USU Software

{{Infobox company

| name = USU Software AG

| logo = USU Logo.svg

| type = Public

| foundation = 1977

| location_city = Möglingen, Germany

| key_people = * Bernhard Oberschmidt, Chief Executive Officer

Udo Strehl, Chairman of the Supervisory Board

| revenue = €132.1 million (2023)

| industry = Computer software, IT & Enterprise Service Management, Knowledge Management, Software Asset Management

| num_employees = 803

| homepage = [https://www.usu.com/en-us/ www.usu.com]

}}

USU Software AG is headquartered in Möglingen near Stuttgart, Germany, and serves as the holding company for two IT subsidiaries. USU GmbH operates internationally in the IT management software sector, particularly the digitalisation of IT and customer services.{{Cite news |date=2024-04-11 |title=Bilanz der USU Software AG, Möglingen, zum 31. Dezember 2023 |work=Unternehmensregister}}{{Cite web |title=USU GmbH, Möglingen |url=https://www.northdata.de/USU%20GmbH,%20M%C3%B6glingen/Amtsgericht%20Stuttgart%20HRB%20764549 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=North Data |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Company Report 2023 |url=https://www.usu.com/sites/usu-com/files/2024-03/OSPJ23E.pdf |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=USU Software AG}} USU Digital Consulting GmbH provides services to support digital transformation within organisations.{{Cite web |title=USU Digital Consulting GmbH, Möglingen |url=https://www.northdata.de/USU%20Digital%20Consulting%20GmbH,%20M%C3%B6glingen/Amtsgericht%20Stuttgart%20HRB%20206672 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=North Data |language=de}}

In the 2023 financial year, the group generated revenue of €132.1 million{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-13 |title=USU Software – Keinen Bock mehr. KI ohne Aktionäre? |url=https://www.nebenwerte-magazin.com/usu-software-keinen-bock-mehr-ki-ohne-aktionaere/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Nebenwerte Magazin |language=de}} with 803 employees and recorded a net profit of €5.3 million.{{Cite web |title=USU Software Fundamentalanalyse |url=https://www.boerse.de/fundamental-analyse/USU-Software-Aktie/DE000A0BVU28 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Boerse.de |language=de}} USU Software AG is represented by subsidiaries in Germany, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Austria, and the Czech Republic.

Company history

= Founding and early years =

The company was founded in 1977 by the banker and programmer Udo Strehl as Udo Strehl Unternehmensberatung (USU).{{Cite web |last=Bautz |first=Sarah |date=2022-11-14 |title=Co-CEO Benjamin Strehl zwischen Familie und USU Software |url=https://www.wirmagazin.de/family-governance/co-ceo-benjamin-strehl-zwischen-familie-und-usu-software-ag-udo-strehl-16834/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Wir. Das Magazin für Unternehmerfamilien |language=de-DE}} In 1988 it began selling software products for IT management and in 1995 these were sold abroad for the first time.{{Cite web |title=USU Software |url=https://www.wer-zu-wem.de/firma/usu-software.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Wer zu wem}}

In the following years, the company expanded its business to include knowledge management products and services.{{Cite news |date=2000-06-27 |title=USU setzt auf die Macht des Wissens |work=Handelsblatt |pages=29 |language=de}}

= IPO and takeovers =

On 4 July 2000, USU was listed on the stock exchange.{{Cite news |date=2000-06-13 |title=USU Softwarehaus Unternehmensberatung AG, Möglingen |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |language=de}} At that time, the company already had 170 employees and generated revenue of DM41 million in the 1998/99 financial year. Strehl planned to invest half of the proceeds from the IPO, amounting to DM35 million, in product development and the other half in acquisitions.{{Cite web |last=Goder |first=Andrea |date=2000-07-14 |title=IPOs: USU AG: Oldie versucht Verjüngungskur mit Knowledge-Management-Tools |url=https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2831638/oldie-versucht-verjuengungskur-mit-knowledge-management-tools.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Computerwoche |language=de-DE}}

