Vercel renewal fairness

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    Venduris Fairness Score

    63/100
    Standard

    Ordinary market practice. Manageable with preparation.

    Evidence basis

    Vendor-participating

    Reviewed September 2026

    Our reading and the vendor's differ

    On one category the vendor's declaration implies a materially different score from ours. Both figures are shown below so you can judge the gap yourself.

    Category breakdown

    Each category carries the weight set out in the methodology.

    Pricing Transparency20% weight

    Vendor-reported80/100

    Observed from customer contracts and renewal correspondence covering published list pricing and discount structure. Based on paperwork supplied by three or more buyers, cross checked against the vendor's published terms.

    Vendor-reported: 98/100

    Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.

    A gap this size stays published. We do not average the two.

    Renewal & Cancellation Experience30% weight

    Vendor-reported70/100

    Vercel renews automatically with a notice window a buyer has to track themselves, and downgrades are limited mid-term.

    Vendor-reported: 69/100

    Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.

    Price-Increase Predictability15% weight

    Vendor-reported48/100

    Vendor-reported. The vendor submitted a declaration covering year over year uplift on renewal quotes. Reviewed against public terms but not independently verified against customer contracts.

    Vendor-reported: 53/100

    The vendor's own rating for year over year uplift on renewal quotes, broadly in line with what public terms show.

    Negotiation Flexibility15% weight

    Vendor-reported46/100

    Vercel holds close to list for the plans most buyers sit on, so there is little room to negotiate at this size.

    Vendor-reported: 39/100

    Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.

    AI Terms Maturity20% weight

    Vendor-reported60/100

    Vercel covers data handling clearly but leaves AI metering and overage behaviour loosely defined.

    Vendor-reported: 57/100

    Submitted by the vendor through the structured declaration form.

    How to read this: the overall figure is a weighted average of the five categories, and one evidence basis applies to the whole card rather than category by category. The vendor completed the full declaration and its own figures are recorded next to ours, category by category. Participation does not move a vendor up the table, and where the two readings disagree both stay published.

    Taking part does not raise a score. It changes what we can show our working against.

    This score measures commercial treatment at renewal, not product quality. A vendor can be excellent and still price hard.

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