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Managing software licenses shouldn’t be a guessing game. With rising IT costs and stricter compliance demands, visibility into software usage has become essential — not optional. Software licensing is one of the most controllable areas of IT spend, yet it’s often overlooked due to a lack of usage data. That’s where software metering comes in.

Software metering is a critical part of software asset management (SAM) that helps businesses understand, control, and optimize how software applications are used across their organization. Whether you're trying to cut costs, stay audit-ready, or improve software ROI, software metering provides the visibility you need. Software metering is the process of tracking and analyzing software usage on individual devices and across a network.

Implementing productivity visibility tools often uncovers eye-opening insights that traditional time tracking fails to surface. Here’s what professional services leaders are learning—and how they’re acting on it. The Real Cost of Underused Tools What you see: Software licenses sitting idle—even as renewal and susbscription costs mount, unchecked. Roughly 40% of SaaS licenses go unutilized in many organizations.