What the Stack Sprawl Index actually measures
Most teams feel the drag of too many tools long before they can name it. The Stack Sprawl Index turns that feeling into a score you can act on — without a spreadsheet or a sales deck.
Why stack sprawl is expensive
Stack sprawl is what happens when a marketing site, CRM, automation layer, forms, analytics, and agency retainers grow one subscription at a time. Each tool looks cheap alone. Together they create lock-in, duplicate data, and hours of glue work every week.
A Stack Sprawl Index score looks at tool count, SaaS spend, people cost to keep the stack running, lock-in risk, and how hard it is for AI to operate on your real systems — not just chat about them.
How to read your score
A lower score usually means a tighter stack and clearer ownership path. A higher score signals renewals, integrations, and manual work that are compounding. Rough numbers are fine — the point is direction, not accounting precision.
Use the result as a triage signal: keep what still earns its seat, consolidate what overlaps, and flag what should be rebuilt into an owned system before the next renewal cycle.