What we audit

Every recurring software bill. Every quarter.

Annual renewal isn't soon enough. By the time procurement looks at it, you've already over-paid for a year.

Microsoft 365 & Entra

E-tier sizing per role, add-on SKUs validated against actual usage, dormant accounts reclaimed. Most clients save 10–20% the first quarter.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Per-user CC, single-app, and team plans reconciled against who's actually opening Photoshop, Premiere, or InDesign — not who has the icon installed.

SaaS sprawl

Slack, Zoom, Asana, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce — every recurring SaaS line audited. Shadow IT identified. Renewal cliffs flagged in advance.

Renewal calendar

Auto-renewal lockout dates tracked. Procurement gets a 90-day heads-up before every contract, not a panicked email the morning of.

Joiner/leaver hygiene

When someone leaves, their seats get reclaimed across every platform within the week — not next quarter. When someone joins, their right-sized license footprint is provisioned on day one.

Documented savings

Each quarter you get a written report — what we cut, what we kept, and the running annualized savings. The math is on paper.

Why this matters

Software is the line item that grows unchecked.

Most firms run a tight ship on payroll, real estate, and vendor contracts — and then let software sprawl unchecked. A SaaS gets added for a project that ends. An admin keeps the Photoshop license after they stop designing. A consultant gets E5 because nobody noticed E3 would do.

The bills don't go up dramatically in any single quarter — but they ratchet. By the time finance asks why software is 30% over budget, you're already eighteen months into the over-payment.

Our work concentrates on the ratchet itself. Every quarter we look at every recurring software line and compare it to who's actually using what. Departures get reconciled. Add-ons get validated. SKUs get right-sized. We do this in the background so you don't have to.

A typical first quarter

Where the savings show up.

  • Reclaimed seats from departed employees
  • E5 → E3 downgrades for roles that don't need it
  • Adobe full CC → single-app where appropriate
  • Duplicate SaaS (two video conferencing, two project tools)
  • Frontline F-tier SKUs surfaced for distributed staff
  • Auto-renewal cliffs negotiated instead of accepted
How it runs

A quarterly rhythm that pays for itself.

Once we're set up, this work happens in the background. You see the report. We do the chasing.

01 · INVENTORY

Full software catalog

We list every recurring software bill, who's paying it, who's using it, who owns the renewal. One source of truth.

02 · BASELINE

First-quarter trim

The reclaim cycle that recovers the obvious over-payments — departed seats, duplicate licenses, unused add-ons.

03 · TRACK

Renewal calendar

90-day heads-up before every contract. Negotiation support. No auto-renewal lockouts.

04 · REPORT

Quarterly review

Documented savings, current footprint, recommended changes for next quarter. Finance gets the math, leadership gets the summary.

Frequently asked

Licensing questions.

Is this included with Managed IT, or separate?
Microsoft licensing audit is included with our Cloud & M365 service. Broader SaaS auditing (Adobe, Slack, Zoom, etc.) can be added as a small additional service or bundled with a full Managed IT engagement.
Do you take commissions from software vendors?
We resell Microsoft CSP at standard rates with no hidden markup. For most SaaS we have no reseller relationship — we just help you manage your direct contracts. We don't get paid more if you spend more.
Can you audit licenses we already have?
Yes — we do one-time audit engagements for firms that just want to know what they're paying for. Most of those clients roll into the quarterly service after seeing the first-quarter savings.
What's the ROI?
Honest answer — it varies. First-quarter savings for new clients typically range 10–20% on Microsoft licensing alone. SaaS sprawl tends to surface 5–15% more. After year one, the savings hold as long as the audit cadence continues.

Let's make IT simpler.

Book a free 30-minute review. We'll audit a representative slice of your software stack and tell you what we'd actually do. No pitch deck. No obligation.