Why do you need SaaS Management?
And why now?
SaaS portfolios are riddled with hidden costs, wasted spend, and security risks. With pressure mounting to cut expenses, companies are facing a perfect storm.
Fortunately, SaaS Management offers a proven path forward to maximize value and minimize waste—and now is the time to start.
As pioneers in SaaS Management, we’ve spent over eight years helping organizations optimize their SaaS investments. This guide reveals our proven framework for building a scalable, successful strategy, breaking down the key elements that drive success.
Preview our framework and download the full guide below.
The Enterprise SaaS Management Framework
Zylo’s proprietary Enterprise SaaS Management Framework provides a clear structure for managing your SaaS applications, helping you understand the core components and prioritize areas for the greatest impact.
Let’s take a closer look at the three main disciplines of SaaS Management.
It All Starts with Inventory Management
The Inventory Management Discipline is an organization’s comprehensive, categorized, and continuous source of truth and reporting for SaaS. It enables you to see and understand every application in your ecosystem, along with associated spending and risks across your organization.
Executing Inventory Management is the essential first step in SaaS Management—the foundation upon which the framework is built. Until you understand which apps are being used, how they’re being used, and how much they cost, it’s impossible to manage your licenses or renewals effectively.
Visibility into our portfolio was table stakes for the success of our program. We could not begin to manage our software if we could not understand the full scope of it.
Sr. Director, Head of Business Planning & Operations, Adobe
License Management Minimizes Waste and Maximizes Value
The License Management Discipline measures SaaS application use, maximizes efficiency, removes waste, and drives adoption. It’s a key component of mapping the value of SaaS within the organization.
License Management isn’t a one-time cleanup. Rather, it’s an ongoing effort. That’s because your business is dynamic. License needs change as your business grows and contracts, adoption and usage shifts, and apps continuously enter and exit your ecosystem.
[License management] simplifies the technology we use and how we use it, making our operations leaner and more agile. It’s also a direct path to controlling and reducing costs. So we set out to drive good financial management, operational focus to drive reinvestment opportunities and business efficiencies, and ultimately a better employee experience.
VP, IT and Digital Business, ModMed
Renewal Management Prevents Surprises and Cuts Costs
SaaS renewals are often decentralized, reactive, and chaotic—with nearly two per business day in most enterprises. And it’s even more chaotic when you don’t understand what software you have in your inventory.
The Discipline of Renewal Management focuses on providing a single, organized view of all your SaaS purchases and critical data, like costs, contracts, and usage. This enables you to proactively decide whether to renew, renegotiate, or terminate SaaS agreements while securing the best terms and conditions.
With a single pane of glass, renewals become so much faster. You’ll have the cost, contracts, renewal details, and usage data at your fingertips. By the time an app comes in for renewal, the process won’t be painful—you’ll already have all the key data to decide whether to move forward.
Director, PMO, IAC
The Definitive Guide to SaaS Management
Want a more in-depth look at SaaS Management? Dive into this guide for an in-depth exploration of the essentials and strategies behind successful SaaS Management.
Read the guide to learn:
- What SaaS Management is (and isn’t)—and why it’s mission critical today
- A clear framework for understanding SaaS Management, built on nearly a decade of industry experience
- Real-world success stories from leaders like Adobe and SurveyMonkey
See Why Zylo Is the Leader in Enterprise SaaS Management
The No-BS SaaS Management Playbook
2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SaaS Management Platforms
Leading
Companies Drive Business Value
with Zylo
The No-BS SaaS Management Playbook
2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SaaS Management Platforms
Leading
Companies Drive Business Value
with Zylo
