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title: Find the apps you're paying for twice
description: Review overlapping-app suggestions in AppVentory, compare cost and usage context, and identify genuine opportunities to consolidate software.
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# Find the apps you're paying for twice

## Review AppVentory's overlap suggestions and decide whether similar tools are genuinely candidates for consolidation.

###### 10 minutes · Needs your app list

#### What you get

Potentially overlapping tools that are worth reviewing together. AppVentory groups apps that may serve similar needs so you can decide whether the overlap is real and whether consolidation makes sense.

#### Steps

1. Go to **Apps** and open **Overlapping Apps**.
2. Review the apps grouped together and the cost and savings information shown for the opportunity.
3. Expand a group to compare the available app, user, department and feature context, plus any recommendation shown by AppVentory.
4. Start with the groups that combine meaningful spend with a plausible functional overlap.
5. Validate the suggestion with the app owners before you decide to consolidate, dismiss or leave the tools as they are.

![Overlapping apps comparison with the feature matrix and recommendation](https://support.appventory.com/hubfs/CS%20Items/AV%20KB%20UX%20Screenshots/00_Find_the_apps_youre_paying_for_twice.png)

*Overlapping apps comparison with the feature matrix and recommendation*

#### Treat it as a review signal, not a verdict

Two apps appearing together does not automatically mean one should be removed. Different teams, workflows, contracts or feature needs can make an apparent overlap intentional.

If a suggestion is not useful, dismiss it where that option is available. If you complete a consolidation, record the realised saving so the outcome is separated from the original potential estimate.

#### If an expected overlap is missing

Check that the apps are correctly identified and categorised, but do not assume category changes alone will force a particular result. Overlap detection is an analytical signal and should be sense-checked against the actual use case.

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