Negotiate multi-year contracts for 15-40% discounts, but ensure you have locked-in per-seat pricing, annual true-up options, and renewal pricing caps to save $12,000-$18,000 over 3 years.
Purchasing 50 Employee Advocate Licenses on Oktopost Professional drops your effective rate from $16,464 list price to approximately $13,500—an 18% discount saving you $2,964 annually.
The upgrade represents a 60% price increase. Negotiate a 'security enhancement' add-on to your Professional plan instead of accepting the full upgrade cost. This could save you $1,800-$2,160 annually.
At 6+ users, you can typically secure 31% discounts, bringing your effective cost down to approximately $16,606 for a 6-user setup, saving you $7,322 annually.
Always negotiate training add-ons as bundle inclusions. Vendors may offer significant discounts or include them free with multi-year commitments.
Enterprise typically runs 75-100% premium over Advanced. However, the Advanced tier with strategic add-ons can deliver 80% of Enterprise functionality at 40-50% of the cost.