The share price of the Neu-Ulm-based company Openshop, which was also listed on the stock exchange on 21 March 2000, plummeted after its founder and CEO Thomas Egner (1962–2001) died in a plane crash in January 2001.{{Cite web |date=2001-01-26 |title=Flugzeuabsturz: Openshop-Chef tödlich verunglückt |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/flugzeuabsturz-openshop-chef-toedlich-verunglueckt-11267434.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |language=de}}{{Cite news |last=de la Motte |first=Laura |date=2000-03-10 |title=Wirtschaft: Die Anleger haben die Qual der Wahl |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/die-anleger-haben-die-qual-der-wahl-661960.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=Der Tagesspiegel |language=de-DE |issn=1865-2263}} Subsequently, in March 2002, Openshop merged with USU AG to form USU-Openshop AG.{{Cite web |date=2004-04-16 |title=Aktie der Woche: USU Software AG: Beruhigendes finanzielles Polster |url=https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2745900/usu-software-ag-beruhigendes-finanzielles-polster.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Computerwoche |language=de-DE}} In 2003, the name was changed to USU Software AG.

Founder Udo Strehl moved to the Supervisory Board in 2002. In order to expand its product range, USU acquired Omega GmbH in 2005,{{Cite web |last=Gansneder |first=Thomas |date=2005-01-27 |title=USU Software übernimmt Omega Software |url=https://stock3.com/news/usu-software-uebernimmt-omega-201703 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Stock 3 |language=de}} LeuTek GmbH in 2006{{Cite web |date=2006-11-16 |title=USU Software AG übernimmt LeuTek GmbH |url=https://www.rws-verlag.de/aktuell/newsticker-kanzleien/gsk-gassner-stockmann-kollegen-usu-software-ag-uebernimmt-leutek-gmbh-19552/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=RWS Verlag |language=de}} and Aspera GmbH in 2010.

{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Martin |date=2010-07-08 |title=USU Buys Majority Stake In Aspera |url=http://www.itassetmanagement.net/2010/07/08/usu-buys-majority-stake-aspera/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=IT asset management |publisher=The ITAM Review}}

With the acquisition of Aspera GmbH, the company claims to have become one of the world's leading providers of IT asset management system software.{{Cite web |date=2010-07-07 |title=GSK berät USU Software AG bei Übernahme der Aspera GmbH |url=https://www.rws-verlag.de/aktuell/newsticker-kanzleien/gsk-beraet-usu-software-ag-bei-uebernahme-der-aspera-gmbh-28358/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=RWS Verlag |language=de}}

In 2012, the USU Group acquired a majority stake in BIG Social Media GmbH, based in Berlin,{{Cite web |last=Jung |first=Jakob |date=2012-12-21 |title=USU kauft B.I.G. |url=https://www.channelbiz.de/2012/12/21/usu-kauft-b-i-g/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=ChannelBiz |language=de-DE}} and founded Aspera Technologies Inc. in Boston. In 2013, USU established a new research division focused on Industrial Big Data.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-31 |title=USU-Forschung im Bereich 'Industrial Big Data' mit Innovationen erfolgreich |url=https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/6897800-dgap-news-usu-forschung-bereich-industrial-big-data-innovationen-erfolgreich |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Wallstreet online |language=de}} In mid-2015, it acquired SecurIntegration GmbH, based in Cologne, which operated in SAP licence management;{{Cite web |title=USU Software Acquires SecurIntegration {{!}} Mergr M&A Deal Summary |url=https://mergr.com/transaction/usu-software-acquires-securintegration |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Mergr}} this company merged with Aspera GmbH a year later.{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-06-09 |title=USU Software: announces merger of SecurIntegration GmbH with USU subsidiary Aspera GmbH |url=https://uk.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/USU-SOFTWARE-AG-462814/news/USU-Software-announces-merger-of-SecurIntegration-GmbH-with-USU-subsidiary-Aspera-GmbH-22496093/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Market Screener |language=en-GB}} Since early 2017, UnitB Technology GmbH, an agency for digital media and IT, has also been part of the USU Group.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-09 |title=Warum Usu die UnitB Technology GmbH übernimmt |url=https://www.it-zoom.de/enterprise/e/warum-usu-die-unitb-technology-gmbh-uebernimmt-15672/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=IT-Zoom |language=de}} In May 2017, Easytrust SAS became the first French company to be acquired,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-09-22 |title=Dividenden – Der Performance-Anker |url=https://aktien-mag.de/blog/kommentare/dividenden-der-performance-anker/p-9249 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Aktien |language=de}} and at the end of the same year, it was renamed USU SAS, focusing on software asset management and Oracle licence management.{{Cite news |date=2017-11-21 |title=USU Software dampft Prognose ein |work=Börsen-Zeitung |language=de}}{{Cite news |date=2022-02-12 |title=USU wins Swiss canton as new customer for SAP software asset management |work=ICT Monitor Worldwide}}

