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Stop overpaying for Salesforce. Aress helps you reduce Salesforce spend through licence audits, right-sizing, technical debt cleanup, automation modernisation, and AI consumption governance.
Most organisations overpay for Salesforce not because the platform is overpriced, but because licences accumulate, automations overlap, data grows unchecked, and no one is responsible for the total cost of ownership.
Users who left the company, changed roles, or simply stopped using Salesforce still hold full licences. Identifying and deactivating them is the fastest cost saving available.
Typical saving: 15-25% of licence spendNot every user needs a full Sales Cloud licence. Platform licences, Identity licences, and Einstein Platform licences cost significantly less and cover what most users actually do.
Typical saving: 20-30% from right-sizingProcess Builder and Workflow Rules are being retired. Overlapping Flows, hard-coded Apex, and undocumented customisations slow every release and inflate maintenance costs.
31% of IT budgets consumed by tech debtOld records, unused attachments, and log data silently drive up storage bills. Many organisations pay overage charges for years without realising it.
Eliminable with a data retention policyAgentforce charges $2 per conversation. Data Cloud uses a credit model. Without consumption monitoring and approval workflows, AI costs can scale unpredictably mid-year.
New overage risk in 2026Most Salesforce cost optimisation programmes fail because they start with a vendor conversation rather than an independent audit. Aress audits your org first and presents findings before recommending any action. You only pay for the services you need.
As an independent Salesforce consulting partner, Aress acts in your interest, not Salesforce's. We tell you honestly whether to downgrade an edition, consolidate licences, or negotiate a better renewal deal before you commit to another multi-year term.
We identify immediate savings from inactive users and over-licencing within the first two weeks, while simultaneously building the longer-term programme to address technical debt, automation modernisation, and AI governance.
Every change goes through impact assessment, testing, and staged deployment. We reduce your costs without disrupting the workflows, integrations, and user experiences your business depends on every day.
From a quick licence audit to a full technical debt programme, Aress delivers structured, measurable Salesforce cost reduction with guaranteed transparency at every step.
We analyse every active licence against actual login activity and feature usage. Inactive users are identified for deactivation. Over-licenced users are mapped to lower-cost licence types. Results delivered in 5 business days.
Typical saving: 20-30% of licence spendWe assess whether your Unlimited Edition features are actually being used across your org. In six out of ten cases, Enterprise Edition with targeted add-ons delivers identical coverage at 18-28% lower per-seat cost.
Typical saving: 18-28% per seatFull audit of your Salesforce org: deprecated Process Builders, overlapping Flows, hard-coded Apex, unused fields and objects, low-quality test coverage. Prioritised action plan scored by impact, risk, and effort.
Reduces maintenance cost and release timeMigration of Workflow Rules and Process Builder automations to Flow Builder before Salesforce retires them. Safe, tested, documented migration that reduces automation debt and prepares your org for Agentforce.
Eliminates deprecated automation riskData and file storage overages are a silent monthly cost driver. We archive old records, implement data retention policies, clean unused attachments, and set up ongoing storage monitoring to eliminate overage charges entirely.
Eliminates storage overage chargesImplement monitoring dashboards, usage alerts, and approval workflows for Agentforce conversation credits and Data Cloud ingestion credits keeping AI costs predictable and aligned with your business case from day one.
Prevents mid-year AI overage surprisesSalesforce's AI products introduce consumption-based pricing that most finance and IT teams are not yet governing effectively. Without oversight, both can generate unexpected mid-year overages that dwarf traditional licence costs.
At 50,000 monthly conversations, Agentforce costs $100k/year. Without volume projections and consumption caps, usage can scale 3-5x from pilot to production creating budget surprises.
Data Cloud credits cover ingestion, processing, and activation. Without data retention policies and ingestion governance, storage and processing credits are consumed faster than budgeted especially when connected to high-volume sources.
Aress governance framework: We implement real-time consumption dashboards, budget alerts at 70% and 90% thresholds, and approval workflows for new AI use cases keeping your AI investment predictable and within the original business case.
Every Agentforce and Data Cloud deployment needs a consumption baseline projected volume, average conversation length, data ingestion rate established before production rollout. Most organisations skip this step and discover the real cost at renewal.
As Agentforce agents are deployed across more teams, consumption grows. An approval workflow requiring a consumption projection and ROI justification before any new agent goes live keeps total spend aligned with budget.
Without clear data retention policies, Data Cloud ingests and stores data indefinitely generating credit consumption for records that have no business value. Governance policies reduce consumption and keep your data model clean.
Salesforce's Agentforce Enterprise License Agreement can make AI costs more predictable, but may increase lock-in. We help you evaluate whether a pooled AELA or per-use consumption model is right for your actual usage pattern before committing.
Free AI cost assessment
If you're planning or already running Agentforce or Data Cloud, we'll review your consumption setup and identify governance gaps before they become budget problems.
Book a free AI cost review →Salesforce cost optimisation is not a one-time project. It is a continuous programme of licence governance, technical hygiene, and consumption management that delivers compounding savings over time.
Comprehensive analysis of licence utilisation, inactive users, feature adoption, storage usage, automation inventory, and security posture. Delivered in 5 business days with a prioritised findings report.
Deactivate inactive users, reclaim unused licences, and identify immediate right-sizing opportunities. Most organisations see their first savings within 2 to 3 weeks of the audit completion, before any major programme begins.
