No Savings, No Fee. Just Clarity Before You Commit.

Start your Strategy & Design with Free Value Assessment. Unlock Savings.

Helps IT team uncover cost-saving opportunities, compliance gaps, and delivery risks – before investing in long-term solutions.

Most clients save £200k+ in under 90 days.

Why Strategy & Design

Why Now

Software costs are growing, vendor pressure is rising, and most organizations don’t have a clear picture of what they’re really spending—or wasting. Our Strategy & Design service offers you clarity before you commit.

  • Uncovers quick wins and long-term savings

  • Identifies licensing risks and inefficiencies

  • Helps prioritize workstreams and business cases

  • Delivered fast, with zero long term commit

Data-Driven, Outcome-Focused

Fast Diagnosis, No Commitments

Built to Drive Cost Saving Strategy

Best Time to Start? Right Before You…

You’re reviewing a renewal or audit risk
You need to justify investment in new tooling or staff
You’ve hit budget pressure and need CTO opportunities
You want external validation of internal assumptions

No Savings. No Fee.

Step 1: Value Assessment

Clarity Before Commitment

We begin by analyzing your software estate for waste, risk, and savings potential. You receive a tailored, no-obligation diagnostic outlining what’s working—and what’s not.

What You Get:
  • Visibility into overspend and underutilized assets

  • Risk insights across SaaS, on-prem, and hybrid infra

  • Prioritized savings opportunities

  • No charge if we find no material value

Why It Matters:
  • Empowers you with independent, data-driven insight

  • Helps build an internal business case

  • Gives your team clarity before engaging tools or full delivery teams

Step 2: Cost Take-Out (CTO)

From Insight to Execution

If the Value Assessment reveals material opportunity, our strategic CTOs step in to deliver those savings. This includes designing and executing cost take-out workstreams—backed by our platform.

What You Get:
  • Dedicated CTO engagement with cost-saving KPIs

  • Alignment with your internal delivery or your TOM

  • Support during renewals, audits, vendor escalations

  • Real-time delivery tracking through our platform

Why It Matters:
  • Converts savings potential into realized impact

  • Removes internal pressure while maintaining visibility

  • Lays the foundation for smarter long-term delivery (e.g., Managed Service)

Step 3: Target Operating Model (TOM)

From Framework to Capability

If the Cost Take-Out phase establishes savings and delivery momentum, our TOM approach helps embed these improvements for the long term. This includes designing and operationalizing a sustainable Target Operating Model—aligned with your goals and enabled by our platform.

What You Get:
  • A tailored TOM framework incorporating governance, processes, and controls

  • Alignment with internal teams, systems, and compliance requirements

  • Defined success metrics and accountability structures

  • Structured transition planning to embed capabilities across the organization

Why It Matters:
  • Establishes a clear blueprint for efficient software management

  • Sustains cost optimization and compliance improvements

  • Reduces reliance on reactive interventions or external support

  • Creates the foundation for continuous improvement and future scalability

As a business, we needed to quickly bring more control and structure to our software asset management operations. Appstrato came in with a strategic approach that delivered immediate impact.

What we appreciated most was how adaptable their model was. As our priorities shifted, their delivery flexed with us — providing the right expertise when we needed it, without long-term commitments. It’s a partnership that helped us move faster and operate more efficiently.

Scottish Southern Energy (SSE)
£7M in Software Savings uncovered within 6 month

Ready to Uncover Real Savings in SAM, ITAM & FinOps?

Start with a Free Value Assessment—only pay if we find value.

Whether you move forward with Advisory support or a full Cost Take-Out plan, you stay in control—with outcomes you can measure.

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