= Expansion and restructuring =

In spring 2018, the subsidiary USU AG changed its legal form and has operated as USU GmbH since 28 March. Also in 2018, USU restructured its business areas and established the Unymira division, which focuses on the digitalisation of business processes in service and combined the offerings of the four previously independent USU divisions: BIG Social Media, Business Solutions, KCenter, and UnitB Technology.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-01-18 |title=USU stellt zur CCW 2018 neue Customer-First-Lösungen für den digitalen Kundenservice vor |url=https://www.immittelstand.de/2018/01/18/usu-stellt-zur-ccw-2018-neue-customer-first-loesungen-fuer-den-digitalen-kundenservice-vor/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Im Mittelstand |language=de}} On 28 January 2021, the group announced that all subsidiaries would be united under the common USU umbrella brand.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=USU Software AG: USU vereint Aspera und LeuTek unter gemeinsamer USU-Dachmarke |url=https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2021-01/51853258-dgap-news-usu-software-ag-usu-vereint-aspera-und-leutek-unter-gemeinsamer-usu-dachmarke-022.htm |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Finanznachrichten |language=de}}{{cite web |last= |date=2021-01-28 |year= |title=USU Software AG: Aspera and LeuTek united under the umbrella brand USU |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/dgap-news-aspera-and-leutek-united-under-the-umbrella-brand-usu-2021-01-28?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts&tesla=y |access-date= |website=Market Watch |publisher= |pages= |language=en |format= |quote= |periodical=}}

To strengthen the distribution of its software applications in Asia, USU founded the company USU GK in Tokyo in autumn 2021. The following year, USU consolidated its IT management offerings into a new cloud portal.{{Cite news |date=2021-10-05 |title=Die Cloud als Kostenfalle |work=Handelsblatt |language=de}}

= Recent developments =

In April 2023, USU Technology GmbH and USU Solutions GmbH were merged into the sister company USU GmbH.{{Cite web |title=Verschmelzung: USU Solutions GmbH, USU Technologies GmbH |url=https://www.northdata.de/?id=6731626359291904 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=North Data |language=de}}

One year later, in March 2024, the company announced that a delisting was planned;{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=USU gibt Geschäftszahlen für das Auftaktquartal 2024 bekannt |url=https://www.boerse.de/nachrichten/EQS-News-USU-gibt-Geschaeftszahlen-fuer-das-Auftaktquartal-2024-bekannt/36093145 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Boerse.de |language=de}} this came into effect on 2 July 2024.{{Cite news |date=2024-07-11 |title=USU Software: Delisting erfolgt |url=https://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/usu-software-delisting-erfolgt-13663650 |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=Finanzen.net |language=de}} On 1 October 2024, Thoma Bravo, a US software investment company, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in the USU product business (USU GmbH).{{Cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=Thoma Bravo to Acquire Majority Stake in USU Product Business |url=https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2024-10/63407844-thoma-bravo-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-usu-product-business-008.htm |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Finanznachrichten |language=de}}

The consulting business was transferred to USU Digital Consulting GmbH by means of a spin-off.{{Cite news |date=2025-01-16 |title=USU Software AG Launches USU Digital Consulting for Enhanced Digital Transformation |work=ICT Monitor Worldwide}}

In March 2025, USU Software AG acquired Saas management company Saasmetrix.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-03-17 |title=USU übernimmt SaaS-Management-Softwareanbieter saasmetrix und stärkt Innovationsführerschaft |url=https://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/eqs-news-usu-252-bernimmt-saas-management-softwareanbieter-saasmetrix-und-st-228-rkt-innovationsf-252-hrerschaft-14289101 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=finanzen.net |language=de}}

Products and services

The product business of USU Software AG is bundled in the subsidiary USU GmbH.

