SightLine
2025

A B2B SaaS spend management platform that helps businesses optimize SaaS costs across their organization.


Category: Product Design, UI/UX Design, B2B SaaS
Role: Product Designer (End-to-End)
Skills: User research, UX strategy, information architecture, Interaction design, Data visualization, Wireframing & high-fidelity prototyping
Tools:  Figma,  Miro,  Adobe Illustrator, After Effects




    Modern companies rely on SaaS at unprecedented scale, with the average organization managing over 100 applications. This rapid adoption has led to SaaS sprawl, where employees adopt tools without centralized oversight and nearly half of enterprise apps operate as Shadow IT. The resulting lack of visibility drives financial waste, security vulnerabilities, compliance risks, operational inefficiency, and productivity loss, while IT teams struggle to maintain control of their software ecosystem.


    $18M
    wasted yearly on unused applications


    48%
    apps are shadow IT  (unauthorized by IT)


    75%
    IT  teams lack visibility into their stack


    How Might We


    How might we give design team leads clear visibility into their tool stack to identify redundant subscriptions and optimize spending in a way that scales across all departments?


    Core Value Proposition


    A unified SaaS spend intelligence platform that automatically discovers all software subscriptions, identifies waste and security risks, and provides actionable recommendations to save enterprises millions while strengthening security posture.



    Key Features







    Competitor Analysis

    Analyzing competitors showed that most platforms either overwhelm users with enterprise-level complexity or rely on manual, fragmented workflows. These insights informed a design direction focused on clarity, automation, and meaningful analytics rather than surface-level tracking.




    User Persona





    Empathy Map



    User Journey




    Business Model



    2x2 Model




    Information Architecture




    Wireframe

    A series of lo-fi wireframes were created to prioritize core SaaS management features identified through research and information architecture. These wireframes were used for user testing to evaluate usability, feature clarity, and perceived value, helping refine workflows and focus the design on the most impactful insights rather than visual polish.



    User Testing

    I conducted user interviews with six participants across different roles, including a startup founder, IT project manager, systems architecture director, and small business owner, to evaluate how the product could better support diverse responsibilities and decision-making needs. These sessions focused on identifying friction points, clarifying value perception, and understanding how different roles interpret SaaS spending data. Insights from testing directly informed feature prioritization and interface adjustments to ensure the platform delivers clear, role-relevant value across organizations.


    Key Learnings:

    1. CLARITY OF VALUE PROPOSITION
    Solution to a set of problems: make it super clear what specific problems you're solving. Organize the interface to highlight major value. Reliability and consistency in solving pain points goes a  long way. Less is more.


    2. SHOW SAVINGS, NOT JUST SPENDING
    Important to show clients what potential savings could be achieved as well as what they've already saved. Every dollar counts. Ability to drill down to individual business units/departments to see what they're spending is crucial.  


    3. CREDENTIAL & LICENSE ACCESS
    Being able to access credentials and license keys in one place is very useful for team handoffs and vendor management.  


    4. MANUAL DATA COLLECTION LIMITATIONS
    Collecting data from team members could cause misunderstandings because people forget small tools/apps they've used throughout the day. Self-reporting is unreliable.






    Brand Identity


    Final Design



    ReflectionThis project helped me strengthen my critical thinking by approaching SaaS sprawl not as a visual problem, but as a real operational challenge. It taught me to prioritize user experience over aesthetics, focusing on clarity, actionable insights, and meaningful impact for users. Iterating on features like automated discovery, savings recommendations, and analytics reinforced how thoughtful design decisions solve problems effectively rather than just looking appealing.





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