Every software request handled within 24 hours. Even the tough ones.
From Adobe to Zoom, to the manufacturer your reseller doesn’t know. We handle it Fast, Sharp, and Together, hassle-free.
10,000+ Software vendors. We know the market.
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Data management, governance and backup for Microsoft 365 and Teams
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Vulnerability management, Nessus and exposure management for enterprise security
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Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud
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Email security, firewalls, SASE, and backup for mid-market and enterprise
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Collaborative design platform for product and UX teams
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Video conferencing, webinars and business telephony
What does SoftVaro do?
SoftVaro is your independent software procurement partner for Tier 2 & 3 software. We’re fully on your side.
Insight
Fully transparent software overview of what’s active, what it costs, and what you should be paying.
Negotiation
We negotiate on your behalf. Directly with the manufacturer or supplier, to your advantage.
Contract management
No more surprises with software renewals. We keep track, you stay in control.
Vendor consolidation
Fewer software suppliers, less complexity, better terms and clear overview.
Who does SoftVaro work for?
Enterprise organisations with 1,000+ users.
CTO & CIO
You want to rationalise your software portfolio, not just Tier 1 but especially the hundreds of Tier 2 and 3 suppliers in the long tail. Under DORA and NIS2, this is a reporting obligation to your board and regulator.
CFO and Financial Controller
You know a significant portion of your software budget vanishes in the Tier 2 and 3 long tail. What’s missing isn’t reporting — your SAM tool provides that — but a party that realises savings at the negotiation table.
Procurement and Contract Managers
For your strategic deals, you have benchmarks and leverage. For Tier 2 and 3 renewals, you negotiate without market intelligence. Your Tier 1 LSP drops out once the Total Contract Value falls below the threshold.
IT Manager and SAM Lead
You are operationally responsible for thousands of Tier 2 and 3 SKUs and your SAM stack (Flexera, Snow, ServiceNow) is filled. What’s missing isn’t tooling, but an advisory and transactional partner who turns signals into negotiated outcomes.
They’re Already Saving with SoftVaro
SoftVaro has proven to be a reliable and collaborative partner. Our cooperation is based on trust and clear communication. They helped us reduce software costs and save significant time through efficient processes that require minimal effort from our internal teams.
One partner. Thousands of software manufacturers. One process.
Transparent
No hidden margins, no hidden agendas. Every proposal shows our advisory fees and reseller margins per line, including deals where we have no stake. Trust and clear communication as a basis, not just a promise.
Benchmark
We compare your license terms, prices and contract conditions against recent enterprise renewals from the same sector, region and size category. For each benchmark you see the sample and source, so your procurement team can validate it themselves and every cost-saving is substantiated.
Collaboration
Every renewal follows the same documented process: principles, alternatives, negotiated conditions, benchmark substantiation. Auditable for your risk and compliance team, and set up so your own people spend minimal time on it.
Test your next renewal against our market data.
Under NDA. Within five business days. Free of charge.
Share your most recent software contract under mutual NDA. Within five days you will receive a substantiated benchmark report. No sales process, no obligation to continue.
Recognise this?
This costs enterprise organisations more than they think, financially and on compliance.
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Tools purchased without involvement of IT, security, or procurement.
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Licenses continuing for employees who have long left. Both an access risk and a cost item.
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Contracts quietly auto-renewing without anyone re-evaluating price, usage, or terms.
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Each renewal with the suspicion you pay what the manufacturer asks, not what fits your business case.
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Tier 2 and 3 software suppliers outside your third-party risk inventory, while DORA and NIS2 expect you to include them.
- 10–20% Average savings
- 20+ Years of enterprise software expertise
- 100% Independent
Fast. Sharp. Together.
This is how SoftVaro works.
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Fast
Insight within 24 hours on what you pay and what you should be paying.
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Sharp
We negotiate on your behalf. Based on live market data from 10,000+ suppliers.
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Together
From new deal to renewal. One fixed contact person, every time.
From the knowledge base
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We’re based in Haarlem and happy to think along with you about your software expenses. No obligation, feedback within 24 hours.
📍 Nieuwe Gracht 3, Haarlem
One renewal to prove it.
Test your next renewal against our market data. Under NDA. Within five business days.