# Get early access to Spendhound's new budgeting and cloud spend tools.

Spendhound lets you manage and renew your software vendors — all in one place, with expert help throughout. We'd love your feedback on our newest features:

- **Budgeting:** Track real-time expenses against budgets and get alerts before going over
- **Cloud spend:** Gain full visibility over cloud spend data across multiple platforms
- Get onboarded in under 15 minutes, free forever

No credit card needed, ever.

4.8 of 5 [G2 Rating](https://www.g2.com/products/spendhound/reviews)

**Book a demo and get $500 after signing up**

SpendHound is completely free. To ensure the best onboarding experience, we offer a brief introduction to the platform before setting up your account.

## Get the best price on software renewals

With SpendHound, you get peace of mind you’re getting the best pricing - all with no cost to you. You keep 100% of the savings.

### Automated Insights & Savings

Stop manually updating spreadsheets and view upcoming renewals, underused licenses, and redundant vendors.

Never miss an opt-out period and get ahead on your renewals with automated email and Slack notifications

### Pricing Benchmarks

Discover how your price compares and say goodbye to overpaying with our comprehensive vendor playbooks.

### Negotiation Support

On-demand access (calls, emails, and Slack) with our renewal experts who have negotiated thousands of software renewals.

### Contract Storage

Store all your contracts in one convenient place, not disjointed drives and desktops across your organization.

### Cloud Spend Visibility

Get a finance-friendly dashboard for AWS cost visibility, budgeting, and savings insights — no engineering skills required.

## What our users have to say

> “What surprised me most is that SpendHound is free—it’s rare to find such a valuable tool without a price tag, and it’s made a big difference for us.”

Anthony Wakim

Head of Finance @ Kit

> “Before SpendHound, we were in the dark ages—manually tracking contracts with Google Sheets, missing renewal dates, and wasting time.”

Eric Lesser

CFO @ Sealed

> “The setup was smooth and quick, even as we scaled. The platform was easy to integrate with our existing tools, and we were able to get things running seamlessly.”

James Supple  
Financial Controller @ Blockdaemon

## SpendHound compared to others

There are lots of renewal management tools on the market. Here's how SpendHound stacks up:

| Feature                      | SpendHound | Competitor Tools (Vendr, Tropic, Vertice, etc.)        |
|------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Price                        | Free       | $10,000 - $155,000/yr                                 |
| Negotiation resources        | Buyer guides, playbooks, and negotiation scripts | Starting at $10,000 - $35,000/yr                    |
| Pricing benchmarks           | Get transparent pricing by knowing what other companies have paid for the same software  | Starting at $10,000 - $35,000/yr                    |
| Live negotiation support      | On-demand, 1-1 contract reviews via Zoom and Slack with your dedicated renewal expert  | Starting at $10,000 - $35,000/yr                    |

## FAQs

**How does SpendHound make money if it's free?**

We operate a give-to-get model, like the model Nielsen uses to calculate TV ratings or Pave uses for compensation benchmarking.

**How does SpendHound help save money?**

We provide visibility into vendor usage, helping you identify underutilized tools and avoid unnecessary renewals. We also help you negotiate better contracts by leveraging benchmarking data from 100s of other companies.

**Is SpendHound secure?**

Yes, we recently earned our SOC 2 Type 2 certification. You can view all of our security practices in our [Vanta trust center](https://trust.spendhound.com/).

**How is SpendHound different from other renewal management tools?**

SpendHound is completely, forever free. We offer features similar to those of paid tools like Vendr, Tropic, and Vertice, but thanks to our business model, we don't need to charge you anything.