Pricing & plans
How do you help us stop paying for duplicate or unused software licences?
Most growing businesses quietly overspend on software — licences for staff who've left, overlapping tools that do the same job, or the wrong Microsoft 365 tier. As part of managing your IT we review your licensing and right-size it, so you're not paying for shelfware. It often covers a meaningful part of our fee on its own.
Software spend creeps up almost invisibly. Nobody sets out to waste it — it just accumulates as staff come and go, new tools get trialled, and subscriptions auto-renew. A licensing review is one of the quickest ways we find real savings for a new client.
Where the waste usually hides
- Licences for people who've left — still being paid for months later.
- The wrong Microsoft 365 tier — paying for Premium features nobody uses, or missing a bundle that would be cheaper than the add-ons you're buying separately.
- Overlapping tools — two apps doing the same job because different teams chose their own.
- Unused add-ons quietly renewing in the background.
What we do about it
- Audit your licensing across Microsoft 365 and your other subscriptions.
- Right-size — match tiers and seat counts to what people actually use.
- Reclaim and reassign licences from departed staff instead of buying new ones.
- Consolidate overlapping tools where it makes sense.
We treat this as an ongoing review, not a one-off — it's part of the IT strategy / vCIO work that keeps your spend sensible as you grow. To have your licensing reviewed, call (08) 9325 1196.
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