05/14/2025
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At Zylo, we’ve always believed in the power of SaaS Management to deliver meaningful business outcomes: increased visibility, proactive cost avoidance, measurable cost savings, and improved compliance. Today, we’re excited to see the world of FinOps expanding to include SaaS, recognizing the critical need for visibility and financial discipline in this growing space.
As the leader in enterprise SaaS Management, we’re proud to be at the forefront of this evolution. We understand that managing SaaS is fundamentally different from managing traditional cloud infrastructure—and that difference matters when building a sustainable FinOps practice.
Why SaaS Is Different, But Belongs in FinOps
In a major milestone, the FinOps Foundation recently added SaaS as a formal scope area, signaling a growing recognition that software spend isn’t solely limited to cloud infrastructure anymore. While both cloud and SaaS aim to deliver scalability and efficiency, the way they operate is worlds apart.
Cloud infrastructure typically has centralized ownership, usage-based pricing, and is managed across a relatively small set of core vendors. In contrast, SaaS is highly decentralized—with purchases made across departments, hundreds of vendors in play, wildly varied pricing models, and limited visibility into usage or ownership.
That’s why traditional FinOps approaches must evolve. Together, cloud and SaaS represent one of the largest areas of spend in modern enterprises. SaaS may be a different beast, but it requires the same financial rigor, accountability, and operational excellence that FinOps has championed for cloud.
SaaS Management requires the same FinOps mindset—one grounded in collaboration, visibility, and continuous optimization—but it also requires new tools and new approaches. And we’re excited to help lead that charge.
Join Us at FinOps X 2025 in San Diego!
To continue this important conversation, we’re thrilled to announce that Zylo Co-Founder Ben Pippenger will be speaking at FinOps X on June 3 in San Diego.
He’ll be joined by Ridge Fussell, Sr. Manager of FinOps at The Home Depot, for an insightful fireside chat that addresses one of the biggest challenges facing today’s FinOps teams: how to effectively manage SaaS.
Session Title: Expanding Your Scope? Doing SaaS Management the FinOps Way
Session Abstract: FinOps teams are being asked to manage SaaS, but managing SaaS is different from cloud infrastructure. So what is the new approach, and where do you start? In this fireside chat with Zylo Co-Founder Ben Pippenger, Ridge Fussell, Sr. Manager of FinOps at The Home Depot, shares how his team brought FinOps discipline into a world with no clear owners, no starting visibility, and no defined processes. He’ll explain why SaaS requires a different lens—but the same muscle—and why you can’t start solving the problem until you can actually see it.
We can’t wait to share our perspective—and just as importantly, learn from the incredible FinOps community. If you’ll be at FinOps X, don’t miss our session, and be sure to connect with our team onsite!
Dive Deeper into SaaS and FinOps
Want to explore how FinOps and SaaS Management intersect? We’ve curated some of our top resources to help you deepen your understanding. And this is just the beginning: We’ll be publishing even more insights in the coming months, so stay tuned.
- FinOps Includes SaaS Now. Here’s What 3 Certified Experts Want Leaders to Know
- What Is FinOps, and Where Does SaaS Fit In?
- [Podcast] How Should I Think about FinOps and SaaS Management?
- ITAM and FinOps: How to Partner for Greater SaaS Management Success
- 5 Things FinOps Pros Need to Know about SaaS Management
To learn more about FinOps X and register for the event, click here.