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49% -- unused saas license rate for SaaS licenses (all companies) (2025)
According to the 2025 Zylo SaaS Management Index, 49% of all SaaS licenses are unused.
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49%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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75
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Zylo
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https://licensetrim.com/blog/software-licensing-contracts/ ↗
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Your SaaS budget is growing. That growth often points to a problem bigger than just rising per-agent costs. A large part of what you spend on software is likely wasted on unused licenses. This waste is almost always baked directly into the terms of your software licensing contracts.
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SaaS licenses (all companies): 49% unused saas license rate. Source: Zylo (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/saas-licenses-unused-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/saas-licenses-unused-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>49%</strong> -- unused saas license rate for SaaS licenses (all companies)<br><small>Source: Zylo (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/saas-licenses-unused-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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