After auditing 50 small business SaaS stacks, a pattern emerged. Every single company was overpaying on the same three things:
1. Communication Tools (average waste: $180/month)
Slack + Zoom + Microsoft Teams + Discord. Most companies need two of these, max. I regularly find 3-4 overlapping tools. One company paid for Slack Enterprise ($12.50/user) AND Teams (included in M365) for the same 15 employees.
Fix: Pick one chat tool, one video tool. Cancel the rest.
2. Project Management (average waste: $120/month)
Asana, Monday.com, Trello, Notion, ClickUp. Pick one. The team using all five is not more productive — they are just confused about where tasks live.
Fix: Consolidate to one PM tool. Migrate data during a sprint. Save $100+/month instantly.
3. Design/Creative Tools (average waste: $90/month)
Canva Pro + Adobe Creative Cloud + Figma + Framer. Unless you run a design agency, you do not need all four.
Fix: Audit who actually uses what. Cancel unused seats.
Total potential savings: $300-500/month. That is $3,600-6,000/year — from three simple audits.
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This weekend only.
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