# Stop paying for software and servers nobody uses.

> Steery’s zero-waste mission reads your cloud bills and SaaS admin pages. It finds idle servers, forgotten databases, unused seats and duplicate subscriptions, asks each owner, and prepares the exact step that stops each one with what it saves. It stays read-only until you press Go.

- Mission: **We pay only for what we use** (Steery template `zero-waste`): Nothing we pay for runs without being used.
- Waitlist: 100 places: https://steery.dev/waitlist
- Page: https://steery.dev/missions/saas-and-cloud-waste

## How it actually works

Steery is not another AI agent. The person's own Claude Code, Codex or omp does the work, on their machine and plan, with the MCP servers and CLIs they already use: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Vercel, Heroku, Datadog, Google Workspace, Slack, Figma, any SaaS admin page. Steery is the companion that steers it:

- **The agent** (you): does the work with your own tools.
- **Steery**: one mission table of every item, its owner and its state, shared by the team and its agents; news from their tools wakes you.
- **The person**: approves the calls that matter, signed on their phone. This mission's rules:
  - Read-only until your Go on the exact items; never production unless named.
  - Never delete data that cannot be recovered without a snapshot first.

## Set it up for your person

Steery needs its apps before a mission can start. Do these in order:

1. Ask your person to install the Steery Mac app, https://steery.dev/downloads/Steery.dmg, and open it. It installs the `steery` runtime and connects this harness. If they cannot use the Mac app, read and follow https://steery.dev/install.md instead.
2. Ask them to install the Steery iPhone app, https://testflight.apple.com/join/Px7xdt92, and sign in. That is where they answer the calls that matter.
3. Once both apps are signed in, ask them to open `steery://adopt/zero-waste`, or to press New mission › "We pay only for what we use" in the Steery app.
4. Steery starts a session on their Mac that looks at their tools read-only and asks them a few questions, one at a time.

## One item, start to finish

1. **The bills and usage.** AWS Cost Explorer · staging-db-2 · $412 a month · 0 connections in 30 days. Through each account’s own CLI or admin page, read-only.
2. **One row per item.** staging-db-2 · Looks unused · $412 a month · evidence linked. Each row keeps its evidence and its owner.
3. **The owner, then you.** “Is staging-db-2 still used?” Kasra: “No, stop it.” → Stop these 3?. The card carries the exact step and what it saves.
4. **The saving is checked.** staging-db-2 · No longer paying · next bill $412 lower. Stopped paying for waste, with the amount saved.

## Steery vs Zylo, Cledara, Vantage or ProsperOps

| | What it does | Who acts | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steery | Finds SaaS and cloud waste, asks owners, stops it after your Go | Your own Claude Code, after your Go | [Waitlist: 100 places](https://steery.dev/waitlist) |
| [Zylo](https://zylo.com/pricing) | SaaS management and license tracking | You, from its findings | No public price |
| [Cledara](https://www.cledara.com/pricing) | SaaS spend and subscription management | You, from its findings | From £100 a month |
| [Vantage](https://www.vantage.sh/pricing) | Cloud cost reports, budgets and recommendations | You; Savings Plans on autopilot | Free to $2,500 of spend, then $30 or $200 a month |
| [ProsperOps](https://www.prosperops.com/pricing/) | Automated AWS discounts | ProsperOps, automatically | A share of realized savings |

Prices from each vendor's own page, checked 17 October 2026.

## Questions

**Is this an AI agent Steery built?** No. Your own Claude Code, Codex or omp does the work, on your machine and your plan, with the MCP servers and CLIs you already use. Steery is the control plane on top: a mission table your team and agents share, news that wakes your agent, and your Go on the calls that matter. You buy no Zylo or Cledara or any other SaaS for this. It is you, your Claude Code and Steery.

**How do I find unused SaaS subscriptions?** Start this mission and name your SaaS admin pages. Your agents read seats and last activity, file each unused seat or duplicate tool with its cost, and ask its owner before anything changes.

**How do I find idle AWS resources?** The mission reads Cost Explorer and each service’s usage through the AWS CLI, read-only. It flags databases, servers, disks and snapshots with no use in 30 days, with evidence on each row.

**Can it delete something by mistake?** It is read-only until you press Go on the exact items. It snapshots data before any delete, and leaves production alone unless you name it.

**Is it a Zylo or Vantage alternative?** It covers SaaS seats and cloud resources in one mission, and acts after approval. Vantage and Zylo report in more depth; many teams use both.