Overages, true-ups, rogue software purchases, and rising SaaS costs are just a few wrenches that can throw off your software budget. To meet your financial goals, it’s important to forecast your SaaS expenditure as accurately as possible – especially since it’s often your second or third largest spend category. In this episode, Ben Pippenger shares what steps you need to take to accurately budget for SaaS.

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Key Takeaways:

• [00:09 - 00:34] Introduction: Why is budgeting so hard for SaaS?
• [00:38 - 01:05] SaaS is expensive, and spend is only growing
• [01:05 - 01:58] Why is budgeting for SaaS so hard?
• [01:59 - 02:33] Inventory is the first step to a SaaS budget
• [02:31 - 04:02] Factors that impact budgeting
• [04:03 - 05:04] Understanding spend and benchmarking
• [05:06 - 05:39] Recap
• [05:39 - 05:58] Bottom Line

SaaSMe Anything is the bi-weekly podcast that brings clarity to the chaos of SaaS, hosted by your resident SaaS expert and Zylo co-founder Ben Pippenger. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn here.