B
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52.7%
52.7% -- unused saas license rate for SaaS licenses (organizations globally) (2025)
52.7% of purchased SaaS licenses go completely unused.
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52.7%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Zylo
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Tier B
https://blog.automatedsalesmachine.com/how-to-do-a-saas-cost-audit-2026/ ↗
Source Article
How to Do a SaaS Cost Audit (And Cut Your Stack in 2026) - The Conversion Feed
A SaaS cost audit is a systematic review of every software subscription your business pays for, followed by a deliberate decision to cancel, consolidate, or keep each one. According to the Zylo 2025 SaaS Management Index, 52.7% of purchased SaaS licenses go completely unused. This guide walks throug…
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Methodology
Zylo 2025 SaaS Management Index, based on telemetry data analyzing over 40 million real SaaS licenses
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Segmentation
IndustrySaaS
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelcontent
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SaaS licenses (organizations globally): 52.7% unused saas license rate. Source: Zylo (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/unused-saas-licenses-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/unused-saas-licenses-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>52.7%</strong> -- unused saas license rate for SaaS licenses (organizations globally)<br><small>Source: Zylo (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/unused-saas-licenses-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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