SaaS application rationalization
Tame your SaaS sprawl: Rationalize your application portfolio for cost savings and efficiency
The rapid adoption of SaaS has created a new wave of challenges: application sprawl, shadow IT and uncontrolled spend. Flexera SaaS Application Rationalization solutions empower you to move from chaos to clarity. We provide the complete visibility and usage insights needed to identify redundant applications, eliminate waste and build a streamlined, cost-effective SaaS portfolio that drives business value.
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Make informed SaaS application rationalization decisions
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.
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Frequently asked questions
Your SaaS rationalization questions answered
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.
While the goal is the same (eliminate waste), SaaS rationalization places a stronger emphasis on discovering shadow IT from decentralized purchasing and managing a high volume of subscriptions with varying renewal cycles.
Flexera discovers all applications in use and automatically enriches this data with functional categories from Technopedia. This allows you to easily see where you have multiple applications (e.g., five different project management tools) performing the same function.
The decision is based on a combination of usage data (how many people use it and how often), cost per user, functionality and employee sentiment. Flexera provides the data you need to make an informed choice.
By discovering all applications, including unsanctioned shadow IT, you can assess their security posture, ensure they meet your company's data governance standards and eliminate risky applications from your environment.
Yes, Flexera provides workflow orchestration capabilities that allow you to automate the deprovisioning and offboarding of users from applications you've decided to retire, saving significant administrative effort.
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Move from reactive SaaS management to a proactive strategy that cuts costs, reduces risk and boosts efficiency. Discover how Flexera can help you rationalize your SaaS applications with confidence.