BetterCloud

About BetterCloud

History matters here: BetterCloud began in 2011 as an IT operations platform — the company coined the term "SaaSOps" — and spend optimization is one module in a stack built to automate the work IT teams do across their applications. The center of gravity remains a no-code workflow engine for user lifecycle automation (onboarding, offboarding, mid-lifecycle changes) spanning 100+ integrations and over 1,000 actions, now joined by an IT Agent that takes natural-language queries about the environment and triggers actions behind human approval gates. Around that engine sit Spend Optimization — shadow IT discovery, unused license recovery, cost visibility — plus File Governance for content scanning and permissions auditing, and a dedicated Google Workspace management module. Ownership has changed hands twice: Vista Equity Partners took a majority stake in June 2022, and on March 31, 2026 cloud-governance vendor CoreStack acquired the company, naming Raj Kunnath president and folding BetterCloud into what it calls an agentic governance OS spanning cloud, SaaS, and AI; the combined businesses count 2,000+ customers and partners and $35 billion in SaaS spend under management. Entry is easier than the enterprise framing suggests — a $0 Spend Optimization Basic tier and free trials — while full platform pricing is quoted on managed users, connected apps, and modules, with a written 3x-ROI-in-90-days guarantee on paid deals.

Pricing

Model

Freemium

Starting price

Free (Spend Optimization Basic)

Notes

Spend Optimization Basic is a $0/month tier and File Governance has a 21-day free trial. Full platform pricing is quote-only, scaling with managed-user (license) count, connected applications, chosen modules, and add-ons such as Data Loss Prevention; volume/term discounts and education pricing available. BetterCloud offers a written 3x ROI in 90 days guarantee.

Key Features

• No-code user lifecycle automation: onboarding, offboarding, and mid-lifecycle workflows with approval steps
• IT Agent natural-language interface for querying the SaaS environment and executing actions with human approval
• Spend Optimization: shadow IT discovery, unused license recovery, and SaaS cost visibility
• File Governance: content scanning, user permission auditing, and compliance controls (DLP add-on)
• Workspace Management module purpose-built for Google Workspace administration
• 100+ integrations and 1,000+ prebuilt actions across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Okta, Slack, Salesforce, and more

Platforms

• Web
• API

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