Cleanshelf
All-in-one solution to track, optimize, and benchmark your cloud software subscriptions.
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Cleanshelf was a software-as-a-service (SaaS) management platform founded in 2017 by Dusan Omercevic. Omercevic, serving as CEO, brought his experience from the venture capital world, having previously been a partner at a fund, which provided him with firsthand insight into the challenges companies face managing their growing stacks of SaaS applications. This background directly informed the creation of Cleanshelf, which was designed to help businesses control and optimize their software subscriptions.
The company's core business centered on providing a platform that offered visibility into enterprise-wide SaaS usage and spending. It catered primarily to CIOs and IT finance managers within mid-market and enterprise companies, helping them to eliminate unused licenses, consolidate overlapping applications, and negotiate better terms with vendors. Cleanshelf's platform integrated with a company's financial systems and single sign-on (SSO) providers to automatically discover all SaaS applications being used, tracking expenditures and user activity. This enabled clients to get a comprehensive view of their SaaS footprint, often uncovering significant shadow IT and wasted spend. The platform's main value proposition was its ability to generate substantial cost savings, claiming to save clients up to 30% on their annual software subscriptions.
In a significant milestone, Cleanshelf was acquired in 2020 by LeanIX, a German company specializing in enterprise architecture management. The acquisition was a strategic move for LeanIX to integrate SaaS management capabilities into its existing Application Portfolio Management solution. Following the acquisition, the Cleanshelf brand and its specific offerings were absorbed into the LeanIX product suite, with the team and technology being integrated to create a more comprehensive enterprise architecture and software management tool. The Cleanshelf.com domain now redirects to LeanIX's SaaS management product page.
Keywords: SaaS management, expense optimization, software asset management, subscription control, IT finance, application portfolio, vendor negotiation, shadow IT, license tracking, cost savings