Helping you shape tomorrow’s deals today

As the leader in pricing research and pricing metrics, we deliver unmatched expertise and data, ensuring the price you pay matches the value you need without overpaying or under-scoping.

Clients leveraging Everest Group’s pricing services save an average of US$4.1 million in their contract negotiations. This represents an RoI of 30x to 80x.

From price benchmarks and strategic reviews of your engagement to the impacts of next-generation delivery models on pricing and proposal and contract insights, we can help you with all your pricing challenges.

Our offerings include pricing analytics as a service, custom price and performance benchmarking, price benchmarking catalogs, strategic engagement review, service provider pursuit support, and more.

The evolution of pricing teams

Deal pricing teams have evolved from cost-focused roles to strategic partners in commercial strategy and negotiations. Today, they drive profitability by offering market insights, innovative pricing strategies, and creative contractual models that significantly boost deal profitability and overall success.

Discover how deal teams are structured across providers and explore insights into pricing research and support dynamics in our featured blog.

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Our pricing research and contracting offerings

  • Pricing analytics as a service

    Pricing analytics as a service

    Pricing Analytics as a Service is an annual membership providing access to custom price benchmarks, performance metrics, and ongoing access to our pricing research and contracting experts.

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  • Software license and cloud platform diagnostics

    Software license and cloud platform diagnostics

    Enterprises typically spend 0.5-2% of their revenue on software products and cloud platforms. Improving contracts and pricing can yield significant savings. We offer due diligence, license model assessment, contract optimization, and price benchmarking across.

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  • Strategic engagement review

    Strategic engagement review

    The strategic engagement review (SER) is Everest Group’s proprietary framework after reviewing hundreds of outsourcing contracts. An SER covers an extensive review of the deal solution, commercials, performance metrics, contract terms and conditions, transformation roadmap, and other key tenets.

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  • Price benchmarking catalog

    Price benchmarking catalog

    The catalog is an off-the-shelf roster of the most common contemporary roles and resource unit price benchmarks. It covers all major IT and BPO functions across key onshore, nearshore, and offshore locations. The catalog is refreshed bi-annually and includes on-call experts to respond to queries.

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  • Solution sizing insights

    Solution sizing insights

    Solution misalignment can cause service provider eviction during RFXs and client friction in sole sourced scenarios. We help pursuit and delivery teams accurately estimate effort and delivery guidelines for right-sizing engagements. This enables service providers to structure appropriate solutions at competitive fees.

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Client stories

Everest Group's insights enabled us to minimize costs and negotiate confidently with our strategic suppliers.

Telecommuncations Company

We needed to partner with someone that would be readily accepted within our organization. With Everest Group's reputation from prior engagements, you were the best choice.

Information Services Company

Pricing research: coverage across pricing models

  • Input-based pricing

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    Input-based pricing

    This model is ideal for situations where delivery risks cannot be quantified, or scope of services is relatively unclear. Example: Rate per hour for a developer resource.

    Our coverage includes all key IT, BPO, and professional services roles for delivery locations across the globe.

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  • Output-based pricing

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    Output-based pricing

    Fees are tied to service outputs, ensuring payment for deliverables rather than time. They depend heavily on volume, scale, and complexity, making implementation and tracking challenging. Example: Price per invoice processed.

    Our advanced normalization approach enables accurate comparisons by factoring in service, skills, and contract specifics.

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  • Outcome-based pricing

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    Outcome-based pricing

    Fees are tied to measurable business outcomes, offering high impact but significant risk and complexity. For example: Strategic outsourcing fees linked to savings achieved.

    Our pricing insights for this model include tailored contextual analysis and relevant comparison sets.

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