zylo.com Open in urlscan Pro
2620:12a:8001::3  Public Scan

Form analysis
1 forms found in the DOM

GET https://zylo.com/

<form id="SearchForm" class="search-form searcher__form" role="search" method="get" action="https://zylo.com/">
  <label>
    <input type="search" tabindex="0" class="search-field searcher__input" value="" name="s" id="s" placeholder="Keywords...">
  </label>
  <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" tabindex="0" class="search-submit searcher__submit" value="Search">
</form>

Text Content

Skip to content
 * Careers
 * Contact Us
 * Log in

Search

 * Why Zylo
 * Solutions
   * First Menu
     * Product Overview
     * Services Overview
     * Integrations
   * By Solution
     * Get Complete SaaS Visibility
     * Optimize SaaS Licenses
     * Rationalize Your SaaS Portfolio
     * Take Control of Renewals
     * Elevate the Employee Experience
     * Ensure SaaS Compliance
   * By Role
     * IT
     * Procurement
     * Software Asset Managers
     * CIOs
 * Customers
 * Company
   * Careers
   * News and Press
   * Leadership
   * Partners
   * Contact Us
 * Resources
   * The SaaS Management Lifecycle
   * Topics to explore
     * What is SaaS Management?
     * What is SaaS Discovery?
     * What You Need to Know about SaaS Optimization
   * Resources
     * Blog
     * Customer Stories
     * Events
     * Podcast
     * Reports
     * Videos
     * Webinars

Schedule a Demo
Schedule a Demo

Back



Back

Search for Keywords...



Customer Story


HOW SHOWPAD’S PROCUREMENT TEAM RE-IMAGINED SAAS MANAGEMENT WITH ZYLO

 * industry: Software
 * founded: 2011
 * headquarters: Ghent, Belgium and Chicago, Ill.
 * employees: 400+

 * Key Outcomes
    * Identified opportunities to save €500,000 in SaaS spend through
      rightsizing and proactive renewal management
    * Within a week, avoided an unnecessary renewal of an unused application.
    * Leveraging usage data, negotiated a lower cost contract for one of its
      SaaS tools

Renewal Management, SaaS License Optimization, SaaS Visibility

CHALLENGE 1


LACK OF VISIBILITY INTO SAAS SPENDING

Showpad was founded just a decade ago in Ghent, Belgium. But in those 10 years,
the company has experienced explosive growth. Today, Showpad has 450 employees
working in offices across the globe.

The teams at Showpad depend on a growing number of SaaS applications to stay
connected and efficient — wherever they’re based. This is even more true today,
when the majority of employees are working from home.

But managing all of these SaaS applications became challenging — not to mention
time consuming — for Showpad’s IT, InfoSec, and Procurement teams.

The team created a complex spreadsheet to keep track of all applications at the
company. But because applications frequently come in and out of use, keeping an
updated record was difficult. What’s more, SaaS is occasionally purchased by
individuals and teams throughout the company, potentially contributing to shadow
IT growth. That meant there was no surefire way to determine whether there were
unknown applications missing from the spreadsheet.

This lack of full visibility made it difficult for Showpad to manage the
applications they had. What’s more, strict data security and compliance
requirements made it essential that Showpad eliminate shadow IT and gain full
visibility into their SaaS portfolio — fast.

Discovering all SaaS in use was Showpad’s first priority.

“Zylo made it easy to discover all of the SaaS applications that we have —
regardless of who purchased them,” said Pieter-Jan Cuvelier, Showpad’s
procurement manager. “Full visibility has been foundational for improving the
way we manage SaaS.”

 

CHALLENGE 2


IDENTIFYING SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES — QUICKLY AND CONTINUOUSLY

Over time, the needs of any business change and evolve. Showpad, like many other
companies, had to make decisions about where to scale up or scale down software
spending. And they wanted to make those decisions quickly.

Thanks to Zylo, the procurement team and all relevant stakeholders at Showpad
have easy access to all SaaS contracts, renewals, and utilization data. And to
date, they’ve used this data to identify €500,000 in savings in less than nine
months.

“We wanted the ability to act very fast to identify savings opportunities,” said
Cuvelier. “If we didn’t have full visibility into our application portfolio with
Zylo, it would have been a huge manual task.” Pieter-Jan Cuvelier, Procurement
Manager, Showpad

 

CHALLENGE 3


UNEXPECTED RENEWALS

At Showpad, SaaS renewals are a frequent occurrence. But historically, it was
challenging to stay on top of them.

