes to deal with requests. Users are more satisfied with IT and can quickly access the software and services they need to be productive. Importantly, there’s been significant cost savings as we have been able to reduce the size of the service desk.
Berto Machado, Workplace & common infrastructure team Swedbank
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, Flexera supports software reclamation initiatives. This includes reclaiming licenses for applications that haven’t been used within a specified number of days. Prior to revocation, the application user can be informed to ensure they can take appropriate action. This solution also helps automate the joiner, mover, leaver process.
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