A negotiator on call for every vendor. All year.
Vendor Shield puts Vera AI, our benchmark services and Redress negotiators on your side of every renewal, new purchase and price increase, all year, in one subscription. You never start a negotiation cold.
Vera AI finds the gap. Our negotiators close it.
Four steps that run continuously across your vendor estate.
Map the estate
Contracts, renewal dates and spend loaded into Vera AI, so the calendar is owned from day one.
Benchmark every quote
Every proposal, quote and renewal benchmarked line by line in seconds as it arrives.
Analyst benchmark
The agreements that matter get a human benchmark and a strategy within 24 business hours.
Negotiate
Our negotiators run the renewal from baseline to signature, at a fixed fee or 25 percent of the saving.
The gaps between negotiations are the vendor's window.
Renewals start late because nobody owns the calendar. Price increases and expansion pitches get accepted between reviews. Every negotiation starts cold. Vendor Shield closes the gaps: the calendar owned, every quote benchmarked, and the same team on every negotiation.
Everything you need on your side of the table.
Vera AI access
Upload, benchmark, search and red line every vendor agreement in your estate, with 1,500 plus vendors in the library.
Human benchmarks
Analyst benchmarks with a negotiation strategy and an analyst call, within 24 business hours.
Renewal calendar owned
Every renewal date tracked, prepared two quarters ahead, and sequenced against each vendor's quarter end.
Negotiation on every renewal
Our negotiators run the agreements that matter, at a fixed fee or 25 percent of what we save you.
Quarterly reviews
Where you stand against the market across the estate, and what is coming up next.
A negotiator on call
Proposals reviewed, price increases challenged and questions answered as they land.
One subscription. Negotiations on your terms.
Vendor Shield
Vera AI, human benchmarks, the renewal calendar, quarterly reviews and a negotiator on call, for the whole year.
Contingency
Bring us the vendor's best offer. We confirm it is market best at no fee, or we negotiate further.
Fixed fee
Our negotiators run the agreement from baseline to written deal sign off. You keep every dollar saved.
About Vendor Shield.
What does Vendor Shield include?
Vera AI for every quote and renewal, human benchmarks from our analysts within 24 business hours, an owned renewal calendar, quarterly reviews, and Redress negotiators on call for every renewal and new purchase across your vendor estate.
How is it different from engaging per negotiation?
Continuity. The same platform and the same team hold your contracts, history and strategy all year, so every negotiation starts from knowledge instead of onboarding, and nothing renews without a benchmark.
How is Vendor Shield priced?
An annual subscription quoted on your vendor estate. Negotiations inside it run at a fixed fee or at 25 percent of what we save you. No saving, no fee.
How does it start?
With a short scoping call and your contract list. We load the estate into Vera AI, build the renewal calendar, and the first benchmarks typically land within ten business days.
Do you replace our team in front of the vendor?
No, unless you want us to. By default we work behind the scenes: we prepare every move and you send every message. On request we front the negotiation and join the calls.
How does it relate to the Vendor Benchmark Program?
Vendor Shield covers your major vendors with negotiators on call. The Vendor Benchmark Program covers the long tail of tier 2 and tier 3 vendors. Many clients run both.
Are you independent of the vendors?
Completely. 100 percent buyer side: no reseller agreements, no referral fees, no vendor money of any kind.
Stop starting negotiations cold.
Tell us your vendors and renewal dates. We will show you where you stand against the market, within 24 hours.