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LinkedIn Sales Navigator Advanced Plus is a sales prospecting tool that offers advanced search filters, real-time insights, and CRM integrations to help sales teams find and connect with leads more effectively.
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| Supplier | LinkedIn | Crossbeam |
|---|---|---|
| Median Contract Value | $36,843 | $25,000 |
| Avg Savings | 12.86% | 23.87% |
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Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"At renewal with LinkedIn, we secured a marginal discount of less than 5%."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"Reps are mentioning that LinkedIn's pricing restructuring will be taking place between May-July 2025, and early renewals are to be incentivized for savings"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"When renewing with Linkedin Hiring Enterprise Program the renewal quote will be based on your usage and if you have seen large increases in recruiter seats expect to see the price increase significantly as well."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We were expanding our term and quantity but moved from Azure marketplace to LinkedIn directly and they would not give us discounts. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We received our renewal agreement from LinkedIn and were surprised to find that the 7.5% discount was not applied to the 3-year term as expected. We will be negotiating for this to be applied. However, we appreciate that the rate remains consistent throughout the 3-year period with no price increases over the term."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We will be significantly reducing our scope with LinkedIn, yet our goal remains to maintain our current rate while securing a 5% discount for a 2-year term or a 7.5% discount for a 3-year commitment."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We signed our hiring enterprise contract early because LinkedIn claims pricing is going to go up this summer. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"LinkedIn has very specific multi-year discounting thresholds. We leveraged the 5% discount for 2 years on SalesNav. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We were able to leverage the 5% early signature discount because we had more than 45 days to complete it. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"LinkedIn added 2 months to our free pilot in exchange for a quick signature"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We were able to secure over 20% savings during the negotiation by leveraging a competitive quote from seekout."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"Linkedin gave us free learning seats for a year to compensate for some of the price rise that we were seeing. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"LinkedIn represents our largest contract within the organization. While we are open to a three-year agreement, they have not offered any incentives or applied any discounting. We are pushing back to secure the standard 7.5% discount for a multi-year commitment."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"LinkedIn is offering aggressive discounts for growth on their Advanced Plus plan so if you are seeing discounts over 10% then make a renewal cap at 5% a priority. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"Multi-year deals can lock in pricing stability, but Linkedin will push for annual uplifts, making it essential to negotiate fixed pricing for the entire term."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"A 5% early renewal discount is available if signed at least 45 days before expiration."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We have 2 different LinkedIn contracts and are trying to find ways to cut costs, LinkedIn is just very particular about how that is handled. They only do volume and length discounts. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"We are taking advantage of the 45 day early signature with LinkedIn to get a 5% discount. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"LinkedIn was adamant that they couldn't offer any discounting. They ended up offering us a 5% one-time discount after we strongly considered downgrading from regular recruiter seats to lite seats."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"Reps are instructed to push a minimum contract length of 36 months, especially on Hiring Enterprise Program (HEP) deals"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"With some push back the supplier was able to offer us a one-off additional discount for our purchase. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"Our finance team would not approve a price increase and we were prepared to downgrade our licenses to Lite recruiter seats. As a result of the churn threat, LinkedIn reduced our cost. We did not achieve a flat renewal, but got a price 1% higher than our previous ACV. LinkedIn was clear that this was a one-time discount. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"Upon our renewal, the rep stated that we were no longer able to integrate with HubSpot without upgrading to Sales Nav Advanced Plus."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis month
"Ensure to entertain Hiring Enterprise Program when a high number of Recruiters or Inmail is required"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"Since we opted for a 1-year agreement with LinkedIn, we were unable to secure any additional savings. However, we were presented with LinkedIn’s standard discounting for 2- and 3-year agreements, had we chosen to pursue a longer-term commitment."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"Occasionally Reps will propose scopes that far exceed the needs of the business so it's important to stick to the necessary scope"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"On 3-year agreements--new purchase or renewal-- push to ensure there is no annual uplift"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"According to a LinkedIn rep, their updated standard uplift is 15% per annum"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"During our renewal with LinkedIn, we were open to a 3-year agreement; however, there was no additional incentive for committing to the longer term, which is uncommon for LinkedIn. This became our primary point of negotiation and pushback in the initial discussions."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"We had a brand new rep who seemed unfamiliar with our account and her new position. LinkedIn was set to raise our prices by 5%. We successfully involved our reps' manager and were able to get a discount so that our price was only 1% higher than the previous contract. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"LinkedIn originally offered us 6 free months of the "Work with Us" add-on, but then reneged on the offer."