Your organisation’s always-on licensing intelligence layer. One subscription gives your entire team year-round access to Redress’s benchmarking data, contract expertise, and negotiation support — across every enterprise software vendor you deal with.
Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Salesforce, Broadcom, Workday, and AI vendors employ armies of licensing specialists, deal desk analysts, and compliance teams. They know your contracts better than you do. Every call, every renewal, every audit — they’re prepared. Are you?
Vendor Shield is a subscription advisory service that gives your organisation always-on access to Redress Compliance’s full team of licensing specialists, benchmark database, and negotiation muscle.
Choose which vendors to cover. Your team gets expert advisory before any vendor call, during any negotiation, and through any audit — with no per-engagement fees, no hourly billing, and no surprises.
The result: your CIO, CFO, procurement, and IT teams walk into every vendor interaction with the same intelligence advantage the vendor has — levelling the playing field completely.
Get StartedGetting started is fast, confidential, and low-friction. Most organisations are fully onboarded within two weeks.
Contact Redress and sign a mutual NDA. We walk through your vendor landscape: which contracts you hold, renewal timelines, current pain points, and strategic priorities. This call is free, confidential, and typically takes 30–45 minutes.
Together, we agree which vendors and contracts fall within your Vendor Shield subscription. Cover a single high-spend vendor, a cluster of related vendors, or your entire enterprise software estate. Pricing scales to scope — you choose the level of coverage that fits your needs and budget.
The moment the subscription is active, your organisation gains access to Redress Compliance’s full advisory capability for your covered vendors: benchmarking data, contract review, pre-call briefings, negotiation support, audit defence, and strategic planning. It’s as if you’ve hired an entire licensing department — without the headcount.
Vendor Shield runs on a 12-month minimum term, renewable annually or on a multi-year basis with preferential pricing. As your vendor landscape evolves, we evolve with you — adding or adjusting coverage as contracts change, new vendors are adopted, or M&A activity shifts your portfolio.
Everything below is included in your annual Vendor Shield subscription for all covered vendors.
Access our database of 500+ anonymised enterprise deals. Know exactly where your pricing sits relative to market before any negotiation or renewal. Continuous updates as new deals close.
Before any significant vendor call or meeting, your team receives a tactical briefing: what to expect, what to say, what to avoid, and where your leverage is. Never walk in unprepared again.
Every vendor agreement, amendment, renewal proposal, and order form reviewed by licensing specialists. We identify risks, flag unfavourable terms, and redline what needs to change — before you sign.
Renewals, new purchases, true-ups, cloud commits — our team joins yours. We develop strategy, prepare data-backed positions, and support execution from first proposal to signed agreement.
If a vendor triggers an audit or compliance review, your subscription means immediate expert response. We manage the process, control the narrative, and protect your position — no additional fees.
Cloud migration, vendor consolidation, M&A licensing implications, GenAI adoption — whatever strategic decision intersects with software licensing, we advise. Quarterly executive reviews keep your strategy current.
| Scenario | Without Vendor Shield | With Vendor Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Renewal proposal arrives | Team scrambles for 2–4 weeks to understand the offer | Benchmarked analysis and counter-strategy within 48 hours |
| Vendor calls a “business review” | Your team attends with no prep; vendor sets the agenda | Pre-call briefing ensures your team controls the conversation |
| Audit notification received | Panic, over-disclosure, unfavourable settlement | Managed response with controlled disclosure from day one |
| New AI or cloud contract | Legal reviews boilerplate; misses licensing-specific traps | Specialist review catches token escalation, lock-in, data risks |
| Board asks “are we getting value?” | No data. Anecdotal answers. No confidence. | Quarterly benchmark reports prove exactly where you stand |
| M&A or restructuring event | Licensing impact discovered after close — millions in cost | Pre-close licensing impact analysis prevents surprises |
| Cost of advisory | Ad-hoc per-project fees; unpredictable spend | Fixed annual subscription; fully predictable advisory budget |
Choose any combination of vendors to include in your Vendor Shield coverage. Most clients start with 2–3 high-spend vendors and expand from there.
Your vendors are prepared for every conversation with you. It’s time you were equally prepared for every conversation with them. Let’s discuss how Vendor Shield can protect your software estate.