Your IT budget grows — and no one quite knows why

SaaS subscriptions taken out and forgotten. Licences paid for users who left. Contracts auto-renewed for three years without renegotiation. Cloud resources provisioned generously and never right-sized.

This is not carelessness — it is the consequence of a budget built by accumulation, without a regular audit. The invisible cost: tens of thousands of euros creating no value, and a management team that cannot justify IT spending to the board.

The real problem is not spending too much — it is not knowing what you spend or why.

What you get

The visibility you do not yet have

  • Comprehensive software and hardware inventory — nothing overlooked or underestimated
  • Unused licences, duplicate SaaS subscriptions and oversized resources identified
  • TCO calculated per spending line — to compare solutions with different economic models on equal footing

Immediate savings

  • Subscriptions cancelled and licences freed within the first weeks of the audit
  • Contracts renegotiated or put back out to tender — you have rarely negotiated from a position of strength
  • Redundant tools consolidated, reducing both cost and complexity

A budget that is structured and defensible

  • IT budget built on real data, tracked monthly, adjusted at the right time
  • Spending dashboards readable by general management
  • Reporting that says what it costs, what it delivers, and what to stop

Savings reinvested — not evaporated

  • Under-funded areas identified where investment is missing: security, backup, monitoring
  • Savings freed up finance projects that create real value
  • Documented ROI for every arbitration decision

Cloud and SaaS governance

  • Cloud resource rightsizing: you pay for what you actually consume
  • SaaS subscription centralisation and traceability — no more shadow subscriptions
  • FinOps: teams made accountable for their cloud usage

What this means in practice

  • 15 to 30% average savings on audited spending areas
  • First weeks: quick wins on licences and subscriptions
  • 3 to 6 months: structural savings on contracts and assets
  • €0 of value destroyed: nothing cut without prior impact analysis

Frequently asked questions

How does Ekioo identify savings opportunities in an IT budget?
We start with a comprehensive inventory of your software and hardware assets, then analyse your contracts and actual usage. The main savings typically come from unused licences, duplicate SaaS subscriptions, auto-renewed contracts, and oversized cloud resources. On average, our audits generate 15 to 30% savings on the items reviewed.
What is the difference between TCO and purchase cost in IT?
Purchase cost (CAPEX) is just the tip of the iceberg. TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) incorporates installation, maintenance, training, support, updates, and decommissioning costs across the full lifecycle of an asset. Ekioo calculates the TCO for each spending line, enabling objective comparison of solutions with different economic models.
Does IT optimisation necessarily mean cutting spending?
No. The goal is to spend better, not necessarily less. Some areas are underfunded and deserve more investment — security, backup, monitoring. Others are oversized relative to actual usage. Ekioo redistributes resources to maximise the value created by your IT budget, with documented ROI.
How long before we see the first results?
Quick wins — subscriptions cancelled, licences freed, contracts renegotiated — appear within the first few weeks. Structural savings (fleet rationalisation, migration to lower-cost alternatives, vendor contract restructuring) typically materialise over 3 to 6 months.