Cut Run Costs. Fund What's Next. Show What It Delivered.

Serviceware Financial puts IT spend on one governed model, from the general ledger to business value, so you and Finance work from the same numbers, free budget out of "run," and redirect it to the AI, cloud, and growth you can point to. The only ITFM vendor Forrester notes will tie its price to the savings it delivers. That gives you a business case with shared financial risk.

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CHALLENGE

Do More, Spend Less, and Show the Return

You're being asked to cut run costs, fund AI and transformation, and show what the spend delivers, all at once. But the financial data that would let you do it is scattered across tools, spreadsheets, budgets, and business units. So instead of steering investment toward outcomes, you and Finance end up debating whose figures are right. IT spend is rising, expectations are rising faster, and "trust me" stopped working a long time ago.

Without a governed IT financial model, four problems keep landing on your desk:

IT and Finance Work From Different Numbers

When costs don't trace to services and consumers, you and the CFO debate the figures instead of the decision. Alignment starts with one set of numbers you both trust, so you can walk into the board together, not on opposite sides.

Innovation Gets Starved by "Run"

Keeping the lights on eats the budget. Without a clear view of Run vs Change, you can't free the money that AI, cloud, and growth need. You also can't show where that money went once you do.

AI and Cloud Costs Are Outrunning Governance

Consumption-based AI and cloud spend arrives faster than your allocation model can keep up: untracked, unallocated, and hard to explain when the board asks.

Financial Decisions Take Too Long

Planning cycles, forecasts, and investment decisions depend on repeated reconciliation and manual analysis. By the time the financial picture is clear, the assumptions may already have changed.

The problem isn't a lack of data. It's turning fragmented financial and operational data into a consistent basis for deciding what to run, what to change, and where to invest next.

$6.31T

worldwide IT spending in 2026, up 13.5% year over year

Source: Gartner, April 2026

2 in 3

CIOs will need to justify their budgets by linking technology spend directly to business value.

Source: Forrester, 2026 Predictions

3 months

for Aptar to enable real-time insights into IT cost allocation with Serviceware.

Source: Aptar

SOLUTION

One Governed Model — From the General Ledger to Business Value

Serviceware Financial brings financial and operational data from systems including SAP, Oracle, and ServiceNow into one governed model for planning, costing, forecasting, charging, and reporting. Costs flow from the general ledger through services to the business units that consume them, with cost and price separated at each level.

Budgeting, forecasting, and actuals run on that same model, so variance analysis and scenarios use a consistent financial basis rather than disconnected spreadsheets. Reporting combines native analytics with Power BI for executive consumption. This creates traceability from source costs through allocation and charging, rather than another reporting layer sitting above separate financial models.

The result: you, Finance, and the business work from a consistent set of numbers and spend your time on decisions, not reconciling data.

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A Leader in The Forrester Wave™: IT Financial Management Software, Q2 2026

A Vendor That Shares Your Risk

Forrester notes that Serviceware is the only vendor in its evaluation offering to share implementation risk by tying its price to the cost savings the tool delivers.

One Model, Decision-Grade

Forrester notes: "Budgeting, forecasting, and actuals run on the same underlying model, supporting variance analysis and decision-grade scenarios."

Strength in Core ITFM Disciplines

Forrester states that Serviceware "excels at budgeting, reporting/dashboarding, allocation/chargeback/showback, and TCO optimization."

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Forrester Wave IT Financial Management Q2-2026

A Vendor That Shares Your Risk

Forrester notes that Serviceware is the only vendor in its evaluation offering to share implementation risk by tying its price to the cost savings the tool delivers.

One Model, Decision-Grade

Forrester notes: "Budgeting, forecasting, and actuals run on the same underlying model, supporting variance analysis and decision-grade scenarios." Forecast changes at any level trigger automatic upstream and downstream recalculations using allocation drivers, helping teams assess the financial impact of changing assumptions.

Strength in Core ITFM Disciplines

Forrester states that Serviceware "excels at budgeting, reporting/dashboarding, allocation/chargeback/showback, and TCO optimization." Its Digital Value Model allocates costs consistently from the general ledger through services to business consumers, with cost and price separated at each level.

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Go to the Board With Finance, Not Against It

When costs trace to services and consumers, you and the CFO have a consistent financial basis for discussing priorities, trade-offs, and where to invest next.

Turn "Run" Savings Into Visible Innovation

See Run vs Change vs Grow clearly, benchmark your unit costs, and redirect the savings into AI, cloud, and growth initiatives. Then show the board what that reinvestment delivered.

Get Ahead of AI and Cloud Spend

Bring consumption-based AI and cloud costs into the same governed model, with spend allocated, forecast, and accountable. That puts you in a better position to steer costs instead of explaining them after the fact.

Serviceware Shares the Risk

Serviceware offers an outcome-based pricing option that ties its price to cost savings delivered, sharing implementation risk with the customer.

Built for Service Costing and Pricing

Trace costs from the general ledger through IT services to the business units that consume them, while keeping cost and price separate at each level. This supports transparent service rates, showback, chargeback, and clear accountability for what the business consumes and pays for.

Built for Complex Chargeback and Transfer Pricing

Manage charging across complex service portfolios, legal entities, and business units with traceable allocation and pricing logic. Serviceware supports the advanced chargeback and transfer pricing requirements of large, multi-entity organizations.

Software Plus ITFM Expertise

Serviceware combines its ITFM software with consulting focused on the underlying IT cost model. Specialists work with your teams to structure the model, identify optimization opportunities, and put the required financial processes in place.

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