Benchmarking and Negotiation Services| SoftwareOne

Benchmarking and Negotiation

Lack of preparation for contract negotiations can be costly. Entering negotiations without a clear negotiation plan built on specialist knowledge of a vendor’s products, pricing, discounts, and terms cedes complete control to the vendor. We provide the expertise that prevents significant unplanned expenditures and contracts that are not fit for purpose.

SoftwareOne Benchmarking and Negotiation Services provide the specialist expertise and benchmarking intelligence needed to successfully prepare for, plan, and execute major contractual negotiations and renewals with strategically important publishers and cloud providers. We help future-proof your business with optimal pricing and commercially favourable terms.

Supporting you every step of the way

Our team has many years’ experience dealing with the largest software and cloud vendors. We help define your exact requirements and advise about the optimal technical and commercial solution to support your business goals and transformational strategy.

Expertise and Intelligence

Current state analysis
We analyse existing contracts, entitlements, and consumption, together with existing pricing, discounts, and special terms that may apply.
Future requirements
We work closely with your team to understand your business, define future demand, and identify technology gaps that need to be addressed.
Optimal bill of materials
With your current and future technical requirements mapped, SoftwareOne produces an optimised bill of materials that can be used in negotiations.
Contract benchmarking
Our software pricing and terms knowledge base has helped 65,000 customers save during transactions with 7,500+ publishers.
Procurement strategy
We work with your technology and business leaders to define and achieve optimal outcomes based on requirements and a clear negotiation strategy.
Negotiation support
We support you throughout your negotiations with vendors, advising at each stage to secure the optimal commercial and contractual agreement.

The Software and Cloud Optimisation Experts

A Leader for the fifth consecutive year!

We are proud to have been recognised by Gartner® as a Leader in the August 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for SAM Managed Services.

Our continued recognition is based on specific criteria that analysed the company’s overall Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute when managing customer software assets.