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$4,500,000
$4,500,000 -- annual saas spend wasted for companies with more than 2,000 employees (2025)
For companies with more than 2,000 employees, an average of around $4.5 million in SaaS spend is wasted every single year.
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2025
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B
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75
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Vertice
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https://www.vertice.one/blog/hidden-saas-costs-whats-really-driving-up-spend ↗
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Hidden SaaS costs: what's really driving up spend? - Vertice | Vertice Blog
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companies with more than 2,000 employees: $4,500,000 annual saas spend wasted. Source: Vertice (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/saas-waste-large-companies-4-5m
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