OpEx
Operating Expenditure. The recurring costs of running the business — salaries, subscriptions, utilities. Easier to approve than CapEx, which is why vendors turned everything into a subscription.
Heard in the wild
“Leasing shifts it to OpEx, which is why Finance suddenly likes the idea.”
Tone check: Technical
The CapEx-to-OpEx shift explains half of modern software pricing. Know which bucket your ask lives in.