Deal Type

Adobe ETLA Agreements

The Enterprise Term License Agreement is Adobe's flagship enterprise deal. It is pitched as simple and predictable. The predictability mostly works in Adobe's favor unless you negotiate the clauses that decide your cost for the next three years.

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What this agreement is

What an ETLA is

An ETLA is a multi year enterprise agreement, usually three years, where you commit to a fixed quantity of Adobe products at a negotiated rate. It bundles your estate into one contract with one renewal date. That consolidation can be an advantage, but the term length, the annual uplift, the true up mechanics, and the exit terms are all set at signing, and whatever you fail to negotiate becomes locked in for the full term.

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The leverage points

Where you have room to push back

Cap the annual uplift

ETLAs bake in yearly increases. An uncapped uplift compounds. Cap it in writing before signing.

Control the true up

True up clauses can charge you list price for growth. Negotiate the rate and timing up front.

Right size the commitment

You are committing for three years. Size it to real usage, not Adobe's forecast.

Negotiate the exit

Plan the end of term now. Renewal and migration options are cheapest to secure at signing.

Our approach

How we strengthen your ETLA position

We benchmark Adobe's proposed ETLA against deals of comparable size, build a right sized commitment from real usage so you are not locking in shelfware for three years, and negotiate the uplift cap, true up rate, and exit terms into the contract before you sign rather than discovering them at renewal.

You hold the relationship and sign the deal. We make sure the three year commitment protects you in every year of the term, not just the first.

Related pages

Renewal and Co Term

True Up Settlement

The ETLA Negotiation Playbook

Take the next step

Get a buyer side read on your Adobe ETLA

We will pressure test the uplift, the true up, and the exit before you commit for three years. No savings, no fee on optimization work.

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