Your subscriptions bill might be hiding duplicates

A quick way to spot overlapping tools before your next renewal.

Subscriptions have a way of piling up quietly.

Each probably made sense when added individually, but over time, several can do parts of the same job.

Your scheduling tools adds payments. Your CRM adds scheduling. Your workspace adds AI…

Meanwhile, costs add up and so does the confusion around which tool you are supposed to use.

If that resonates, here is a quick exercise:

Step 1

List all your subscriptions and write the main job you use each for, like:

• Appointments booking

• Call recordings and notes

• Document storage

• Invoice management

• Contract signature

• Agentic coding

• etc.

Step 2

Almost every modern tool overlaps with something else, but if two or more tools have the same job, ask, about each:

• Who from your team is effectively using this?

• Is important information stored only there?

• Does this integrate with other systems you rely on?

The goal is not to cancel everything, but you will probably find candidates to downgrade or consolidate.

Sometimes the biggest relief is not even the money saved, but having fewer tools to think about when the job comes up.

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Found any unexpected overlap? I’d be curious to hear what it was. Hit reply and tell me!