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Are you overpaying for SaaS?

Punch in your monthly SaaS bill and headcount. We'll tell you exactly where you sit against 2025 medians for your industry — and what dropping to the median would save you per year.

Your spend
$384/employee/mo
Right in the middle. Industry median for Tech / Software is $312/emp/mo. You're +23% vs median.
Dropping to the Tech / Software median would save you $129,600/yr. That's the annualized difference between your current spend and $46,800/mo at median.
IndustryMedian $/emp/mo75th percentile90th percentile
Tech / Software$312$410$540
Marketing / Media$248$330$445
Financial Services$185$245$320
Legal$156$210$285
Other / Mixed$221$295$390

How to read these numbers

Median is the 50th percentile — half of similar-sized companies in your industry spend less, half spend more. P75 is the "above typical" line; P90 is the warning zone where the same dollar usually buys redundant tools or unused seats rather than incremental productivity. Being below median isn't automatically good — it can mean your team is under-tooled, especially in tech and marketing. Read the verdict alongside your stack health, not in isolation.

Three reasons benchmarks lie if you don't adjust for stack age

First, older orgs accumulate dead seats faster — a 7-year-old company at "median" spend may have 30% inactive seats hiding inside it. Second, fully remote orgs typically run 12-18% higher than hybrid on the same headcount because they bias toward async tools. Third, regulated industries (legal, finance) carry mandatory compliance tooling that doesn't exist in tech, so apples-to-apples comparisons break across industries. Use the benchmark as a starting point, then run an audit to see what's actually getting used.

FAQ

Where did these benchmarks come from?

Composite of Gartner SaaS Management Market Guide 2024, Productiv State of SaaS 2024, Vendr 2025 pricing data, and SeatMap.AI's own audit dataset (n=1,400+ workspaces, May 2025).

Should I include security and infra tools?

Yes — the benchmarks include the full SaaS bill: productivity, security, observability, dev tools, marketing stack. Exclude only IaaS (AWS, GCP, Azure) and on-prem licenses.

My number is way above median — what now?

Run an audit before negotiating renewals. Most teams find 20-30% reclaim potential from inactive seats alone, without touching contracts. Then go to renewals from a position of "here's what we actually use."

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Sources & citations
  • Gartner, "Market Guide for SaaS Management Platforms," 2024 — gartner.com
  • Productiv, "State of SaaS 2024" report — productiv.com/state-of-saas
  • Vendr 2025 SaaS pricing data — vendr.com/blog
  • SeatMap.AI 2025 customer-audit dataset (n=1,400+ workspaces, May 2025).