81% of SaaS spend is controlled by business units rather than IT, which manages just 15% (vendor data) (2025).
81%
the latest figure (2025)
Vendor data
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Why you can trust it. Zylo, SaaS Management Index: vendor data, a company measuring its own customers or panel. Zylo customer data: 40 million SaaS licenses and $75 billion in spend under management; survey of 218 IT leaders for the cost questions.
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What it measures
81% of SaaS spend is controlled by business units rather than IT, which manages just 15% (vendor data)
Data period
2025 (ends 31 Dec 2025)
Published by the source
29 Jan 2026
Who is counted
Zylo customer data: 40 million SaaS licenses and $75 billion in spend under management; survey of 218 IT leaders for the cost questions.
In the source's words
Business units now control 81% of SaaS spend, while IT directly manages just 15%, reducing centralized oversight at a time of increasing pricing volatility.
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on zylo.com news release, 29 Jan 2026. Vendor data from Zylo customers.
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Zylo. (2026). 81% of SaaS spend is controlled by business units rather than IT, which manages just 15% (vendor data). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/saas-spend-controlled-by-business-units
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"81% of SaaS spend is controlled by business units rather than IT, which manages just 15% (vendor data)." Zylo, SaaS Management Index, 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/saas-spend-controlled-by-business-units.
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81% of SaaS spend is controlled by business units rather than IT, which manages just 15% (vendor data), for 2025, according to Zylo, SaaS Management Index. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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Sample: Zylo customer data: 40 million SaaS licenses and $75 billion in spend under management; survey of 218 IT leaders for the cost questions.