In the IT service management business area, USU supports companies with ITIL-compliant products for strategic and operational IT and enterprise service management. USU’s programs enable the digitalisation and automation of all processes necessary for the planning, design, operation, control, use, and billing of services. Analyst firms rank USU as a global market leader in this field.{{Cite web |last=Betz |first=Charles |last2=McKeon-White |first2=Will |date=2019-10-10 |title=The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Service Management, Q4 2019 |url=https://www.forrester.com/report/The-Forrester-Wave-Enterprise-Service-Management-Q4-2019/RES146855 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Forrester |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sieger |first=Heiner |date=2023-03-13 |title=IT-Service-Management: Energieversorger entscheidet sich für USU |url=https://www.digitalbusiness-cloud.de/it-service-management-energieversorger-entscheidet-sich-fuer-usu-a-12eb5bab4b02f38d2a9e01f148c79d71/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Digital Business Cloud |language=de}}

In the area of IT asset management, the company provides software asset management applications and managed services.{{Cite web |last=Sieger |first=Heiner |date=2024-01-22 |title=Software Asset Management: ITAM Review zeichnet Lösungen von USU aus |url=https://www.digitalbusiness-cloud.de/software-asset-management-itam-review-zeichnet-loesungen-von-usu-aus-a-3f440e83ceba52fe309e5aaf0e575ae8/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Digital Business Cloud |language=de}}{{Cite news |date=2007-08-23 |title=Firmenberichte in Kürze |work=Stuttgarter Nachrichten |language=de}}{{Cite news |date=2024-06-13 |title=USU gewinnt Hightech-Unternehmen für IT Asset Management |url=https://www.teletalk.de/nachrichten/detail/av/2024//june/ac/usu-gewinnt-hightech-unternehmen-fuer-it-asset-management/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=Teletalk |language=de}} This allows customers to manage their IT resources to reduce costs, ensure software compliance, and minimise risks.{{Cite news |date=2008-09-29 |title=Neues USU-Einstiegsangebot. Valuemation Express für Mittelständler Schneller zu Best Practices gemäß ITIL |work=Computerwoche |language=de}} Global large corporations use these SAM applications to improve their software usage.{{Cite news |date=2020-03-18 |title=Wie USU Ebay & Co. hilft |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |language=de}}

The IT monitoring business area includes applications such as event monitoring, end-to-end monitoring, cloud and container monitoring, and IT event management, which monitor the entire IT infrastructure of companies to ensure its functionality.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=Die Mehrwerte des IT-Monitorings |url=https://www.it-daily.net/it-management/digitalisierung/mehrwerte-des-it-monitorings |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=IT Daily |language=de-DE}}

With FinOps, USU offers services such as cloud cost management for more cost-efficient use of cloud modules,{{Cite web |last=Deuring |first=Florian |date=2023-12-05 |title=Cloud Cost Management |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/adv/firmen/cloud-cost-management.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Handelsblatt |language=de}} cloud governance for secure management of customer systems,{{Cite web |title=Cloud Governance |url=https://www.usu.com/en-us/finops/cloud-governance/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=USU Software AG}} IT financial management for IT cost planning,{{Cite web |date=2024-10-22 |title=EQS-News: USU präsentiert Strategien für Cloud-Effizienz auf dem Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2024 |url=https://www.boerse.de/nachrichten/EQS-News-USU-praesentiert-Strategien-fuer-Cloud-Effizienz-auf-dem-Gartner-IT-Symposium-Xpo-2024/36599236 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Boerse.de |language=de}} and SaaS management.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-08-01 |title=USU wird im Gartner Magic Quadrant für SaaS Management Plattformen gelistet |url=https://www.it-times.de/news/usu-wird-im-gartner-magic-quadrant-fuer-saas-management-plattformen-gelistet-161886/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=IT Times |language=de}} Additionally, USU provides AI applications and data-driven services for mechanical and plant engineering.{{Cite web |last=Kurth |first=Christoph |date=2022-03-08 |title=USU entwickelt KI-Modul für datengetriebene Services |url=https://www.bigdata-insider.de/usu-entwickelt-ki-modul-fuer-datengetriebene-services-a-f34f3e9602cf1d3c8dde3cbcf6ee7f6c/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Big Data Insider |language=de}}

