Spend benchmarks
What comparable teams actually pay per seat, per GB, per contract — so you know when a quote is out of line.
Free monthly brief · Vendor cost optimization
Cut recurring vendor bills.Never cut the service.
One tight email a month: spend benchmarks, renewal negotiation tactics, and field-tested playbooks for trimming what you pay vendors — without downgrading what you get.
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What's inside
Four things in every issue
No fluff, no sponsored padding. Each edition is built to save you more than it costs — which is nothing.
Negotiation tactics
The exact language, leverage points, and concession trades that move enterprise vendors off list price.
Renewal playbooks
A timeline for every renewal: when to signal, when to shop, and when silence saves you the most money.
Service-safe cuts
How to trim recurring bills, remove shelfware, and right-size tiers without degrading the service you rely on.
Recent issues
A sense of what lands in your inbox
SaaSJune 2026
The renewal quote is a first offer, not a price
A four-step framework for turning a 22% auto-renewal uplift into a flat renewal — with the email templates we used.
Read the issueCloudMay 2026
Committed-use discounts without the lock-in trap
How to model commitment tiers so you capture the discount but keep the flexibility to walk when usage shifts.
Read the issueTelecomApril 2026
Auditing shelfware across 40 vendor contracts
The one-afternoon audit that surfaced $310k of licenses nobody was using — and how we clawed the spend back.
Read the issue“One tactic from the second issue took 14% off our biggest renewal. It pays for itself — which is funny, because it's free.”
Who it's for
Written for the people who sign the invoices
If any line item on your P&L renews on a contract, this brief is for you.
- Procurement leads
- Finance & FP&A
- Founders & COOs
- IT & vendor managers
- Ops teams
Start paying vendors what they're actually worth.
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