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45% -- saas license active utilization rate for SaaS applications (organizational licenses) (2025)
Studies from productiv.com show that only about 45% of SaaS application licenses used by teams are actively used.
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45%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Productiv
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Tier C
https://nexalab.io/blog/saas-operations-managemen/ ↗
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SaaS Operations Management: Definition, Benefits, And Software Recommendations - NexaLab Blog
Managing multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications can be a real challenge for you and your organisation.
Many teams use between 40 and 60 different applications, but studies from productiv.com show that only about 45% of those licences are actively used. This inefficiency can lead to waste…
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SaaS applications (organizational licenses): 45% saas license active utilization rate. Source: Productiv (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/saas-license-active-utilization-45pct
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