Salesforce Platform spend grows because custom apps, integrations, and permission set licenses compound silently. CIOs who govern the Platform with named owners, architecture review, and license efficiency targets cap growth at user count growth. CIOs who do not govern see 25 to 40 percent inflation per renewal cycle.
Salesforce Platform grows by custom app, by integration, by PSL. Each growth point triggers licensing. Without governance, the Platform sprawls and the bill follows.
Custom apps consume Platform license entitlements. Each app needs business justification. Audit deployment vs entitlement.
PSLs unlock features (CPQ, Knowledge, Service Cloud capabilities). Audit assignments quarterly. Demote where possible.
API call limits scale with edition. Integrations consume the limits. Document every integration. Track consumption.
Every integration is a license touch point. Document each one. Govern the sprawl. Refuse new integrations without review.
Platform spans Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce. Custom apps move data across. The licensing math compounds.
Named owner, architecture review, license efficiency targets, quarterly audit, renewal discipline. Five practices. All required.
Year one: 8 to 12 percent compression. Year two: 6 to 10 percent more. Year three: 5 to 8 percent more. Compound to 20 to 35 percent total.
This white paper draws on Redress Compliance engagements, public vendor documentation, and the active Redress benchmark program.
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