Find Your Software Wastage Number
Before your next software renewal, find out what you're actually using. Your software budget may be on target. Your licensing may still be inefficient.
You negotiated the price. Did you negotiate the quantity?
Companies spend enormous effort negotiating software prices but often spend far less effort determining how much software they actually need. Saving 15% on something you don't need doesn't make it a good purchase.
Budget vs. Actual
Tells you where the money went. A $1M budget and $1M spent looks perfectly on target.
What are we spending?
Capacity vs. Usage
Tells you whether you needed to spend it. If only part of that purchased capacity is creating value, being on budget can hide the problem.
What are we actually consuming?
Both sides of your licensing, on one page
DAX Software Solutions compares Budget vs. Actual and Capacity vs. Usage to identify opportunities to improve software licensing efficiency before renewal.
Financial Baseline
- Budgeted software spend
- Actual software spend
- Current annualized run rate
- Renewal exposure
License Capacity
- Licenses purchased
- Licenses assigned
- Unassigned capacity
- Current license mix
Actual Usage
- Active users
- Inactive users
- Usage frequency
- Premium-feature adoption
Optimization Opportunities
- Potentially reclaimable licenses
- Right-sizing opportunities
- Duplicate capabilities
- Inactive assignments
- Future capacity requirements
Map your savings opportunities
Optimize Microsoft 365 to reduce overspending and pay only for what you need. Our super intelligent resources analyze your Microsoft 365 licensing, subscription plans, and utilization to identify potential savings opportunities.
We continuously evaluate pricing, usage patterns, and commitment options to help you select the right license plans, optimize subscription terms, and adopt a flexible approach to cloud billing. The result is a high-performing, cost-efficient Microsoft 365 environment with greater commercial control and minimal risk.
Leverage our unique methodology to achieve the best optimization outcome
Right-size
Avoid over-provisioning by selecting user subscription plans based on current and planned utilization and business requirements.
Remove licenses
Identify and reclaim unused or unnecessary license subscriptions.
Rate optimization
Reduce costs by choosing longer subscription commitments when they provide better pricing.
Volume flex
Dynamically increase or decrease user subscription volumes based on changing business requirements.
Adopt
Identify Microsoft 365 technologies that can be adopted to increase the value of your Microsoft investment.
Inform
We don't just give you the map. We help identify the best route to savings. Get a comprehensive view of your Microsoft 365 subscription costs through an initial savings report and feasibility assessment.
Optimize
Our super intelligent resources develop a practical plan to take action quickly, optimize licensing costs, and improve subscription efficiency.
Operate
We support your ongoing optimization efforts with reporting and regular reviews, helping technology, financial, and business teams stay aligned as your Microsoft 365 environment evolves.
Your Licensing Optimization Dashboard
Receive a management-level view your CFO, CIO, and procurement team can all work from.
Don't just negotiate the price.
Optimize the requirement.
The objective isn't simply to reduce licensing. It's to make sure your organization has:
Measure first. Optimize second. Negotiate third.
Your renewal shouldn't start when the vendor sends the quote. It should start 90 to 120 days earlier.
Request
Tell us about your environment and upcoming renewal to start mapping your savings opportunities.
Review
A free 30-minute Licensing Optimization Review with a DAX specialist to review your licensing picture.
Discover
Detailed analysis of purchased, assigned, active, and correctly licensed capacity across your environment.
Renew smarter
Optimization recommendations and a renewal baseline built on requirements, not last year's assumptions.
Request a Free DAX Software Licensing Optimization Assessment
Don't renew history. Renew requirements. Tell us a little about your environment and a DAX licensing specialist will follow up to schedule your review.
- What did we budget?
- What did we actually spend?
- What capacity did we purchase?
- What capacity are we actually using?
- What capacity will we realistically need next year?