C
Evidence Grade C
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$80,600,000
$80,600,000 -- average wasted saas spend for organizations (2026)
Organizations waste an average of $80.6 million annually on SaaS spend due to underutilized licenses.
- Attributed to Zylo's 2026 SaaS Management Index
- Calculated from license underutilization (using only 57% of SaaS licenses on average)
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Value
$80,600,000
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
C
Moderate quality evidence
Useful directional data with some methodological gaps. Treat as indicative rather than definitive -- corroborate before citing in formal research.
Score breakdown
Extraction
60
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
50
Independence
30
Methodology
20
Freshness
50
Source
Zylo
Primary
Tier A
https://zylo.com/blog/best-software-asset-management-tools/ ↗
Source Article
The Best Software Asset Management Tools in 2026
The Best Software Asset Management Tools for SAM Teams in 2026
On-premises software and SaaS create a complex environment for modern enterprise SAM teams to manage. In 2026, AI-native applications and consumption-based billing will make software asset management more important than ever to stay ahea…
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Zylo
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Methodology
2026 SaaS Management Index
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Channelcommon_crawl
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organizations: $80,600,000 average wasted saas spend. Source: Zylo (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/average-wasted-saas-spend-2026
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