Most consulting firms charge before savings are realized. For eligible projects, UMS ties its economics to documented savings instead. That difference changes how work gets prioritized, staffed, and executed.
They give you a 200-page report. We give you a check. We built our model to eliminate everything broken about traditional consulting.
Shared savings for eligible projects, plus fixed-fee/staffing options
Hourly or project-based fees regardless of outcome
$0 — zero financial risk
Fees typically begin before savings are realized
Our revenue is tied to your savings
Revenue tied to hours billed, not results delivered
25+ years focused exclusively on software licensing
Often broader consulting scope across many domains
Decades of negotiation data across 200+ vendors
Limited to public pricing and vendor-provided benchmarks
60-90 days to first verified savings
Recommendations may precede implementation and realized savings
Ongoing partnership — we keep finding savings
Often structured around a scoped project or advisory phase
Full software estate: licensing, contracts, cloud, telecom, M&A
Narrow scope, often single-vendor focus
Our team spent years on the publisher side — writing the playbooks that vendors use to extract maximum payment from enterprises. We know every tactic, every loophole, every pressure point. Then we switched sides.
Now we use that insider knowledge to defend our clients. We've saved NYC $800M+ when the Big 4 couldn't even find the problem. That's the difference between consultants who study licensing and consultants who built the licensing playbook.
They charge $1M+ upfront for recommendations. We charge nothing upfront — and deliver verified cash savings. They get paid whether you save or not. We only get paid when you do.
They're in the analyst quadrants. We're in the trenches saving NYC $800M+. Choose the analysts' favorite or the CFO's favorite.
You bought the engine. Now you need the driver. Platforms generate data — we turn that data into negotiated savings, defensible audit positions, and a repeatable operating cadence.
We invest our time, expertise, and resources upfront — at our cost. We analyze your software estate, identify savings opportunities, and execute the optimizations and negotiations.
You pay nothing until savings are documented and verified. Then you keep 70% of the savings — we receive 30% as our fee, paid only from realized savings. If we don't save you money, you owe us nothing.
This model has sustained our business for 25+ years because it works. Our incentives are permanently aligned with yours — we're motivated to find every possible dollar of savings, and to keep finding them year after year.
Full assessment and analysis at our cost. Zero upfront fees.
Documented, verified savings you can see on your P&L.
You keep 70% of verified savings. We receive 30%. No savings = no fee.
International standards treat IT asset management as a management-system discipline, which is one reason operating ownership matters as much as the platform itself.
ISO/IEC 19770-1SaaS estates are large and getting harder to govern. Okta says the global average number of apps per customer has surpassed 100, while Flexera reports that complete visibility across the technology stack has fallen to 43%.
Audit exposure can be financially material. Flexera's 2025 survey summary says 45% of respondents estimated more than $1 million in software audit spend over the prior three years.
Flexera 2025 State of ITAM SummaryFor Microsoft Enterprise Agreement customers, annual true-up is a required process with defined submission windows. That is why renewal preparation becomes time-bound operational work, not just a reporting exercise.
We don't bill hours, so there's no incentive to stretch work, schedule unnecessary meetings, or staff junior consultants on your account.
We recommend only services that generate savings. Every recommendation is tied to a quantifiable outcome — not a revenue target.
Our revenue grows when your savings grow. That makes us long-term partners, not short-term vendors. Our average client relationship is 10+ years.
If our assessment finds nothing, you've lost nothing. We bear the cost of analysis, strategy, and initial engagement — not you.
"UMS has been an invaluable partner for over 15 years. Their shared-savings model means they're always aligned with our goals — they only win when we win."
UMS conducted a rapid Microsoft license optimization assessment for NYCHA, identifying over $500,000 in immediate savings on M365 licensing — with zero upfront cost to the agency.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We'll show you where your savings are — with zero obligation and zero upfront cost.
