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Eric Siu argues that too many SaaS tools overwhelm teams, slow output, and pile up subscription costs. He recommends culling subscriptions quarterly or monthly as you scale to stay lean and focused.
Eric Siu argues that too many SaaS tools overwhelm teams, slow output, and pile up subscription costs. He recommends culling subscriptions quarterly or monthly as you scale to stay lean and focused.
I've actually been cutting back on tools. And what we've seen, at least in our team, a lot of people are starting to use too many tools. And when you look at how long it takes them to complete the task without the tools, it doesn't help with output. Yeah, it doesn't help with output. We're actually seeing it slow it down. There's 2 things there. One, if you do an overabundance of tools, it starts to get overwhelming. And then what happens is you end up just getting charged left and right for these SaaS subscriptions. And because the cost is so low, sometimes it's $5, $10, $15, you don't really pay attention. I might look at like a notification, I'm just like, whatever, right? But then it's death by a thousand paper cuts. So that's why you have to make sure that you cull your subscriptions ideally once a quarter, if not once a month, if you're getting bigger and bigger.
