Cledara

“But it still wasn't that great because it couldn't display who owned each software subscription or who was using it. And it only let you do monthly rolling subscriptions. I couldn't have yearly subscriptions or one-off payments, so it still wasn't very helpful and if you changed anything, it would need approval. So, it's very clunky. It didn't really give me a good overview of what software we had. And that's how I found Cledara. And it's really changed how I've been managing software and made life a lot easier.”

“Cledara has made life a lot easier. It has given me a good overview of what software we have and who is using it. I can easily see who the owners of the software are and what our monthly and yearly subscription payments are. It has also allowed me to quickly implement new pieces of software without a long procurement process.”

““Once businesses secure VC funding, they need to think carefully about how they make the funds work for the business as a whole. Using Cledara gives you the opportunity to invest in the right things, and eliminate any waste.””

““Having it all in one place makes it easy to check because Cledara pushes spending through, and you can categorize it correctly. That makes my job a lot easier and it means that I'm freeing up time to go and do other work on other parts of the business that might be a bit more complicated.””

““The things that make the most significant difference for businesses as they scale are built on having processes set up in a robust way. That's why we started the FinOps Approach , driven by having good processes in the first place and using tools like Cledara. That's what we think makes a really successful early-stage business.””

“Cledara has allowed us to professionalize our processes. Instead of behaving like a scrappy startup where images of receipts and credit cards are shared amongst each other, we’re now able to keep oversight on spend and invoices. If someone needs a new tool, we can simply spin up a virtual card when required.”

“You know, some people just prefer using different tools. If a tool like Calendly helps some of our team deliver better results, Cledara helps us to get the expenditure approved quickly.”

“Understanding where to properly allocate costs was essential. Without this information, we couldn’t get a proper picture of the share of wallet of our teams and approve critical expenses.”

“With Cledara, we don’t have to worry anymore about receiving an unexpected failed payment email from a software provider like Asana and scrambling to get it resolved.”

“We had a hard time keeping track of our spend in any given period. All of a sudden we would receive a notification of a failed payment and it wasn’t always clear how we ran through our card limits.”

“With growing teams, it was becoming harder and harder to chase down invoices and close the books at the end of the month. We needed a solution to help us scale and that’s where Cledara came in.”

““Cledara easily saves us over 10 hours a month. And it’s not just time, but stress as well”.”

““Also, vendors now can’t charge us more without 'asking' us first which significantly reduces the risk of having auto-charged subscriptions set up. Something that I find very helpful.””

““ Having the ability to show there's a process in place for approving software is hugely helpful. And it freed up a lot of my time, which is really appreciated.””

““From a cost perspective, it’s a no-brainer to me.””

““I began looking for a tool that would help streamline all our business software, give us control over the funds we were spending, and keep track of it all from an accounting standpoint. And that was Cledara.””

““I can say that before Cledara, I was literally having nightmares about the day that we might have a fraudulent expense on the company card and everything would all of a sudden get denied. I’m so glad I can sleep in peace now.””

“It’s great that I don’t have to constantly log into the platform to ensure we’re managing our software smoothly.”

“The aggregate view of our software expenditure split into different categories isn’t just handy for us in finance, but it also provides team leaders an overview of the resources dedicated to their operations.”

“Prior to Cledara we used our spend management solution to pay for software, but that lacked the structure and granularity of data required to easily understand how we allocated resources within the company”

“We onboarded Cledara right before we implemented a four-day workweek. Now, we’re able to save time and move quickly on software spend, which would’ve been impossible with our previous software management workflow.”

“For us, switching to 4-day workweeks didn’t mean working extra hours. We had to finish our job and be productive with the limited time we had and that required a creative re-think of our processes”

“With the ability to automatically capture invoices, there’s much less stress. I don’t have to spend my time chasing colleagues working remotely or busy executives for an invoice at the end of the month.”

“At Sensat, some of our teams work in the field collecting data for most of the day, and chasing them for invoices at the end of the month was a challenge.”

“Our previous workflow was time-consuming, limiting the scope of work we could complete as a lean finance team. We required better organization and automation to streamline laborious tasks, so more time could be spent on strategic financial work.”