How to simplify budgeting for SaaS and software spend: Meet SpendHound’s new budgeting feature

If you're managing SaaS budgets using spreadsheets, you already know how painful it is. Between chasing down ERP exports, pinging app owners for updates, and reconciling outdated data, budgeting for software spend is time-consuming, error-prone, and disconnected from real-time reality.

That’s why we built SpendHound Budgeting. It’s a new way to create, manage, and track software budgets in the same place you already manage your vendor spend. Whether you're in finance or own an app, this feature helps you plan monthly and yearly budgets, monitor performance in real time, and stay ahead of overspend, all without the spreadsheet chaos.

What is SpendHound budgeting?

SpendHound Budgeting is a real-time software budgeting tool that helps finance teams and app owners stay in control of their software spend. Instead of bouncing between disconnected spreadsheets and outdated ERP exports, teams can now set, track, and manage budgets directly where their spend data already lives.

With SpendHound Budgeting, you can:

• Align finance leaders and app owners with shared visibility
  
• Monitor budgets vs. actual spend across apps in real time
• Set monthly or yearly budgets per app
  
• Get proactive alerts before overspending happens
• Eliminate manual spreadsheet updates

Click here to watch how SpendHound's budgeting works.

How SpendHound’s new budgeting feature works

You’ll love how easy this is:‍

Go to the Budgeting tab

Click the dollar icon in the sidebar to open your dashboard

Set your budgets

Choose an app, select a monthly or yearly budget, and enter your numbers. You can input them manually or auto-fill for speed

Track budget vs. actual spend

Instantly see how your actual spend compares to what you planned, across apps and months

Get alerts before you overspend

Set custom thresholds and get notified before spend hits or exceeds your budget

Filter and drill down

Sort your view by app, tag, or owner, and click into any row to explore transaction-level detail

A budgeting platform for finance and app leaders

SpendHound Budgeting is designed to give both finance leaders and app owners a shared view of budgets and software spend. No more back-and-forth, lagging updates, or guesswork.

What users are saying

The Budgeting feature was released to beta users in May and June 2025 with a guided walkthrough via Appcues. Early results showed strong engagement and immediate value.

Getting started

SpendHound Budgeting is now available by request. If you're interested in adding this feature to your workflow, reach out to your Customer Success Manager to enable it and start planning smarter budgets today.

Not a SpendHound customer yet? Book a demo to see how Budgeting, and the rest of the platform, can help you take control of your software spend with clarity and confidence.