// SaaS & Software Asset Management (SSAM)

How ready is your organization for modern SSAM?

Find out how effectively your organization currently manages, governs, and
optimizes traditional software and SaaS. Our free SSAM Self-Assessment shows
where you stand and highlights the areas where action is needed.

Free of charge · Takes approximately 5–7 minutes · Personalized results

69%

of organizations already suspect or know that employees are using AI tools without approval. (Gartner, November 2025)
  

40%

 of enterprises will face a security or a compliance incident tied to unmanaged show AI by 2030 (Gartner, November 2025)  

26%

 more costly when a breach spans cloud and on-premises systems: $5.05M vs $4.01M (IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025) 
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// What is SSAM?

What modern SSAM needs to deliver

SaaS and Software Asset Management (SSAM) is the continuous discovery, reconciliation, optimization, and governance of traditional software and SaaS applications across their lifecycle. It connects technical, commercial, and usage information to answer four questions: what do we have, what do we use, what do we pay for, and what should we do next. 

Traditional Software Asset Management already answers the first two, inventory and licensing, and that discipline still matters. SSAM builds on it and extends it to SaaS, cloud-connected software, and consumption-based services, and changes how those answers get used. Instead of a license position calculated once a year for an audit, SSAM keeps that picture current continuously, so cost, compliance, and usage decisions can happen anytime, not just at the next review cycle.

// Why does SSAM matter?

Why SSAM is becoming important now

Three shifts are pushing organizations toward this more continuous approach. 

// Discover to Manage

Managing software and SaaS together is becoming a strategic priority

Traditional software, SaaS, and hybrid licensing are still managed separately in most organizations, and the numbers show what that costs. It's a big enough shift that Forrester now tracks it as its own category, and Raynet is included in their first report on it, The SaaS and Software Asset Management Solutions Landscape, Q3 2026.

Sound familiar? Ask yourself:

  • Do you know what's actually running, including shadow SaaS?
  • Can you connect contracts, licenses, and costs to real usage?
  • Could you spot under-licensing, over-licensing, or access nobody needs anymore?
  • Are discovery, procurement, and governance actually connected?

Free, about 5 to 7 minutes

// SSAM maturity level

Understand your SSAM maturity at a glance

1. Answer focused questions about your current SSAM environment
2. Get scored across five key dimensions
3. See your maturity level, priority areas, and next steps immediately

You'll walk away with a maturity level, a breakdown across all five dimensions with your strengths and priority areas, and practical next steps, plus the option to talk it through with a Raynet SSAM expert if you want to.

Free, about 5 to 7 minutes

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// Discover. Understand. Optimize. Govern. Act.

From complete visibility to meaningful action

Raynet One creates one reliable data foundation for your software, SaaS, and other technology assets, kept current through discovery, normalization, and enrichment. From there, you can manage compliance, usage, cost, and lifecycle in one place, and share that same data with your existing SAM, ITSM, CMDB, and other tools.

 

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// FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Raynet One shares enriched asset data with your existing stack through integrations, so the assessment isn't asking you to replace anything. 

About 5 to 7 minutes, with your results on screen as soon as you finish. 

No. Your maturity level and recommendations appear immediately, talking to an SSAM expert afterward is entirely optional. 

That's the starting point for most organizations, not a reason to wait. The assessment is designed to show you where the gaps are, not to assume you've already closed them. 

Both. SSAM extends to SaaS subscriptions and AI services billed by usage, tokens, or consumption, not just traditional installed software. 

Your answers are used to generate your personalized results and, if you agree to be contacted, to follow up with recommendations relevant to your situation. Full details are in our Privacy Policy. 

// Contact

Contact our experts

Are you interested in our solutions, need more information, or have questions? With more than 25 years of experience and numerous client projects worldwide, we can help you overcome your challenges – contact us today!

// SaaS & Software Asset Management

How ready is your organization for modern SSAM?

 Find out how effectively your organization currently manages, governs, and optimizes traditional software and SaaS. Our free SSAM Self-Assessment shows where you stand and highlights the areas where action is needed. 

*Free of charge · Takes approximately 5–7 minutes · Personalized results

69%

of organizations already suspect or know that employees are using AI tools without approval. (Gartner, November 2025)
  

40%

  of enterprises will face a security or a compliance incident tied to unmanaged show AI by 2030 (Gartner, November 2025)
  

26%

 more costly when a breach spans cloud and on-premises systems: $5.05M vs $4.01M (IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025)
  

// What is SSAM?

What modern SSAM needs to deliver

shutterstock_2136788371_comp

SaaS and Software Asset Management (SSAM) is the continuous discovery, reconciliation, optimization, and governance of traditional software and SaaS applications across their lifecycle. It connects technical, commercial, and usage information to answer four questions: what do we have, what do we use, what do we pay for, and what should we do next.

Traditional Software Asset Management already answers the first two, inventory and licensing, and that discipline still matters. SSAM builds on it and extends it to SaaS, cloud-connected software, and consumption-based services, and changes how those answers get used. Instead of a license position calculated once a year for an audit, SSAM keeps that picture current continuously, so cost, compliance, and usage decisions can happen anytime, not just at the next review cycle.

// Discover to Manage

Managing software and SaaS together is becoming a strategic priority

Sound familiar? Ask yourself:

  • Do you know what's actually running, including shadow SaaS?
  • Can you connect contracts, licenses, and costs to real usage?
  • Could you spot under-licensing, over-licensing, or access nobody needs anymore?
  • Are discovery, procurement, and governance actually connected?

Free, about 5 to 7 minutes

// SSAM maturity level

Understand your SSAM maturity at a glance

SSAM_Dimensions_EN
1. Answer focused questions about your current SSAM environment
2. Get scored across five key dimensions
3. See your maturity level, priority areas, and next steps immediately
You'll walk away with a maturity level, a breakdown across all five dimensions with your strengths and priority areas, and practical next steps, plus the option to talk it through with a Raynet SSAM expert if you want to.

Free, about 5 to 7 minutes

// Discover. Understand. Optimize. Govern. Act.

From complete visibility to meaningful action

Raynet One creates one reliable data foundation for your software, SaaS, and other technology assets, kept current through discovery, normalization, and enrichment. From there, you can manage compliance, usage, cost, and lifecycle in one place, and share that same data with your existing SAM, ITSM, CMDB, and other tools.

Screenshot_Raynet One_IT Asset Discovery & Inventory_Web

// FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Raynet One shares enriched asset data with your existing stack through integrations, so the assessment isn't asking you to replace anything. 

About 5 to 7 minutes, with your results on screen as soon as you finish. 

No. Your maturity level and recommendations appear immediately, talking to an SSAM expert afterward is entirely optional. 

That's the starting point for most organizations, not a reason to wait. The assessment is designed to show you where the gaps are, not to assume you've already closed them.

Both. SSAM extends to SaaS subscriptions and AI services billed by usage, tokens, or consumption, not just traditional installed software. 

Your answers are used to generate your personalized results and, if you agree to be contacted, to follow up with recommendations relevant to your situation. Full details are in our Privacy Policy. 

// Contact

Contact our experts

Are you interested in our solutions, need more information, or have questions? With more than 25 years of experience and numerous client projects worldwide, we can help you overcome your challenges – contact us today!