The Customer Service Knowledge Management segment offers digital applications for knowledge management in organisations' customer service.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-05 |title=USU setzt mit aktiver Wissensmanagement-Lösung international Massstäbe im Kundenservice |url=https://www.cmm360.ch/artikel/usu-setzt-mit-aktiver-wissensmanagement-loesung-international-massstaebe-im-kundenservice/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=CMM360 |language=de-CH}} The USU knowledge base{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Effizientes Wissensmanagement mit USU Knowledge Management: der Schlüssel zum Unternehmenserfolg |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/adv/firmen/wissensmanagement.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Handelsblatt |language=de}} is primarily used in call and service centres.{{Cite news |date=2008-01-03 |title=USU schafft Transparenz in der Informationstechnik |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |language=de}} The offering is complemented by self-service options, chatbots,{{Cite news |date=2023-05-05 |title=Die ChatGPT-Welle reiten |work=Euro am Sonntag |language=de}} voice bots, and portal services. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the USU chatbot was used by some municipalities and districts to provide information to citizens.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=Landkreis nutzt Corona-Bot |url=https://www.it-zoom.de/enterprise/e/landkreis-nutzt-corona-bot-25822/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=IT-Zoom |language=de}} At the end of 2021, USU launched Bot Universe, an open-source project for chatbot networks,{{Cite web |last=Kurth |first=Christoph |date=2021-10-11 |title=USU startet Open-Source-Projekt für Chatbot-Netzwerke |url=https://www.bigdata-insider.de/usu-startet-open-source-projekt-fuer-chatbot-netzwerke-a-dc33bb6d1483bdf97b25497eadf6440e/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Big Data Insider |language=de}} which has included ChatGPT since April 2023.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-04-12 |title=USU integriert ChatGPT in ihr Bot-Netzwerk |url=https://anlegerplus.de/usu-integriert-chatgpt-in-ihr-bot-netzwerk/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Anleger Plus |language=de-DE}} A virtual AI assistant was introduced in autumn 2024.{{Cite web |last=Lück |first=Bernhard |date=2024-11-19 |title=KAI – neuer KI-Assistent für den Kundenservice |url=https://www.bigdata-insider.de/kai-neuer-ki-assistent-fuer-den-kundenservice-a-0b07928909fd791143db3fc6b85a6ecf/?cmp=beleg-mail&pt=673c377fe0557 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Big Data Insider |language=de}}

The service business of USU Software AG is located in the subsidiary USU Digital Consulting GmbH.{{Cite news |date=2024-10-17 |title=Chance auf hohe Sonderdividende |work=Börse Online |language=de}} Partners include technology provider Pegasystems{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-04-30 |title=USU bietet Low-Code-Lösungen für den Öffentlichen Sektor |url=https://www.it-times.de/news/usu-bietet-low-code-loesungen-fuer-den-oeffentlichen-sektor-159927/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=IT Times |language=de}} and Liferay.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=USU revolutioniert digitale CX mit Liferay |url=https://www.cmm360.ch/newsflash/usu-revolutioniert-digitale-kundenerlebnisse-mit-liferay/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=CMM360 |language=de-CH}}

Research and development

USU GmbH's research division deals mostly with cloud- and AI-based technologies and acts as a technology partner or consortium leader for publicly funded research projects, among other things. Since 2022 the company has been developing an AI-supported service platform for German mid-sized businesses, which is being funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title=USU nutzt Large Language Models für KI-Chatbot |url=https://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/news/EQS-News-USU-nutzt-Large-Language-Models-fuer-KI-Chatbot-deutsch-b4e80b2b-2ba6-48af-acac-cb8af798a981 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Frankfurt Stock Exchange |language=de}}

Awards (selection)

In 2022 and 2023, USU was included in the Gartner Voice of the Customer report, which evaluates IT products.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-13 |title=USU erhält beste Gesamtbewertung in Gartners „Voice of the Customer”-Report |url=https://www.cmm360.ch/artikel/usu-erhaelt-beste-gesamtbewertung-in-gartners-voice-of-the-customer-report/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=CMM360 |language=de-CH}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=Unter Top 4 Anbietern in Gartners „Voice of the Customer“-Bericht |url=https://www.teletalk.de/news/news-detail/av/2023/05/may/ac/foundever-kooperiert-mit-cognigy-fuer-ki-basierten-kundenservice-kopie-1/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Teletalk |language=de}}

