AI platforms renewal? Negotiate from strength.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft Copilot and other AI deals. Here is what we push for, and what we watch for, on the client's side of the table.
- Clear limits on how your data may be used, including for training
- Usage pricing with caps and alerts, not open-ended bills
- Rights when a model is changed or retired
- Security, residency and indemnity terms that fit your industry
- Seat licences bought for pilots that never scale
- Usage costs nobody owns until the invoice arrives
- Terms that change with the product, not with your agreement
Most of the leverage is gone by the time the quote arrives.
Check your notice date, compare your price with the market and line up a real alternative before AI platforms sets the timetable. A free review of three contracts shows where you stand.
- Fair price against anonymous market figures
- Notice dates and auto-renewal terms flagged
- CASES™ score for the vendor
- A recommended next step
Twelve months out, not two weeks before.
The same five steps on every renewal, with procurement, legal, security and technology specialists working together and every number kept in Merci Clarity™.
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12 months
Baseline
Contracts, usage, spend and notice dates in one place, so you know what you really use and pay.
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9 months
Market check
Your price against what similar buyers pay, and a real alternative on the table.
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6 months
Playbook
Opening ask, target and walk-away agreed with you, and the terms worth fighting for.
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Before notice
Negotiate
Rounds with AI platforms on your timetable, every concession tracked.
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Signature
Prove it
Savings approved by you, kept in Merci Clarity™ and backed by a certificate.
More vendors we negotiate with.
Send us three contracts. We'll show you what they cost you.
A concise findings report in 5 to 7 days, organized by the CASES™ pillars. No commitment, and the findings are yours to keep.
- 01Strengths, gaps and risks in each contract
- 02Findings across the five CASES™ pillars
- 03Savings and cost-avoidance opportunities
- 04Notice dates coming up
- 05A recommended next step