Zoom into SaaS Management for Lower Cost and Compliance with Zylo
A SAP Concur podcast conversation with Zylo co-founder Ben Pippenger discusses SaaS management. The average company spends $65 million annually on SaaS and uses about 323 applications, with nearly 40% going to waste. About 37% of applications are bought by employees via expense reports or P-Cards, accounting for about 7% of overall spend. 55% of applications are misclassified in expense reports.
Impact and considerations
The average company spends $65 million annually on SaaS with nearly 40% wasted, and 55% of applications are misclassified in expense reports. These figures indicate significant SaaS spend waste, security risk, and compliance risk, requiring dedicated SaaS management tools for visibility.
Key points
- The average company spends $65 million annually on SaaS and uses about 323 applications, with nearly 40% going to waste.
- About 37% of applications are bought by employees via expense reports or P-Cards, accounting for about 7% of overall spend.
- 55% of applications are misclassified in expense reports and not attributed as software purchases.
- Within the average large organization, 90 SaaS applications are purchased by more than one employee.
- SaaS spend introduces security risk, compliance risk, spend risk, and employee productivity issues.
- Large enterprises see about eight new apps entering their environments on a monthly basis.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
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- First source publication
- 18 Jul 2022, 16:54
- Page published
- 14 Aug 2026, 08:33
- Last updated
- 18 Jul 2022, 16:54
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：Zoom into SaaS Management for Lower Cost and Compliance with Zylo (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 18 Jul 2022, 16:54