2020: 1st place in the Software Companies category and awarded the Germany's Most Valuable Companies seal in the study Deutschlandtest by Focus Money{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=USU für Nachhaltigkeit ausgezeichnet |url=http://www.software-kompass.de/2020/09/28/usu-fuer-nachhaltigkeit-ausgezeichnet-68358/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Software Kompass |language=de-DE}}
2022: 1st place in the overall ranking of the Vendor Selection Matrix market study in the categories Hybrid Cloud Cost Management and Hybrid Cloud Service Management in the aspect of cost control and optimisation by the analysis company Research in Action{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=USU weltweit auf Platz 1 bei Software für Hybrid Cloud Cost Management |url=https://www.boerse.de/nachrichten-amp/DGAP-News-USU-weltweit-auf-Platz-1-bei-Software-fuer-Hybrid-Cloud-Cost-Management/34016300 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Boerse.de |language=de}}
2023: Named "Strong Performer" in the Enterprise Service Management category by the analysis company Forrester{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-11-20 |title=USU Software meldet Geschäftszahlen |url=https://www.nebenwerte-magazin.com/usu-software-bringt-strong-performer-weiteren-schwung-in-die-aktie/?_gl=1*6239wr*_up*MQ..*_ga*Njk4MTMyODIwLjE3MzE4ODUwNjc.*_ga_CL7P9RYMRD*MTczMTg4NTA2Ni4xLjEuMTczMTg4NTA4MC4wLjAuMA.. |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Nebenwerte Magazin |language=de}}
2024: Named "Niche Player" in the SaaS Management Platforms category by the analysis company Gartner{{Cite web |last=Witt |first=A. J. |date=2024-08-01 |title=Our Analysis: Gartner Magic Quadrant for SaaS Management Platforms |url=https://itassetmanagement.net/2024/08/01/gartner-magic-quadrant-saas-management-platforms/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=The ITAM Review |language=en}}
2024: Awarded as one of the leading providers in the IT Financial Management and Technology Business Management categories of the Vendor Selection Matrix market study by the analysis company Research in Action{{Cite web |date=2024-10-14 |title=USU erneut als führender Anbieter ausgezeichnet |url=https://www.cmm360.ch/newsflash/usu-erneut-als-fuehrender-anbieter-ausgezeichnet/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=CMM360 |language=de-CH}}
2024: Awarded Best ITC Employer by Great Place to Work{{Cite web |title=USU |url=https://greatplacetowork.de/beste-arbeitgeber/usu/# |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Great Place to Work |language=de}}
2024: Named "Strong Performer" in the Knowledge Management Solutions category by the analysis company Forrester{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=Global Analyst Firm Recognizes USU as a 'Strong Performer' in Knowledge Management Solutions |url=https://www.eqs-news.com/de/news/corporate/global-analyst-firm-recognizes-usu-as-a-strong-performer-in-knowledge-management-solutions/2183445 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=EQS News}}
2024: Named "Technology Leader" in the Software Asset Management Tools category by the analysis company QKS Group{{Cite web |date=2024-12-10 |title=EQS-News: USU als führender Anbieter in der 2024 SPARK Matrix für Software Asset Management (SAM)-Tools der QKS Group positioniert |url=https://www.boerse.de/nachrichten/EQS-News-USU-als-fuehrender-Anbieter-in-der-2024-SPARK-Matrix-fuer-Software-Asset-Management-SAM-Tools-der-QKS-Group-positioniert/36792999 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=boerse.de |language=de}}
2025: Named "Leader" in the Software Asset Management Solutions category by the analysis company Forrester{{Cite web |date=2025-03-19 |title=USU als führender Anbieter für Software Asset Management ausgezeichnet |url=https://www.nebenwerte-magazin.com/usu-als-fuehrender-anbieter-fuer-software-asset-management-ausgezeichnet/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Nebenwerte Magazin |language=de}}

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