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Overages

What are overages in SaaS?


In SaaS, overages refer to the additional costs or fees that are incurred when a user exceeds the contracted usage limits or terms of their plan. Examples of overages include user overages, storage overages, API usage overages, feature overages and support overages.

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SaaS Sprawl

What is SaaS sprawl?


SaaS sprawl, also known as software sprawl, occurs when an organization’s SaaS stack consists of a large — and often unmanageable — number of applications.


Ultimately, as business needs grow, the number of digital tools required increases, which leads to new applications being subscribed to, be this through a centralized process or at the will of individual employees.

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Cloud Cost Optimization

What is Cloud Cost Optimization?


Cloud cost optimization refers to the process of reducing and optimizing cloud spending, while ensuring optimal resource utilization and maintaining desired performance levels. It ultimately involves managing cloud costs without compromising business objectives or user experience.

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Tail Spend

What is tail spend?


Tail spend refers to the unmanaged purchases made within an organization that fail to pass through an official procurement process. On account of their low value, the costs incurred by these purchases are seldom monitored by financing teams as they are generally too small to be deemed “strategic”. The problem, however, is that they can make up as much as 20% of a business’ total spend.

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Price Uplifts

What are price uplifts?


In the context of SaaS, price uplifts refer to an increase in the price of a software subscription. While many software providers will implement price uplifts on an annual basis, typically at the point of renewal, others may review and amend their pricing more frequently, for example on a quarterly basis. It is recommended that buyers negotiate a price uplift cap during the initial contract negotiation stage, placing a limit on the maximum amount the subscription can be increased by within a specified time period.

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Pricing Benchmarks

What are pricing benchmarks?


In SaaS, price benchmarking often refers to the process of comparing the cost of software to that of an alternative provider. Using this insight, buyers may be able to leverage a more favorable counteroffer from their vendor of choice. The most effective approach to benchmarking prices and securing the best possible deal on any subscription, however, is to find out what other similar companies are actually paying for the software.

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