European firms are wasting billions in duplicate software spending
Three-quarters of AI-using organizations are paying for duplicate tools. European firms are hemorrhaging billions on overlap—and AI adoption is making it worse.
Why it matters
AI adoption is fragmenting enterprise software stacks faster than procurement can consolidate them. Organizations are paying for redundant tools simultaneously, inflating cloud and SaaS costs at scale—a governance and budgeting problem masquerading as a vendor-lock problem.
The key facts
7 to know75% of organizations using AI pay for two or more duplicate tools simultaneously
European firms identified as particularly affected by duplicate software spending
AI adoption cited as a driver of the problem, not a solution
Three-quarters of organizations using AI pay for two or more duplicate tools simultaneously
European firms collectively wasting billions in duplicate software spending
AI is making the duplicate-tool problem worse, not better
Article published October 7, 2026
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Publisher excerpt: AI is making things worse, with three-quarters of organizations that use it paying for two or more tools simultaneously