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"Our recruiting department had contracted significantly since we originally signed with LinkedIn. We chose to move our single recruiter down to a recruiter lite seat to save costs."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"Provided 15% discount on a new purchase when a budget constraint was mentioned as the only thing keeping them from moving forward on signatures"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"Linkedin provided a fixed uplift and discounting for a 2-year agreement compared to the 12-month option"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"On a 12-month new purchase linkedIn provided a 15% discount when budget constraints and AI competition was leveraged"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"LinkedIn auto-renewals can be removed if communicated at least 60 days in advance"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"With the introduction of AI across the platform / Hiring Assistant AI / and overall increase in growth of the LinkedIn platform + the tech investment being made, the rep suggested bigger increases may come in future so it could be worth considering multi-year terms in order to lock in pricing. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"The supplier was able to offer us better pricing once we added an additional Recruiter seat as it pushed as into the next tier of discounting"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"LinkedIn will offer a Pilot Program for certain products, including Talent Insights and Sales Navigator. This can be discounted up to 25%, and be sure to request a month to be added to the trial period "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"LinkedIn proposed a 3-year term at their renewal for their Learning Enterprise solution, which included a 5% price uplift in year two and a 10% uplift in year three."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"LinkedIn will offer a "flex option" for agreements that may not need the full on HEP product set"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"We were able to secure a 5% discount for renewal by agreeing to a 2-year commitment. Based on our past experience, this is a standard offering from LinkedIn."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"LinkedIn's standard agreement term has been changed to 36-month terms, per their parent company, Microsoft"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis quarter
"LinkedIn proposed a three-year agreement with no additional incentives. Despite the extended term, the agreement still included a 5% year-over-year increase throughout the contract."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"At renewal, LinkedIn proposed a 3% increase for a 36-month agreement. While there was an uplift from year one to year two, we attempted to negotiate this further but were ultimately unsuccessful."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Linkedin can offer net 60 payment terms. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"When renewing on Linkedin's unlimited pricing models, I would suggest that you conduct a usage review 3 months out before renewal. Under these models usage typically bloats and you want to make sure from the off you are sharing the most accurate renewal scope. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We were able to get practically free linkedin learning licences due to our increase in spend on the unlimited model. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"On the linkedin HEP (hiring enterprise program) you can either pay a scaling amount each year usually 10% higher than the year before or have the costs averaged out - on multi year agreements."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Would not accept the request for a renewal cap on the hiring enterprise program."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"This supplier can be strict with discounting. Some of the best levers for them to discount are bundling SKUs, adding extra Recruiter licenses or committing to multi-year terms."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn is switching all of their renewal terms to a 36-month minimum -- requires pushback by citing policies of a 12-month maximum contract, but they do make exceptions"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Leverage a longer term length on renewals where there is descoping in order to maintain rates"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We successfully secured a 7.5% multi-year discount for a three-year agreement with LinkedIn, along with an additional 5% discount for early renewal. By leveraging these incentives, we were able to increase our license count by two while keeping our existing rate largely unchanged."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Licenses are priced in tiers for Sales Navigator: 1-9, 10-24, 25-49, 50-99"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn will entertain either annual or quarterly payments -- if pushback is given on quarterly payments, this is something that the sales rep simply needs to request from their contracting/finance team to apply"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Upon renewal, our price was increasing for Recruiter Corporate by 3% - However, we were able to incorporate growth into our users, as well as extending our term which resulted in a 9% discount with annual payments"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"As of July 1, coinciding with the start of LinkedIn's fiscal year, they transitioned to a standard subscription term of 36 months across all agreements, in alignment with Microsoft—the parent company."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn can make "exceptions" to their new policy (as of July 1 2024) for standard 36-month terms, by leveraging lack of communication around this new policy. It may take back and fourth but remaining firm on having a 12 or 24-month term will prevail"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn offered delayed start 2.5 months out for an in-month signature, equivalent to $27K"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We kept our scope the same and Linkedin were able to offer a 5% discount for a 2 year term and an 8% discount for a 3 year term."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We were able to get job wrapping included for free as part of our renewal, which brought our renewal price down lower than what we paid the previous year."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"By asking for a usage report on traffic drivers, we were able to bring down volume from 1.2M to 700k in traffic drivers to reduce costs on the subscription"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn proposed a two-year agreement for the Learning Enterprise program, offering 750 English users access at a rate of $85 per user per year."