Choose Your Engagement Model

One-Off Projects or Subscription Advisory

Whether you need expert support for a single high-stakes renewal or continuous protection across your entire vendor estate — we have the right model. Both deliver measurable, quantified results.

Two Ways to Work With Us

Choose the Model That Fits Your Needs

Project-Based

One-Off Engagements

Single vendor · Fixed scope · Immediate impact

Targeted engagements designed to deliver immediate, measurable value on a specific vendor interaction. Ideal when you have a single high-value renewal, audit, or negotiation that needs expert support.

Licence optimisation & savings roadmap
End-to-end contract negotiation support
Audit defence led by former vendor auditors
Independent commercial advisory before you sign
Pricing benchmarking against 500+ deals
Strategy, counter-proposals & real-time tactical advice
Fee Models
Fixed Fee Contingency
Ideal When

You have a single, high-value vendor renewal or audit. Typical engagement: 2–6 months. Targeted, fast, high-impact.

Annual / Multi-Year

Subscription Advisory

Multi-vendor · Continuous · Compound savings

For organisations with complex, multi-vendor estates and multiple renewals in their forward roadmap. Expert advisory support across every vendor interaction, every year. The most cost-effective way to protect your software investment at scale.

On-demand advisory across all vendors — no per-incident fees
Contract review before every vendor signature
Price benchmarking against 500+ enterprise deals
Quarterly strategic reviews with executive dashboards
Annual deep-dive: full licence review & negotiation strategy
Vendor roadmap alignment & multi-year strategy
Fee Model
Annual Retainer Multi-Year (1–3 yr)
Ideal When

You spend $10M+ annually across multiple vendors with 3+ major renewals in the next 24 months. No single renewal goes unprotected.

Side by Side

One-Off vs. Subscription — At a Glance

CapabilityOne-OffSubscription
Vendor coverageSingle vendorAll 9 vendors
On-demand advisory✓ Unlimited
Contract negotiation✓ Per engagement✓ Every renewal
Audit defence✓ Per engagement✓ Included
Price benchmarking✓ Single deal✓ Every deal
Contract review pre-signature✓ Every contract
Quarterly strategic reviews✓ With dashboards
Annual deep-dive✓ Priority vendor
Renewal calendar & roadmap✓ Multi-year
Typical engagement2–6 months1–3 year agreement
Fee modelFixed fee or contingencyAnnual retainer
Expected ROI5–15x per engagement5–10x annually
Core Services

What We Do in Every Engagement

Licence Optimisation

Full licence position review, usage analysis, entitlement mapping, and savings roadmap. We identify what you own, what you use, and where the savings are — before you engage with the vendor.

Contract Negotiation

End-to-end negotiation support for renewals, new purchases, true-ups, and restructures. We prepare strategy, benchmarks, counter-proposals, and advise through close.

Audit Defence

Expert response to vendor compliance audits. We manage all vendor communications, challenge findings, review data requests, and protect your commercial position. Led by former auditors.

Commercial Advisory

Independent review of any vendor proposal before you sign. Pricing benchmarking against our 500+ deal database, term analysis, and risk identification.

Negotiation Approach

How We Negotiate — Two Models

Invisible to the Vendor

Behind the Scenes

We advise invisibly. Your team leads with the vendor. We provide strategy, benchmarks, counter-proposals, and real-time tactical advice. The vendor never knows we are involved.

We Take the Lead

Managed Negotiation

We take the lead. We manage the vendor relationship, run negotiation meetings, present counter-proposals, and drive to close. Your team retains oversight and final approval.

Return on Investment

Proven Results Across Every Vendor

15%
Oracle — Of Total Spend
$2–5M
Microsoft — Per EA
$1M+
ServiceNow — Per Deal
30–60%
Broadcom — Reduction
20–35%
Cloud — Optimisation

The Cost of Negotiating Without Independent Support

Vendor sales teams negotiate thousands of deals per year with access to internal pricing tools, margin calculators, and benchmark data. Your procurement team negotiates with each vendor once every 3–5 years. The information asymmetry is structural — and it costs seven figures annually for an enterprise of scale.

Subscription ROI

Subscription Advisory — The Numbers

MetricTypical Outcome
Annual savings vs. cost5–10x return on advisory investment
Audit exposure reduction60–90% reduction in vendor audit claims
Renewal cost avoidance15–35% improvement vs. vendor proposals
Contract risk eliminatedEvery agreement reviewed & benchmarked pre-signature
Time to valueImmediate — advisory begins from day one
Client Results

What Our Clients Say

★★★★★
“Redress gave us the benchmarking data and negotiation strategy to push back on Oracle’s renewal. The result was transformative — $4.2M saved over 3 years on our ULA exit alone.”
Global CIOFortune 500 Financial Services
$4.2M Saved
★★★★★
“We switched to the subscription model after one engagement. Having Redress review every vendor proposal before we sign has changed how we procure software entirely.”
VP IT ProcurementGlobal Manufacturing — Subscription Client
$3.1M Saved on Microsoft EA
★★★★★
“IBM issued a $7M audit claim. Redress dismantled the methodology, challenged every finding, and reduced the settlement to under $600K. An extraordinary outcome.”
CTOHealthcare Enterprise
$7M → $600K
★★★★★
“We had 30 days to renewal with no leverage. Redress built a counter-strategy, benchmarked our pricing, and secured $1.8M in savings with a 0% annual uplift locked for 3 years.”
Head of ProcurementEMEA Telco
$1.8M Saved on Salesforce
★★★★★
“SAP’s RISE proposal was $14M. Redress ran the TCO analysis, found over-provisioning, and negotiated it down to $9.2M with better exit terms. No other firm could have done this.”
CFOGlobal Retail Corporation
$4.8M Reduced
★★★★★
“Broadcom tripled our VMware costs overnight. Redress built a credible alternatives strategy and negotiated a 45% reduction. They paid for themselves many times over.”
Director of InfrastructureUS Financial Services
45% Reduction
Flexible Pricing

Fee Models That Align With Your Outcomes

Fixed Fee

Most Popular

Pre-agreed fee for the full engagement scope. No hourly billing, no hidden costs, no surprises. Fee set before work begins.

Contingency

Zero Risk

Pay only when we deliver verified savings. Fee based on a percentage of documented savings against an agreed baseline. If we don’t save you money, you don’t pay.

Subscription

Best Value

Annual or multi-year retainer covering all vendor advisory, benchmarking, contract review, and strategic support. The most cost-effective model for multi-vendor estates.

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Not Sure Which Model Is Right?

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