Overview

Enterprise software budgets routinely grow faster than actual platform usage. Harris Advisory audits your current tech stack to compare what you are paying for against what your team is actually using, giving you the leverage to right-size contracts before your next renewal.

What We Do: The Utilization Method

We audit your platform usage, looking past the invoice to uncover wasted spend:

• Seat Auditing: Review current active licenses and user seats against your actual headcount and usage data.

• Feature Mapping: Identify expensive, premium features you are paying for but not utilizing.

• Cost Benchmarking: Flag pricing and rate hikes that are out of line with current market standards for growing companies.

• Renewal Strategy: Recommend exact areas to downsize, consolidate, or renegotiate ahead of your contract renewal.

Our Approach

This is a targeted, standalone financial and operational review. If the audit reveals that your current platform is fundamentally broken or incapable of supporting your growth, that triggers a separate Vendor Evaluation engagement to find a replacement.

Why It Matters

Software vendors rely on auto-renewals and complex pricing tiers to quietly inflate your tech budget year over year. Unused licenses and forgotten premium modules rarely show up on an invoice—they show up in a painful quarterly budget review.

Evaluating your utilization shifts the power back to the buyer. By catching bloated contracts and underused features early, you gain the data needed to aggressively negotiate your renewals and eliminate wasted spend.

Your Final Deliverable

You will receive a comprehensive system audit designed for contract negotiation, including:

• An active license vs. actual usage breakdown

• Identification of unused premium features

• Market-benchmarked pricing comparisons

• A targeted cost-reduction strategy