Notes on SaaS spend, written plainly.
Subscription tracking, finance ops, and the occasional opinion on why your spreadsheet is lying to you.
How to track SaaS renewals (without losing track in a month)
A seven-step process for tracking renewals in a spreadsheet, plus what to do when the spreadsheet stops working.
How to find unused SaaS subscriptions (and what to do about them)
Six signals that tell you a tool isn't earning its cost, plus a three-bucket cleanup playbook.
How to stop duplicate SaaS spend
Five duplicate patterns that hide inside a small-team SaaS stack, plus a way to consolidate without breaking anyone's workflow.
The SaaS tracker with no bank access
Why manual entry is a feature, not a limitation, and when you actually need integrations.
A SaaS renewal calendar template you can copy
Four columns, four alert windows, one quarterly review. Paste the template into a Google Sheet and you're running in 15 minutes.
How much SaaS should a 20-person startup spend?
Public benchmarks put it around $160k a year. Here's what the research actually says, and what the number means when it's your budget.
A subscription tracker for the lone finance lead
A note for the one person at your startup who ended up doing finance because nobody else would. The job is thankless. Here's what helps.