The Showpad team manually logged renewal dates for all known SaaS applications
within their SaaS Management spreadsheet. And the team would check the
spreadsheet daily so they knew when to expect a renewal.

Of course, the spreadsheet method was prone to error. It was common for the team
to get unexpected 30-day auto renewal notices for SaaS applications, with little
to no time or data to make informed renewal decisions.

However, the procurement team now gets automatic renewal alerts from Zylo, which
empowers them to proactively plan for renewals. In fact, Cuvelier and his team
now start discussions with business units three to four months prior to a
renewal and leverage data to determine whether or not to renew an application.

Showpad also leverages usage data and goes into renewal negotiations more
informed.

“Within one week of using Zylo, we’d already experienced positive ROI,” said
Cuvelier. “We found out about a renewal nobody was aware of and were able to
cancel because the tool wasn’t being used.”

 

CHALLENGE 4


NO SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH FOR LOB DECISIONS

At Showpad, a significant portion of technology costs typically come out of line
of business (LOB) budgets. But there was no single source of truth business
owners could access to get the information they needed to determine ROI and make
better purchase decisions.

“Our goal is to ensure Zylo is used across all departments as a single source of
SaaS truth,” concluded Cuvelier. “That’ll empower all of our business owners to
make better spending decisions.”

With Zylo, teams will no longer have to track down the most accurate, up-to-date
contract details. Instead, all business owners will have access to a single SaaS
system of record that includes spend, contract information, and utilization data
for every SaaS application in use.

FacebookTwitterLinkedIn


RELATED CASE STUDIES

See All
Customer Story


HOW COUPA LEVERAGES SAAS MANAGEMENT TO FUEL RAPID GROWTH

Learn how Coupa’s IT team drives spend optimization, governance, and employee
effectiveness with the help of SaaS Management.


Customer Story


HOW TALKDESK STREAMLINES SAAS NEGOTIATIONS FOR BETTER OUTCOMES WITH ZYLO

Discover how Talkdesk’s IT and procurement teams leverage Zylo to improve SaaS
negotiations and cross-functional collaboration, while saving time and money.


Customer Story


ATLASSIAN REINFORCES ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE WITH ZYLO SAAS MANAGEMENT

Learn how Atlassian’s enterprise architecture uses Zylo to encourage innovation
and rapid growth while constantly rationalizing their application portfolio.


Customer Story


MOZ UNLOCKS SAAS VISIBILITY AND OPTIMIZES VENDOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH SAAS
MANAGEMENT

Learn how Moz uses Zylo’s SaaS Management platform to identify duplicate and
redundant applications and manage their SaaS vendors and contracts.


Customer Story


HOW COUPA LEVERAGES SAAS MANAGEMENT TO FUEL RAPID GROWTH


Customer Story


HOW TALKDESK STREAMLINES SAAS NEGOTIATIONS FOR BETTER OUTCOMES WITH ZYLO


Customer Story


ATLASSIAN REINFORCES ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE WITH ZYLO SAAS MANAGEMENT


Customer Story


MOZ UNLOCKS SAAS VISIBILITY AND OPTIMIZES VENDOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH SAAS
MANAGEME...


See All
 * Why Zylo
 * Solutions
 * Customers
 * Company
 * Careers
 * Pricing

 * Resources
 * News & Press
 * For Developers
 * Contact Us
 * Log In

 * Topics to explore
   * What is SaaS Management?
   * What is SaaS Discovery?
   * What You Need to Know about SaaS Optimization
   * SaaS Cost Optimization Resource Center

©2021 Zylo

 * Privacy Policy
 * EEA Privacy Policy
 * Terms & Conditions


SIGN UP FOR THE LATEST NEWS, PRODUCT INFO, AND MORE.

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by
remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept All”, you
consent to the use of ALL the cookies. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings"
to provide a controlled consent.
Cookie SettingsAccept All
Manage consent
Close

PRIVACY OVERVIEW

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through
the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are
stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic
functionalities of the ...
Necessary
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website,
anonymously.

CookieDurationDescriptioncookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is
set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent
for the cookies in the category "Analytics".cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional11
monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for
the cookies in the category "Functional".cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11
monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to
store the user consent for the cookies in the category
"Necessary".cookielawinfo-checkbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR
Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the
cookies in the category "Other.cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis
cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the
user consent for the cookies in the category
"Performance".viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie
Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use
of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Functional
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the
content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other
third-party features.
Performance
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance
indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for
the visitors.
Analytics
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the
website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of
visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and
marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect
information to provide customized ads.
Others
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been
classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT


✓
Thanks for sharing!
AddToAny
More…