How AI, inflation and vendor sprawl are disrupting tech purchasing

Vertice's Senior Business Analyst, Nikki Margaretos, linked up with Tian Lin, Senior Research Analyst at G2, to discuss how businesses can stay ahead of the latest software pricing trends, negotiate better in today's fast-moving market, and learn why SaaS spend management is now a must-have strategy.

Key discussion topics:

• AI SaaS and its new pricing models: The new pricing models that AI SaaS vendors are using, and the difficulties they create in negotiation and forecasting.
• Market inflation vs SaaS Inflation: How far above market rate major vendors are raising prices, and how finance teams can push back on price increases.
• The Vendor Sprawl Dilemma: How innovations in major SaaS categories - especially cybersecurity, CRM, and enterprise IT - are creating overlaps, wastage and unnecessary costs, and how to rationalize your tech stack.
• Exclusive G2 data & insights: How software buyers are responding to these trends - and when, why and how they are switching vendors.
• The SaaS Spend Management Advantage: How leading finance and procurement teams are using spend management tools to regain control over software costs.