B
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25%
25% -- wasted software spend rate for organizations (2026)
Wasted software spend is 25%.
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25%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Flexera
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Tier C
https://www.flexera.com/blog/finops/flexera-2026-state-of-the-cloud-report-the-convergence-of-cloud-… ↗
Source Article
Sales Tech Stack Consolidation: A 90-Day Plan (2026)
Disclosure: This article is published by Datamagnet. Vendor claims are self-reported unless otherwise noted. Product capabilities described below are based on public documentation, retrieved 2026-08-13.
Sales Tech Stack Consolidation: A 90-Day Plan
Open your billing dashboard right now and count the…
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Flexera
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Flexera 2026 State of the Cloud Report, cited by Datamagnet; cloud waste figure is 29%
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organizations: 25% wasted software spend rate. Source: Flexera (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wasted-software-spend-2026
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