Independent buyer side advisors

Independent Adobe negotiation and license optimization.

We sit on your side of the table against Adobe. We take cost out of ETLA renewals, audits and runaway bills, and reset your terms for the next deal.

Project fee, advisory retainer, or a success fee paid only on verified savings.

35%
average Adobe cost reduction achieved for clients
400+
Adobe negotiations and reviews delivered
No fee
unless we save you money on optimization work
20+
years combined negotiation experience
Services

Six ways we take cost out of Adobe

Every engagement is buyer side only. We are never paid by Adobe, and never a reseller.

Engagement

Three ways to engage

Run a project on a fixed fee, keep us on retainer, or pay a success fee only on what we save you.

Project
From $25k
fixed scope, fixed price
  • Negotiation and renewal strategy
  • Audit defense and settlement
  • Contract review and redlines
  • Benchmarking and leverage plan
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Success Fee
% saved
no savings, no fee
  • License optimization
  • Shelfware and true down
  • Right sizing analysis
  • Fee scaled to verified savings
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Retainer
From $6k
per month, ongoing
  • Always on negotiation support
  • Renewal and true up readiness
  • Contract and benchmark help
  • Priority access to the team
See retainer scope
Method

How we work

Four steps, each producing something you keep, whether or not you continue to the next.

i

Review

We read your Adobe agreements, spend and usage, and find the leverage. Free first call.

No cost
ii

Strategy

A leverage plan, target pricing, and a negotiation or optimization roadmap, documented.

1 to 2 weeks
iii

Negotiate

We run the Adobe conversation with you, or in the background, to the target.

Scoped
iv

Lock in

Better terms, capped uplift, removed traps, and a baseline for the next renewal.

Ongoing
Coverage

What we negotiate

Twelve Adobe product areas and twelve deal types, all from the buyer side.

Results

Outcomes, measured

Anonymized by sector, savings verified. Every case study documents the situation and the result.

They knew Adobe's playbook better than our account team did. The renewal came in well under budget, and the traps were gone.
VP ProcurementGlobal manufacturer, three year ETLA renewal
Research

The research library

Gated to work email addresses. Each paper is a full buyer side reference, not a brochure.

Insights

From the team

Fifteen content clusters, three hundred articles, updated weekly.

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Negotiation in progress
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Find out where your leverage is.

Book a Negotiation Review. Thirty minutes, no obligation. We read your situation and tell you where the cost and the leverage are hiding.

The Adobe Leverage Brief

One Adobe cost or negotiation teardown every week. Read by procurement and IT teams.