A Smart Business Analyst
Modern businesses run on software. From collaboration to analytics, SaaS (Software as a Service) platforms have become essential. However, with every new tool, the number of licenses and costs pile up, especially for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). It's not unusual to find teams using only a fraction of the software’s capabilities—yet paying full price for each user.
Even a 10-person company might hold 30+ software licenses across departments. Marketing tools, CRMs, spreadsheets, task managers—the list grows fast. Multiply this by $10–$50 per license per month, and you quickly reach unsustainable costs.
e.g. 10 (staff) X 20 (SaaS subscriptions) X $40 = $8000 per month
Here are a few applications with Starting Price/User
Zoho CRM - $14/user/month, Standard plan, billed annually.
Salesforce - $25–$75/user/month, Essentials to Professional tiers.
HubSpot CRM - $30+/seat/month, Starter tier for paid seats.
Trello - $5–$17.50/user/month, Standard to Premium plans.
Asana - $10.99–$24.99/user/month, Premium to Business plans.
Sheet Director simplifies and centralizes spreadsheet automation. Instead of purchasing multiple licenses for each team:
You purchase one license.
It can serve multiple teams or departments.
No user-based pricing traps.
This means one license = entire org coverage.
Here’s where Sheet Director changes the game.
Instead of every team member needing a license, only one user needs to install and configure Sheet Director. That user sets up the automation, and the resulting Google Sheets can be shared with the rest of the team.
✅ One license handles all the heavy lifting
✅ Data is pulled into shared Google Sheets
✅ Team members can view, create, and update data—no extra license is needed
✅ Works across departments—Sales, HR, Ops, Finance—all with a single setup
This model makes Sheet Director highly scalable and cost-effective.
Why pay for licenses your team doesn’t fully use?
Identify your SaaS subscription volume
Audit the usages - critical need, heavy operations vs reporting, light usage
Classify how many you can reduce
With Sheet Director, your business can:
Assign the automation setup to a single admin or power user.
Share structured Google Sheets with contributors.
Control data access through Google Sheets permissions, not software licenses
This reduces software bloat while improving productivity.
As you can clearly see, using Sheet Director can lead to significant savings. In fact, you could reduce your monthly subscription expenses by at least 40%."
Arun Ramachandran, a Full Stack Marketer and Data Enthusiast, shares how his company built a CRM system using Google Sheets and Sheet Director to manage leads across 900 locations—avoiding the cost and complexity of buying CRM licenses or custom-building a system during the pandemic.
This low-cost, scalable approach saved time, simplified training, and ensured real-time collaboration.