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CloudZero helps businesses optimize cloud spend with full visibility into costs—so they can reduce wasteful spending and improve their unit economics. Unlike other solutions, we take an engineering-led approach to cost optimization, helping teams understand what drives 100% of their operational cloud spend, empowering them to reduce risk, minimize waste, and maximize profit.

Gain full visibility and control over your IT assets, software licenses, usage, and spend with Setyl. Setyl is a cloud-based IT asset and license management (ITAM) platform that connects to your existing systems with 100+ out-of-the-box integrations. Use Setyl to manage all your hardware assets, software applications, SaaS subscriptions, licenses, vendors, admins, users, and spend in one place — helping you: 1. Manage both hardware and software assets in one place. 2. Automate and scale daily IT operations, including inventory management and employee onboarding and offboarding processes. 3. Identify and cut wasted IT spend. 4. Prepare for your security audit and stay compliant, including with SOC 2 and ISO 27001. With its intuitive interface and low learning curve, the Setyl platform offers a user-friendly experience and facilitates collaboration across your organization. Features include: • IT asset and license inventory • Asset lifecycle management • SaaS subscription, software application, and license management • Software renewal tracking • License rightsizing • Employee onboarding and offboarding workflows • ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance • Vendor management • IT spend management and reporting • 100+ native integrations (Microsoft, Google, MDM, RMM, IAM, HR, helpdesk tools, and more) • API access • Fully guided support

FinOpsly is an AI-native control plane for managing Cloud, Data, and AI spend at enterprise scale. Built for organizations operating across multiple clouds and data platforms, FinOpsly shifts FinOps from passive reporting to active, governed execution. The platform connects cost, usage, and business context into a unified operating model—allowing teams to anticipate spend, enforce guardrails, and take automated action with confidence. FinOpsly brings together infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery), and AI workloads into a single decision and execution layer. With explainable AI agents operating under policy-based controls, teams can safely automate optimization, trace cost drivers to real workloads, and stop budget drift before it becomes a problem. Key capabilities include: Business-aware cost attribution across products, teams, and services Predictive insight into cost drivers with clear, explainable reasoning Policy-controlled automation to optimize spend without disrupting performance Early detection and prevention of overruns, inefficiencies, and financial drift FinOpsly enables engineering, finance, and platform teams to operate from the same source of truth—turning cloud and data spend into a controllable, measurable part of the business.

Rippling streamlines HR, payroll, IT, and spend management for global businesses. Effortlessly manage the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to benefits administration to performance. Automate HR tasks, simplify approvals, and ensure compliance. Manage devices, software access, and compliance monitoring all from one dashboard. Enjoy timely payroll, expense management, and dynamic financial policies, empowering you to save time, reduce costs, and enhance efficiency in your business. Experience the power of unified management with Rippling today.

Modernize your procurement process with Order.co – an easy-to-use procurement software that simplifies every aspect of purchasing for your business. With Order.co you can automate sourcing, purchase requisitions, and PO management while improving spend analytics - all in one customizable platform. Leverage Order.co’s AI powered sourcing technology and exclusive supplier discounts to save an average of 5% on products, and avoid supply chain disruptions with Order.co’s 17K+ vendor network. Customize budget and approval workflows for your business, purchase from your custom product catalog, and pay on flexible terms with your preferred method. Access real-time spend data and insights by user, location, cost center, or vendor for enhanced budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. Order.co works seamlessly alongside any ERP and accounting system, including direct integrations with Quickbooks Online, Sage Intacct, Netsuite, and more to simplify your entire purchase-to-pay process.

Pensero is a cutting-edge platform that leverages AI to enhance observability and performance analytics, designed specifically for engineering teams and their leaders to gain a deeper understanding of software development processes. It automates the collection and integration of "work signals" from existing tools utilized by your team, including code repositories, issue trackers, and communication platforms, translating disjointed activities into granular insights. These insights are then converted into objective metrics, live dashboards, and comprehensive reports that not only reflect the volume of work completed but also factor in complexity and workflow dynamics. With Pensero, you gain immediate visibility into ongoing projects, contributions from team members, and the overall flow of work within the organization, as well as how team productivity aligns with strategic roadmaps and business objectives. Its seamless integration and scalability enable teams to swiftly transform raw data from various tools into actionable insights that drive performance improvements. Ultimately, Pensero empowers organizations to optimize their software development efforts more effectively than ever before.

