Free checklist
10 signs you're overpaying for tech
Count how many apply to your business. It takes five minutes and tells you whether a full audit is worth your time.
- You can't list every subscription you pay forIf you'd need to check bank statements to find them all, some are almost certainly forgotten.
- Two tools do the same jobTwo file-sharing tools, two ways to message, two places customer details live: you're paying twice.
- You pay for licences nobody usesPeople leave, but their logins and monthly fees often don't.
- Contracts renew without anyone decidingIf auto-renewal is the default, you may be locked in for another year without noticing.
- You don't know your notice periodsMany contracts need 30 to 90 days' notice. Miss the window and you pay another term.
- Staff work around a system rather than with itSpreadsheets on the side are a sign a system isn't earning its keep.
- You keep an old system 'just in case'If it's only kept for old data, export the data and stop paying for the system.
- You can't tell if your marketing spend worksIf agency reports don't answer 'what did we get for our money?', ask better questions.
- Quotes for tech feel like guessworkIf you don't know what a website or system should cost, it's easy to overpay.
- Nobody owns the tech budgetWhen no single person is responsible, costs creep up quietly year after year.
How did you score?
0–2: You're in good shape. A quick review once a year will keep it that way.
3–5: There's likely money to save. An afternoon with the audit will show you where.
6 or more: You're almost certainly paying for things you don't need. Start with the audit this week.
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