Business supportIT Cost Audit
An independent check on what you spend on IT
IT costs are hard to judge from the outside. We audit licences, contracts, cloud bills and support arrangements against what the business actually uses, and tell you plainly what’s worth paying for.
Is this you?
Signs it’s time
- You’re not sure whether your IT provider’s invoices are fair.
- Licence counts don’t match staff numbers.
- Cloud bills grow every month.
- You’re paying for premium tiers but using basic features.
- A costly renewal is coming up, such as VMware, a server refresh or a long support contract.
What we do
How we approach it
Licence reconciliation
Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Adobe and other licences matched to real users, with unused, duplicate and over-specified licences identified.
Cloud and hosting review
Azure, AWS and hosting bills analysed for idle resources, oversized servers and better pricing, including whether some workloads would be cheaper run in-house.
Support contract review
Managed service agreements checked for scope, value and fairness, including anything you’re paying for that isn’t being delivered.
Platform alternatives
Where a platform has become expensive, we cost the alternatives, such as moving from VMware to Proxmox or from paid tools to well-supported open-source software.
What you get
What you get
- An inventory of all IT spend
- Your licence position with each vendor
- Savings opportunities ranked by value and effort
- A contract and renewal calendar
- An independent opinion on your current provider arrangements
Independent by design. We don’t earn commission from vendors. If a recommendation involves IT services from our sister company, Precedent, we’ll say so and show you the alternatives.
Not sure this is the right starting point? The Operations Review covers spend, risk and process in one fixed-price engagement.
Results
Related work
Cost · Process · Integration
Cutting $2 million a year from an internet provider’s costs
A fast-growing provider was overpaying on one of its largest overheads, and every new customer meant more manual work. Both problems were fixed.
Find out what your business could save
A 30-minute conversation costs nothing. Tell us what’s frustrating you and we’ll tell you honestly whether we can help.