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A human benchmark, within 24 hours.

Submit a ticket with the quote. Analysts benchmark it by hand and write the negotiation strategy, then send both back to you to negotiate. Want help at the table? Add a fixed fee or contingency negotiation on top.

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A named analyst on every ticketReport and strategy within 24 hoursSame day tier: in by 11, back by 18
How the human benchmark worksYou submit a ticket with the quote, the contract and the date you must answer by. Analysts benchmark it by hand and write the negotiation strategy, and send both back to you within 24 hours so you can negotiate. If you want help, a fixed fee or contingency negotiation service is available on top.SUBMIT A TICKETWANT HELP? ON TOPThe quote or proposalContract, order formsYour answer by dateTen short answersANALYSTSBenchmark itEvery line pricedby hand againstcomparable buyersANALYSTSWrite the strategyTarget, walk awayand the asks, inorderIN 24 HOURSBack to youReport and strategy,screen, Word, deckand PDFYOUYou negotiateWith the numbersand the talkingpoints in handFixed fee negotiationContingency negotiation
Analysts benchmark and plan, you negotiateDelivered within 24 hours
What goes in
The quote or proposalContract, order formsYour answer by dateTen short answers

  1. Benchmark it

    Every line priced by hand against comparable buyers

    Analysts

  2. Write the strategy

    Target, walk away and the asks, in order

    Analysts

  3. Back to you

    Report and strategy, screen, Word, deck and PDF

    In 24 Hours

  4. You negotiate

    With the numbers and the talking points in hand

    You
What comes out
Fixed fee negotiationContingency negotiation
How it works

Four steps. One clock.

The clock starts when your ticket lands. You follow every step on the ticket in the platform, and the report arrives there and by email.

  1. Submit a ticket

    Drop the quote, order form or contract, answer ten short questions and tick what you want back.

  2. Analysts benchmark it and write the strategy

    A named analyst prices every line by hand against comparable customers, with Vera AI doing the reading, and writes the negotiation strategy: the target, the walk away and the asks in order.

  3. It comes back to you, and you negotiate

    The report and the strategy within 24 hours, on screen, as Word, as a deck and as a PDF, with the talking points for the call.

  4. Want help? We negotiate it for you

    Add a fixed fee or contingency negotiation on top, and our negotiators take the deal to signature.

Need it today? The same day tier delivers the same work on a shorter clock: in before 11, delivered by 18. Same Day services →

The ticket

What you send, what you get back.

Send what you have. A quote with line items is enough to start, and the analyst asks for anything else on the ticket.

You send the paper and a date

  • The quote, order form, renewal or contract, as PDF or Word
  • The vendor and the products in scope
  • The date you need to answer the vendor by
  • Anything the vendor said that is not on the paper
  • What you want back: the benchmark, a negotiation strategy, a research report, or a call

You get a benchmark report

  • What the deal costs, and how that compares
  • What comparable customers pay for the same product at the same size
  • Where the deal ranks, from Poor to Top of the market
  • The gap in dollars over the term, and the asks to make first
  • Talking points for the next vendor call
The report

Three answers, in this order.

Every report from the program answers the three questions a buyer has, in dollars, in the same format every time, so your board learns to read it.

  1. What it costs

    Your discount off list where the paper prints one, or your rate against what peers pay where it does not.

  2. What peers get

    The range comparable customers land in for the same product at the same size, with its midpoint.

  3. Where you rank

    One plain rank, with the gap stated in points and in money over the term. Then the levers and the verdict.

On screenWordDeckPDF
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An example analyst benchmark report: a Workday agreement, the negotiation outcome and its market position
Put it where the deal lives

Every proposal benchmarked, without anyone asking.

Vera has API access. Connect the tools your deals already pass through and a ticket is raised on its own, with the same report coming back in the same format.

DocuSign

Every agreement that goes out for signature is benchmarked first, so nothing is signed at a price nobody checked.

Coupa

A requisition over your threshold raises a ticket on its own, and the outcome goes back on the Coupa record.

Your procurement tool

Wire your own tool to the API. The keys live in Settings and every call is logged.

See every integration →
Want help at the table?

We negotiate it for you. Fixed fee or contingency.

Some renewals you would rather hand over. On top of the benchmark, our negotiators run the deal for you: the strategy, the calls with the vendor and the paper, through to signature.

Fixed fee

One price, agreed up front

For the deals where you want the cost settled before the work starts.

Contingency

25 percent of the saving

Measured against the vendor's quote. No saving, no fee.

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Good to know

Who does the work, and how it is kept.

Buyer side analysts

Benchmarks are done by analysts who price software deals for buyers, never for vendors.

AI does the reading

Vera takes the products, quantities, prices and term off the pages, so the analyst spends the time on the judgment.

Your paper stays yours

Private storage, isolated per organization, every view and download on the audit log.

Part of Enterprise

Ticket volume is scoped in your Enterprise plan, alongside every app and agent.

Enterprise pricing →

Rather look it up yourself?

The Benchmark Library covers 1,471 vendors, open to you between tickets.

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Benchmark the whole estate

AI agents benchmark 500 agreements on day one and rank where to save.

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Benchmark Program

Send the quote today. Read the report tomorrow.

A benchmark report within 24 hours, from an analyst on the buyer side.

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