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"When specifically calling out LinkedIn's pricing tiers for job slots to the sales rep, they were able to work back with their internal approvals to get a lower PEPY approved"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Sales rep shared pricing tiers when requested for Sales Navigator seats"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn originally offered a 2.5% discount for a 3-year renewal, but this was pushed back on and increased by an additional 5%. Ultimately went with a 1-year agreement."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"The sales rep proposed a two-year agreement with a 49% price increase in the second year, rather than maintaining a flat rate upon renewal."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"During our renewal discussions, LinkedIn offered a 5% discount for opting into a three-year agreement compared to a two-year term."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"When LinkedIn pushes to their all encompassing HEP plans, request quotes/options for their FLEX program to match exact scope needs"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We successfully negotiated a 5% discount by committing to a two-year agreement and leveraging a mutually beneficial signature date."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We determined that maintaining our existing subscription license was more cost-effective than upgrading our service, allowing us to optimize expenses while still meeting our operational needs."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Leveraged AI as a competitor to LinkedIn, in tandem with a multi-year agreement to secure a 5% discount"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Purchasing sales navigator seats on an individual basis, and then having employees get reimbursed to avoid having to comply with Linkedin's 10-user minimum"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"For LinkedIn Recruiter seats or job ad credits, negotiate flexibility to shift seats between users or extend credit expiration. LinkedIn often has rigid usage policies, so advocate for more adaptable terms that allow for internal changes or deferred usage as your needs evolve."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn often includes basic account support, but may be able to negotiate more personalized support, such as a dedicated account manager or quarterly strategy sessions. This can enhance your use of the platform and optimize performance."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Ask for a trial period, reduced-rate pilot, or even a pay-per-performance trial. This approach allows you to assess the tool's value and gather data before committing to a longer-term, more expensive contract."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Leveraging advancing AI capabilities as competition for LinkedIn's tools is an effective strategy when pushing for additional incentives on renewals"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn provided a 5% discount for a 2 year term and we got 1 month free for signing 6 months before our renewal date."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We successfully secured a 5% discount by committing to a quarter-end signature and modestly increasing the number of seats in our agreement."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Leveraged LinkedIn's Flex Program offering to specify exact line items/products for purchase rather than having to buy the complete Hiring Enterprise Program package"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Linkedin stood firm on a 5% discount even with increasing our recruiter seats by 50% and being willing to commit to a multi-year (2 years)"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We needed some buffer users and were able to reduce the price per unit by purchasing 50 licenses. This pushed us into the next user tier (50-99 seats)"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We got 2 free sales navigator Advanced Plus users by signing before their end of quarter, which was 4 months before our renewal. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Linkedin had offered a 5% discount for EOM signature, however, once we had to split the agreements across entities this caused for the discount to be pulled."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn's Hiring Enterprise Program pricing isn't only based on headcount. They base it on vertical, industry, company size, and several other factors they are not super upfront about."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn offered us a 7.5% discount for a 36 month term. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"With LinkedIn's annual price increases on July 1st, we were able to leverage the lack of communication around the price increases to push hard on getting a one-time discount for the increase delta"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn will discount the price per seat for "Sales Navigator - Advanced Plus" on multi-year renewals, but reps do not have the ability to do so on 12-month agreements."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Leveraged a 3-year term to take advantage of LinkedIn's 8% discount, while avoiding LinkedIn's annual product price increases that take place every July"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn may cite an increase of users as cause for high uplift proposals, despite the application and retention of an "unlimited" users bundle in past and current contract terms."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"By leveraging benchmarking with Vendr, we were able to proceed confidently with our renewal pricing due to recent growth, which puts us at the lower end of the pricing range for our usage with Recruiter. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn is reluctant in adding discounts for contracts that are descoping, however, with pressure and leveraging the previous contract's terms (if there was a discount given) they will typically re-add a discount at a lower %"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn will remove "one-off" language associated with discounts if requested, leveraging the need for this language change coming directly from legal as a need in order to get approval on signature due to company-wide policy. The talk track behind this ask is that the partnership should emphasize reciprocation of growth and the one-off language limits the continuation of mutual terms."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"A 3-year term on the renewal agreement was leveraged in tandem with forecasted growth in order to secure high discounting. LinkedIn was incentivized by the high potential for growth that we communicated during negotiations"Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn will force businesses to purchase at least 10 licenses of their individual sales navigator seats, resulting in paying much more than needed if businesses are only seeking 1,2,3, etc. licenses. A way around this is to propose to businesses to have employees purchase the seat on their own at $79/month, and then expense the purchase."