Definition
A renewal uplift is the percentage a vendor raises your price at each renewal.
Left uncapped, uplifts compound and become one of the largest hidden drivers of total cost of ownership - a 10% annual uplift roughly doubles cost in eight years. Cap it in the contract, ideally to a public index like CPI.
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