Score every element of technical debt across four dimensions: user impact, delivery drag, performance risk, and security exposure. Build a prioritised remediation backlog that balances quick fixes with structural improvements.
Structured migration of Workflow Rules and Process Builder automations to Flow Builder. Documented, tested, and deployed in phases to avoid disruption. Leaves your automation layer clean and ready for Agentforce integration.
Deploy consumption monitoring dashboards, budget alerts, and approval workflows for Agentforce and Data Cloud. Establish data retention policies, ingestion governance, and quarterly consumption review cadences.
Monthly licence utilisation reviews, quarterly technical debt assessments, release management support, and pre-renewal negotiation preparation as a retained managed service engagement.
Licence utilisation, inactive users, security review, automation inventory, data quality, and technical debt scoring. Prioritised action plan delivered in 5 business days.
Free for qualifying orgsEnd-to-end licence audit, right-sizing, edition review, and storage optimisation. Fixed-scope engagement with a guaranteed savings projection before you commit.
4-6 weeksFull technical debt assessment and structured remediation programme automation migration, code cleanup, metadata rationalisation, and security hardening.
8-16 weeksMonthly licence governance, quarterly technical health reviews, release management, and pre-renewal negotiation support as a retained managed service.
OngoingNot sure where to start?
The free org health check identifies your biggest savings opportunities in 5 business days with no commitment required beyond the audit.
Book your free health check →Our Integration Architects, Platform Architects, and certified consultants have audited dozens of Salesforce orgs. We know exactly where unused licences, duplicated automations, and storage overages accumulate and how to address them safely.
Every licence optimisation engagement begins with a health check that produces a projected savings figure before any work begins. You know the expected return before you approve the programme no surprises.
We are one of the few Salesforce partners who actively governs Agentforce and Data Cloud consumption for clients. We know the credit models, the overage risks, and the governance frameworks that keep AI costs predictable.
With delivery teams in India and client-facing teams in the UK and US, Aress provides senior Salesforce expertise at a cost structure that makes a sustained optimisation programme viable not just a one-time audit.
Salesforce cost optimisation involves access to your org's licence data, user activity, and automation inventory. Our ISO 27001 certification and CMMi Level 3 process maturity ensure that access is governed, documented, and secure throughout.
Our certified architects audit your entire Salesforce org and deliver a prioritised savings and risk report within 5 business days. No jargon, no sales pitch just a clear picture of where you stand and what it would take to fix it.
No commitment. Results in 5 business days.
Cost optimisation is one part of a healthy Salesforce practice. Explore the rest of what Aress delivers across the Salesforce ecosystem.
Full overview of our Salesforce practice all clouds, all services, all certifications in one place.
View full Salesforce practice →End-to-end Salesforce consulting and implementation across every cloud, from QuickStart to enterprise programmes.
Explore consulting services →Deploy autonomous Salesforce AI agents for sales, service, and operations with consumption governance built in.
Explore Agentforce →Unify fragmented customer data in real time and implement the governance that keeps Data Cloud costs predictable.
Explore Data 360 →Patient engagement and HIPAA-compliant CRM for healthcare providers and life sciences companies.
Explore Health Cloud →Free org audit covering licences, security, automation health, data quality, and technical debt. Results in 5 days.
Book your free health check →The fastest wins come from auditing inactive users and deactivating unused licences, right-sizing from full Salesforce licences to lower-cost Platform licences where appropriate, and reviewing whether Unlimited Edition is justified. Organisations typically save 20 to 30 percent on licence costs through this process alone.
Salesforce technical debt is the accumulated cost of quick fixes, overlapping automations, deprecated tools like Process Builder, hard-coded values, and undocumented customisations that slow your org down. In 2026, technical debt is the primary blocker for organisations wanting to adopt Agentforce, consuming 31 percent of IT budgets and 21 percent of IT resources.
In roughly six out of ten enterprise orgs, downgrading from Unlimited Edition to Enterprise with targeted add-ons delivers the same functional coverage at 18 to 28 percent lower per-seat cost. A proper licence utilisation audit before renewal is essential to identify which Unlimited-only features are actually being used before making the decision.
Salesforce has deprecated Process Builder and is retiring Workflow Rules in 2026. Automations still running on these tools represent both a technical debt risk and a security risk. Migration to Flow Builder is essential before Salesforce withdraws support. Aress provides structured automation modernisation programmes to migrate safely and without disruption.
Agentforce charges $2 per conversation and Data Cloud uses a credit-based consumption model. Without governance, both can generate unexpected mid-year overages. Aress implements consumption monitoring dashboards, usage alerts at 70 and 90 percent thresholds, and approval workflows to keep AI costs predictable and within your original business case.
Our health check covers licence utilisation and inactive user analysis, edition right-sizing assessment, storage and data overage review, automation and technical debt inventory, security and sharing model review, and AI consumption governance readiness. A prioritised action plan with projected savings is delivered within 5 business days.
Practical guides on reducing Salesforce spend, cleaning technical debt, and governing AI consumption in 2026.
Book a free Salesforce org health check. Our certified architects will identify your biggest savings opportunities and deliver a prioritised action plan within 5 business days.
No commitment required · Available across India, the US and the UK · Results in 5 business days