Meet Healthee—your intelligent healthcare navigation platform. Healthee takes the guesswork out of healthcare by delivering clear, personalized answers to employees’ healthcare and benefits questions—instantly. Employees can seamlessly navigate their existing health plans with on-demand guidance, all in one intuitive, mobile-first experience. Powered by Zoe, Healthee’s AI-powered Personal Health Assistant, employees receive tailored insights into coverage, costs, and care options—helping them make smarter decisions that reduce unnecessary healthcare spend. Healthee also simplifies open enrollment with easy-to-use plan comparison tools, guiding employees to the plans that best fit their needs and expected usage. This drives better plan selection, fewer surprises, and meaningful cost savings for both employees and employers. For HR teams, Healthee reduces administrative burden by delivering fast, accurate benefits support without changing existing plans. For finance leaders, claims analytics and cost insights provide visibility into utilization trends and key cost drivers, empowering CFOs to optimize plan design and control rising healthcare costs. The result: confident employees, healthier organizations, and a more cost-effective benefits strategy—right at your fingertips. Built for benefits managers and HR leaders, Healthee serves as a total benefits administration solution that consolidates 50+ point solutions into one intelligent hub. From FSA and HSA guidance to mental health navigation, telemedicine, and EAP access, Healthee connects every benefit in one place—increasing utilization, reducing cost-per-claim, and eliminating benefits fragmentation. Real-time analytics surface which benefits are underused so managers can reallocate budget strategical

CompAccelerator by Dartican is a robust compensation planning tool that allows you to respond to the demands of today's dynamic business environment. CompAccelerator assists managers in allocating long-term and salary bonuses. This increases transparency, improves visibility, and improves accuracy. It also reduces the time and costs required to set up and manage your planning cycle. The intuitive administration of this feature-rich, highly scalable software allows for sophisticated capabilities that can be quickly and easily applied to improve business agility. CompAccelerator comes with a team of support staff that has extensive corporate compensation experience.

Planview ProjectAdvantage brings clarity, control, and scalability to enterprise project management by unifying project data, resources, and performance insights in one platform. Built for growing PMOs and complex organizations, it eliminates silos and inefficiencies by connecting teams through a single source of truth. Users can monitor resource allocation, track workloads, and forecast capacity with precision using dynamic dashboards. ProjectAdvantage’s portfolio scoring tools and sandbox environments make it easy to prioritize initiatives and align them with company strategy. Its flexibility supports any methodology—Agile, hybrid, or Waterfall—making it ideal for diverse industries and workflows. Seamless integrations with leading enterprise systems like Jira, ServiceNow, and Microsoft Teams enable cross-functional collaboration and real-time visibility. Backed by AI-driven analytics, Planview Projectadvantage helps accelerate project delivery, improve performance tracking, and ensure continuous strategic alignment. Designed for agility, it’s a transformative solution that turns project chaos into structured, measurable success.

Mid-market companies use Fraxion to bring procurement, accounts payable, expense management, and spend analysis into a single solution, instead of managing multiple tools. The platform handles the full cycle: requisition to purchase order automation, budgets and policies are enforced in real time, approvals move through multiple levels as needed, and buying happens through PunchOut or internal catalogs. AI powers AP automation and spend analysis, and a mobile app keeps processes moving when staff are away from a desk. The Office of the CFO gains complete visibility and control. Every dollar can be traced back through the full requisition-to-payment cycle. Companies can start with procurement or AP, based on their immediate need, and scale to full procure-to-pay at their own pace, without replatforming. Security and compatibility are built in: Fraxion holds SOC 2 compliance and integrates with cloud, legacy, and niche systems, including Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Xero. Mid-market businesses in healthcare, life sciences, agriculture, wineries, property management, non-profits, education, and natural resources have relied on it for over two decades.