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn wanted to increase our price by 33% after we ended our last 3 year term. They provided a 5% discount based on early signature, but were unwilling to reduce prices any further, despite the increase being well above market standard. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"On new purchases LinkedIn can facilitate up to monthly payments and net-45 terms."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"Due to the addition of Sales Navigator licenses and end-of-quarter incentives, we were able to secure one free additional month for 50 licenses. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn increases their prices annually on July 1st. It is advantageous to resign your renewal contract before this date. They will phrase it as a "discount" in exchange for renewing early."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"In knowing the summer was busy season for most job postings at our company, we were able to get 5 extra job slots for a period of 3 months worked into our contract by emphasizing this use case with Linkedin."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"LinkedIn mentioned that pricing will be increasing in July. Whilst they were not that forthcoming with discounts, we were able to save substantially by removing some aspects of the package that we had not used yet and therefore did not see the need for keeping it for the renewal. "Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We were able to recognize savings by referencing the previous agreement investment, agreeing to a 3 year plan, as well as citing budget constraints to negate a ~25% increase."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"After aligning on the intended scope of work, we were able to bring down the license count to the 8-seat minimum that LinkedIn allows, and gained 10% discounting by doing a 2-year agreement."Company with 201-1000 employeesThis year
"We leveraged adding on an additional module of Talent Insights, as well as a 36-month term on a renewal to get the additional module at a discounted rate"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We leveraged a 3 year term as too long for a new purchase. We were able to leverage budget constraints to get the 3 year annual rate provided on a 1 year contract for an EOQ signature."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We started the process very early for this one, essentially threatening to move forward with just a 1 year term and also letting the supplier know that we had been looking at moving to other solutions. In the end they were able to provide a strong price for a 3 year multi-year term."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to get a ~$7k saving on our purchase by citing budget restrictions and committing to a multi-year term."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Pushed back on a suggested scope of work change after LinkedIn's pricing packages they offer were changed, and resulted in savings on lowering the amount of Job Slots needed"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We successfully pushed back on an uplift and requested a 8% discount on a 2 year deal citing budget constraints"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Leveraged a multi-year agreement as opposed to a single year renewal term in order to secure protection from an annual uplift, and an overall improved annual rate by 8%"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Renewing our Sales Nav Enterprise, we incorporated growth and a 3 year term which saw benefit on our price per user on 325. Additionally, we were able to secure 65 Sales Nav licenses free of charge into our agreement by standing firm on budget restraints, and the expectation of growth being incentivized. Quarterly payments available."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Supplier was firm on no discounting under 30 SalesNav licenses as well as list price to add any additional licenses."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to get a 5% early signature from LinkedIn. This is only valid 45 days before a renewal and we had to ask for it. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to get the cost of job wrapping waived and also had Net 60 payment terms approved."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"we were able to negotiate an improved price by confirming (in written form) to equip the full prospecting-facing teams to get a 15% discount
25 Licenses with a price of 1,088/license within a 12 Month agreement. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to save $50k on our Learning renewal by leveraging economies of scale, an early renewal (60-days+), and a 36-month term."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"leveraged a multi-year term to boost the discount"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"For LinkedIn Learning new purchases reps can provide 1 month free and also a license buffer which allows for use of 20% more than the contracted license amount at no additional cost."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"No discount was provided for adding 20 additional licenses to Sales Navigator due to not crossing over a tier threshold"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn tried to charge us for Consumer Users that they had identified, we were able to push back on these and drop them from our quote. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to renew one of our recruiter seats for only 6 months (had to purchase it on a separate contract)."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn offered us a 13% discount for signing a 3-year term. They also added in Quarterly billing terms without having to get approval right before the renewal deadline. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"They changed their Advanced Plus SKU so we moved to Advanced and saved some money while not losing any functionality"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"When working with the Job Posting team, they were a bit more flexible. We did not experience any uplift and we were able to credit some unused jobs back to our contract which will be applied on our invoice. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn did not provide flexible pricing upon renewal."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We secure nine free job slots by committing to renew our Corporate recruiter seats 3 months ahead of schedule "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Linkedin provided a flat renewal for Sales Insights."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Our Sales Navigator contract lapsed and we went a few months without which only costed us as LinkedIn was not forgiving and would not discount off of list price. We were able to get 2 months for free in hopes to find some discounting there. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to remove the auto-renew language to contain no auto-renew in the renewal order form"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn offered no discount opportunities for renewal, as this was a slight descope and a shorter term commitment, despite several pushes - even for multi-year agreements. They said that multi-year agreements would lock in rates but not allow for a discount on this renewal. As such, we renewed for 12 months."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to leverage an early signature in Q4 of 2023 to remove the uplift LinkedIn originally proposed for the renewal "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to get a discount for a 2 year term upon renewal "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to remove the auto-renew language to contain no auto-renew in the renewal order form "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn no longer offers discounting for multi-year agreements and the only savings is locking in against a price increase. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to secure a 1-time discount for roughly ~18,500 by leveraging an upgrade in Sales Navigator Tiers along with growth and a 3 year renewal agreement."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We decided to renew for 36 months in order to maintain our Sales Navigator rate from last year ($1600/seat, 15 seats). Otherwise, our rate would have been $1730/seat."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We are based in EMEA, and coming off of a 24 month agreement for recruiter corporate/job slots, we needed to descope slightly, and couldn't find any discount opportunity. We also renewed for 12 months, as we were told that a multiyear would not afford additional price incentive at renewal but only ensure we are protected from future price increases."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We had purchased the short-lived Job Posts spend limit last year, and barely came close to using all of our spend. LinkedIn discontinued this format in favor of Job Slots, which we reverted back to this renewal, but they were firm on only allowing us to roll over 15% of our unused spend to the new contract, despite several pushes/escalations. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"After descoping our agreement by 40% on sales Nav, we lost the flexibility on our quarterly payment terms. Standing firm on this request allowed us to remain in the ELP plan. Additionally, we had a hard budget of $140,000 and managed to secure 60 Sales Nav and LSI for this pricing on a 12 month agreement. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"The multi year term discounts is 5% for 2 years and 7.5% for 3 years. Sometimes, LinkedIn will offer a 5% discount on a one year term in exchange for an early signature. Reps only can provide this to a select group of their book. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"The renewal pricing for our Sales Navigator subscription was initially provided with end-of-quarter rates dependent on the signing date. We completed the signing process in the subsequent quarter, and the previously offered pricing was honored. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn only discounts for multi-year and volume. We were able to rely on strict budget to get an additional 5% discount on top of our 5% discount for a 2 year contract. We had to sign within the week. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Since we didn't want to commit to a multi-year or grow our licenses, the best way to find cost savings with LinkedIn was to remove unused licenses. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn removed our one-time discount at renewal for our Sales Nav contract and was firm on price. According to our rep, LinkedIn pricing is standard based on 2 things – volume and length of contract. That standard applies for all companies and reps are not given any leeway for negotiation. The 25-49 volume tier is $1,680/license. 10-24 licenses would be $1,730/license. 2 year deals receive 5% discount. 3 year deals receive 7.5% discount."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn laid off 3% of their company globally on 10/16 - https://www.axios.com/2023/10/16/linkedin-layoffs-restructuring-artifical-intelligence"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LI increased the pricing to list pricing. They enacted a 22.5% discount on a 3 year term, but we pushed back. We got the stakeholder involved and were able to keep a 20% discount on only a 2 year contract. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Received a $1,700 credit through an early renewal. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn provided a 5% early renewal discount. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to get a 20% discount on Sales Navigation Advanced+ by leveraging LinkedIn's EoQ and September signature. We also got 7 weeks worth of free use + LinkedIn Ads/Marketing vouchers worth 1500 EUR."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn was able to offer a 5% discount for early contract signature, this was a month before our renewal was due. They also offered an additional 5% discount for a 2-year commitment. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"If you can renew your contract 45/60 days in advance and commit to a 2 or 3 year renewal you can push reps to offer an additional 5/8%"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"we received a 5% discount committing to a multi-year"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn raised pricing on the Career Pages - SMB basic package from $10K to $20K YoY, which we were able to have reduced to the prior years $10K pricing siting this change was not budgeted for. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Linkedin upped the price of job slots by $50/each. We pushed back but they were unwilling to budge."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn offered a nominal 2% rate increase for a 1 year renewal in exchange for adding 1 Job Slot and 1 Recruiter seat. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn's Year end is 6.30 and they have more flexibility for savings and bundles at that time. Ultimately we were able to work with them to provide a 3 month pilot with a 4th month free upfront"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn will offer a 5% discount for 2 year terms and 7.5% discount for 3 year terms. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Did offer 5% discount for a signature by end of August for a renewal due in October."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We reduced our scope with LinkedIn pretty significantly upon renewal. Of the skus we kept, all per-unit pricing remained the same except the Job Slot unit price; this was raised by 2%.
"Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn is offering any current contracts the opportunity to add LinkedIn Learning at time of renewal at a highly discounted rate (50-25% off) with a multi year contract. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"On a multi-year contract, LinkedIn will increase the price per year by 5%. This is still better than a one year contract as LinkedIn increases their contracts/pricing upon renewal by 15% each year. No matter how long the contract length, LinkedIn will increase the renewal to match the latest pricing. The best way to get a "fair" price with LinkedIn is by signing the renewal early (they will reach out about this) before the new pricing for the year goes in effect. This typically happens on July 1 annually, though we have seen them extend this type of offer beyond that."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Upon renewal LinkedIn proposed an upgrade to the Hiring Enterprise Program which included Unlimited Recruiter seats, InMails, Job Slots and Job Wrapping with Career Pages and Work With Us Ads on a 3 year term. We pushed back on the term length but LinkedIn said the minimum they could do would be 24 months. With the 30% increase in price for Enterprise we moved forward with a flat renewal on products for a ~3.4% uplift. We leveraged growth and budget constraints but LinkedIn would not move on the uplift citing they raise their prices every year to continually invest in their products and align price with the value received from their products."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to push for a 10% discount upon renewal by citing 10% budget cuts across the organization set at the Executive Level for all contracts."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to leverage a signature by the end of LinkedIn's fiscal year (June) to secure a 15% discount on a new purchase."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn offered a "3 month pilot free cash" worth 20% of the contract total to use towards products we were looking to add on in exchange for signing early. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn is raising prices on July 1st (beginning of their fiscal year). They were willing to give a free month of LinkedIn Learning in order to have this contract executed by June 30th. They only discount based on contract length and volume but can throw in other incentives like free months or quarterly billing. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn has two discounting anchors (volume and contract longevity). We were able to get quarterly payments on a 36 month contract. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn is increasing pricing for the year on July 1 (by about 3%) and are encouraging users to renew early to get the latest pricing while still available. Contingent upon 6/15 signature date."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"We were able to leverage growth and economies of scale to secure stronger rates. This customer has grown significantly (about 40%) added new users in the last year with no price break, so we leveraged this to see stronger rates for this renewal. With this we were able to see a 15% discount on a 1 year agreement. "Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"The best discounts quoted were with 24 or 36 month terms."Company with more than 1000 employeesA while ago
"We communicated that we didn't have any flexibility from finance, and our rep was able to get approval on a rate that aligned to our budget (~8% discount)."Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn would not work with our internal compliance questionnaires and provided their compliance documents instead."Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"Their multi-year offers seemed firm - we got quoted 5% discount for a 2 year contract or 7.5% discount for a 3 year contract."Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"They provided a discount because we were bundling and adding a Talent Insights to our contract."Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"They honored our pre-existing 5% discount on a multi-year deal because we highlighted how budget-constrained we were due to the macro-economic conditions."Company with 1-200 employeesA while ago
"LinkedIn's fiscal year starts on July 1, and it seems like they typically do a 5% uplift in pricing across the board. We managed to avoid that uplift by signing a new contract right before July 1. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
"Our rep was willing to give us 2 months free for an early signature. "Company with 201-1000 employeesA while ago
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