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Zero License is not a long transformation program. It is a fast execution shift. In months, not years, enterprises can replace bloated SaaS workflows with AI agents. No rip and replace. No multi-year roadmaps. Just immediate automation, rapid tool elimination, and measurable software cost reduction.

Zero License: Built for Speed, Not Roadmaps

Outcomes you can expect in 6 to 12 months

Month 0–2: Visibility

Month 0–2: Visibility

Full view of SaaS spend, workflows, and manual effort. Zombie licenses, shelfware, and overlaps become visible. Cost leakage is identified and prioritized, enabling immediate SaaS license optimization.

Month 2–4: Agents Live

Month 2–4: Agents Live

High-impact workflows like lead routing, ticket triage, and invoice matching move to AI agents. Manual handoffs are reduced. Cycle times start to drop, and you begin to reduce SaaS spend.

Month 4–6: SaaS Cuts

Month 4–6: SaaS Cuts

Redundant tools are retired as agents take over execution. Integration overhead reduces. The first measurable drop in license spend appears.

Month 6–9: End-to-End

Month 6–9: End-to-End

AI agents orchestrate complete workflows across systems. Exceptions reduce. Teams shift from managing tasks to supervising outcomes.

Month 9–12: New Normal

Month 9–12: New Normal

Agentic AI becomes the primary execution surface. The core remains the system of record if needed. The organization runs with fewer tools and less friction.

The Payoff

The Payoff

Lower license spend. Less manual work. Faster execution. Simpler stacks. Greater control over how work gets done.

Challenges with Traditional SaaS

How SaaS stacks became cost centers, not accelerators

Most enterprises procure tools faster than they retire them. Teams purchase tactical solutions to address local problems. This results in fragmented stacks and overlapping capabilities, thereby increasing license costs and reducing returns on every tool added. This makes SaaS license optimization a growing priority for IT and finance leaders.

CRM, ticketing, finance, and workflow tools were meant to reduce effort, yet critical processes are still handled by people. Leads are routed manually. Tickets are triaged by coordinators. Invoices are reconciled by analysts. SaaS organizes work but rarely eliminates it.

Zombie licenses, shelfware, and overlapping tools quietly drain budgets. Auto renewals and weak offboarding processes lock in spend that delivers little value. This leakage is rarely visible in isolation but becomes massive when aggregated across the stack.

As stacks fragment, effort shifts to making tools work together. Teams rely on middleware, custom APIs, and manual workarounds just to keep workflows moving. Integration overhead increases total cost of ownership while slowing execution.

Vendors are moving to bundled subscriptions, reduced discounting, and stricter terms. Negotiation leverage is shrinking while audit pressure is rising. Many organizations are paying more each year for the same capability with less flexibility.

How SaaS stacks became cost centers, not accelerators

Challenges with Traditional SaaS

How Zero License Solves This

Zero License begins by identifying where SaaS no longer makes economic sense. Through a readiness assessment, we map your tools, workflows, and manual touchpoints to find processes that AI can execute directly. These workflows are replaced with AI agents, reducing SaaS spend while increasing speed and consistency.

In regulated and workflow-heavy industries, Zero License moves work out of the core and into an intelligence layer. We build industry-specific agents over existing systems to automate end-to-end processes. The core remains as a system of record while the intelligence layer becomes the system of action.

Zero License replaces fragmented workflows with AI agents that coordinate across systems. Instead of tickets, handoffs, and swivel-chair work, agents handle intake, routing, execution, and follow-ups. This removes the need for layered workflow tools and reduces integration overhead while accelerating cycle times.

With Zero License, AI becomes the execution surface, not another tool. Teams stop managing software and start supervising outcomes. Work moves from screens and queues to automated flows. The result is fewer tools, less friction, and greater control over how work actually gets done.

High-ROI Zero License Use Cases

Fast wins where SaaS dependency drops first

Lead Routing

Lead Routing

The lead routing agent assigns and prioritizes leads using rules and context. No CRM workflows or manual checks. Faster response and higher conversion. Cost leakage is identified and prioritized.

Ticket Triage

Ticket Triage

The ticket triage agent classifies, routes, and also resolves support tickets. It reduces coordinator effort and dependence on heavy ticketing tools.

Invoice Match

Invoice Match

The invoice matching agent ingests invoices, matches records, and flags exceptions. The agent cuts manual reconciliation and reduces finance tool sprawl.

User Onboard

User Onboard

The onboarding agent handles account setup, access provisioning, and data validation. Shortens onboarding cycles and removes workflow tools.

Approvals

Approvals

The approval routing agent routes approvals based on policy and context. No chasing. No workflow builders. Faster decisions with audit trail.

Renewals

Renewals

The renewal management agent tracks usage, flags risk, and triggers renewal actions. Improves retention without layered CRM tools.

Zero License Across Key Industries

From healthcare to banking, AI agents are replacing SaaS

For health plans running on Facets, we place an intelligence layer over the core to automate claims, prior authorization, provider, and member workflows. Facets will remain the system of record, but AI agents handle the work. This reduces manual effort and improves auto adjudication.

Insurers rely on multiple systems for policy admin, claims, customer service, and renewals. Teams bridge gaps manually using spreadsheets, workflow tools, and email. Agentic AI replaces this coordination. Agents handle intake, triage, adjudication, and follow-ups across systems. The need for layered workflow tools and manual handoffs reduces. Cycle times shorten, and operational overhead drops.

Banks use separate tools for KYC, onboarding, reconciliations, exception handling, and compliance tracking. Much of the effort is procedural and repetitive. Agentic AI executes these steps across systems. Onboarding is completed without ticket chains. Reconciliations run without manual queues. Exceptions are resolved without swivel chair work. Dependence on niche ops tools reduces.

Manufacturers rely on ERP, MES, quality systems, and supplier portals. Coordinating between them often requires manual planning and workflow tools. Agentic AI takes over production planning, quality checks, and supplier coordination. Exceptions are handled automatically. Teams stop chasing data across systems. Tool sprawl reduces as execution becomes autonomous.

Utilities use billing platforms, service systems, and field tools to manage requests and dispatch. Much of the work still depends on manual routing and follow-up. Agentic AI executes service requests, schedules field work, and updates accounts automatically. Backlogs shrink. Tool dependency reduces.

From healthcare to banking, AI agents are replacing SaaS

Zero License Across Key Industries

FAQs

Zero License is a model where AI agents execute workflows that traditionally required multiple SaaS tools. It focuses on replacing low-value software with owned AI capability.

Hexaware’s Zero License model helps enterprises with reasonably structured data and repeatable, high-volume workflows to eliminate their dependence on SaaS tools by allowing AI agents to do the work. Furthermore, for regulated industries like healthcare, the Zero License model builds an intelligence layer on top of core systems, where the core system remains a system of record but the intelligence layer handles most of the work.

No, Hexaware’s Zero License offering targets low-value, overlapping, and coordination-heavy tools that add cost without reducing work. It also adds an intelligence layer to systems in regulated industries where the core systems continue as a system of records; however, most of the work shifts to the intelligence layer. In other words, the Zero License model is equipped to replace the usage of SaaS with Agentic AI for most repeatable, high-volume workflows across industries.

Sales operations, customer support, finance operations, onboarding, and back-office workflows see the fastest impact due to high volume and repetitive work.

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