# AWS Marketplace optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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4 documented AWS Marketplace cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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4 documented AWS Marketplace cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 4 inefficiencies

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- AWS Marketplace  CER-0316

### [AWS Marketplace Annual Subscriptions Reverting to Pay-As-You-Go Rates](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/aws-marketplace-annual-subscriptions-reverting-to-pay-as-you-go-rates)

When organizations purchase third-party software through AWS Marketplace using annual subscriptions, they typically receive meaningful discounts compared to hourly pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pricing. However, when these annual subscriptions...

Other

- AWS Marketplace  CER-0297

### [Non-Qualifying AWS Marketplace SaaS Spend Counting Toward Commitments](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/non-qualifying-aws-marketplace-saas-spend-counting-toward)

Teams assume AWS Marketplace SaaS purchases will contribute toward EDP or PPA commitments, but the SaaS product is not eligible under AWS's "Deployed on AWS" standard. As of May 1, 2025, AWS Marketplace allows SaaS products regardless of...

Other

- AWS Marketplace  CER-0231

### [Hidden Marketplace Spend Preventing Commitment Optimization](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/hidden-marketplace-spend-preventing-commitment-optimization)

In many organizations, AWS Marketplace purchases are lumped into a single consolidated billing line without visibility into individual vendors. This lack of transparency makes it difficult to identify which Marketplace spend is eligible to...

Other

- AWS Marketplace  CER-0186

### [Double Counting on EDP Commitments](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/double-counting-on-edp-commitments)

Many organizations mistakenly believe that all AWS Marketplace spend automatically contributes to their EDP commitment. In reality, only certain Marketplace transactions, those involving eligible vendors and transactable SKUs, such as SaaS...

Other

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