SeatMap.AI
Week 33, 2026 · 2026-08-10 → 2026-08-16

Week 33, 2026: Confluence tops the SaaS-waste board at 43.8% ghost seats

Median ghost seats
25.7%
Median reclaimable
$9.1k/yr
Workspaces audited
430
Reclaimed this week
$105k

Across 430 workspaces audited this week, the median team is sitting on 25.7% ghost seats — about $9,065/year of reclaimable spend per company.

Confluence led the waste board at 43.8% inactive seats, driven by trial creep and stalled cross-team pilots. Slack came in at 23.2%, Microsoft 365 at 26.5%, and Salesforce at 18.4%.

SeatMap.AI operators reclaimed a combined $105,038 in annualized spend the week of 2026-08-10 — most of it from routine contractor and role-change cleanup, not one-off big wins.

Vendor movers this week

  • 1Password+4.5% ghost-seat rate
  • Miro−0.7% ghost-seat rate
  • Dropbox+2.8% ghost-seat rate

Category breakdown

Median ghost-seat rate by tier-1 vendor this week.

Slack23.2%
Microsoft 36526.5%
Salesforce18.4%

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