Software licensing advisory in the United States, run from our Fort Lauderdale headquarters. We negotiate renewals and defend audits across 11 vendor practices, paid only by you.
Redress Compliance provides software licensing advisory in the United States from our Fort Lauderdale headquarters, for enterprises negotiating with Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, IBM, and seven other vendor practices. We are 100 percent buyer side and charge a fixed fee or 25 percent of savings, never hourly. Expect a verified baseline first, then a lower price or a smaller claim.
About 70 percent of our clients are in the United States, and our group headquarters is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We advise CIOs, CFOs, procurement leaders, and IT asset managers before and during renewals, audits, and migrations.
The senior people on your engagement are named up front, and the partner who scopes the work is the partner who runs it. See the full management team.
US enterprises bring us in at three moments: when an audit letter arrives, when a major renewal is on the calendar, and when a vendor changes the terms or the product. Earlier is better in every case.
An engagement runs in four steps, from a scoping call to a reviewed contract. For an audit, the first step also sets a communication protocol, so no data reaches the vendor before it has been reviewed.
You receive six working documents, each written for your team to use with the vendor. They stay yours after the engagement ends.
Three published outcomes for US enterprises, each with the number stated on the case study page and each linked to it.
More outcomes, across every vendor practice, are on the case studies page.
US engagements are anchored at our Fort Lauderdale headquarters, with Dublin and Dubai covering clients whose contracts or teams sit in Europe, the Middle East, or Asia.
See all three offices on the locations page, or contact us with the vendor and the deadline.
We charge a fixed fee, scoped to the work and agreed up front, or a success fee (gainshare) on negotiation engagements of 25 percent of what we save you. You keep 75 percent, and if we save nothing, you pay nothing. We never bill by the hour.
For standing coverage between major events, Vendor Shield is an annual subscription quoted on estate size. It keeps benchmarking, renewal preparation, and audit defense running across the year.
An independent advisor is paid only by you, which matters most when the job is price, terms, or an audit settlement. A Big Four firm, a reseller, and your own team each fit other jobs well.
Four ways to get licensing help, compared
| Question | Redress (independent) | Big Four consultancy | Reseller or vendor partner | In house team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | Paid only by the buyer | Paid by the buyer, often alongside vendor alliances | Paid partly through the vendor relationship | Fully aligned with the business |
| Conflicts of interest | No vendor affiliations, resale, or referral fees | Possible where the firm implements or audits the same products | Margin grows with the deal | None, though budgets and politics apply |
| Vendor specific experience | Partners from inside the vendors, across 11 practices | Broad, strongest on implementation | Strong on products and ordering | Strong on your estate, narrow view of other deals |
| How fees work | Fixed fee, or 25 percent of savings, never hourly | Often time and materials | Built into the product price | Salaries and tooling |
For a deeper look, read the independent licensing advisor vs Big Four comparison and the guide to choosing a software licensing advisor.
Four vendor changes from 2025 and 2026 reach most enterprise estates at the next renewal. Each one is covered in depth in our research.
Every vendor practice has its own page, with the named lead, the process, and the published outcomes for that vendor.
By vendor: Oracle license management and negotiation services, Microsoft licensing services, SAP licensing services, IBM licensing services, Broadcom VMware negotiation services, Salesforce negotiation services, ServiceNow negotiation services, Workday negotiation services, Cisco negotiation services, AWS negotiation services, Google Cloud negotiation services, GenAI contract negotiation advisory.
By service: Software licensing consultants, Software contract negotiation services, Software license audit defense, Enterprise software renewal services, Software asset management consulting.
Other regions: Software licensing advisory in the UK and Software licensing advisory for APAC and the Middle East.
A software licensing advisor establishes what you own, use, and owe, then uses that baseline to negotiate renewals and contest audit claims. Redress does this for US enterprises across 11 vendor practices, from our Fort Lauderdale headquarters, paid only by the client.
We charge a fixed fee, scoped and agreed up front, or a success fee on negotiation work of 25 percent of what we save you. You keep 75 percent, and if we save nothing you pay nothing. We never bill by the hour.
Our headquarters is at 1314 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, and our phone number is +1 (239) 402 7397. About 70 percent of our clients are in the United States.
Yes. Redress Compliance is 100 percent buyer side: zero vendor affiliations, no reseller agreements, and no referral fees. We are paid only by our clients, so the advice is never shaped by a vendor's commercial interest.
Every inquiry gets a reply within one business day, routed to the partner whose region and practice fit. Once scope is agreed and data arrives, the first deliverable typically lands within 10 business days of complete data.
Engage 12 to 18 months before a major renewal, and on the day an audit letter or license review request arrives. Earlier engagement leaves time to build your own baseline before the vendor sets the count and the opening number.
We need your contracts and order forms, entitlement records, deployment or usage data, renewal and audit dates, and the vendor's latest proposal or letter. We send a data request list after the first call, and gaps are normal.
No. Your team keeps the chair and every vendor communication. We prepare each exchange, assess every proposal in writing, and review the final contract before signature.
Audit letter, renewal quote, or migration offer on the desk. Send it to us for a second opinion. We start where you are.
One letter a month. Negotiation moves, audit signals, and price book shifts.