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The vendor's agreements were benchmarked against thousands of vendor forms and are in the top 1% for customer favorability.

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Deal Breakers

100% customer favorability, based on 750 plus contract signals powered by Certify.

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Customer Favorable

Indicates balanced, low-risk terms favorable to the customer.

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A concise snapshot of key risks, their impact, and priority concerns.

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Liability and Risk Allocation
100% Customer Favorable

Insurance

Insurance requirements

  • Flexera must carry general liability insurance
  • Flexera must carry workers' compensation insurance
  • Flexera must carry automobile insurance
  • Flexera must carry professional liability insurance
  • Flexera must carry errors and omissions insurance
  • Flexera must carry data related insurance

Summary

Liability cap

  • Flexera's liability is capped at 12 months' fees
  • A secondary cap covers claims related to Flexera's indemnification obligations relating to data
  • A secondary cap covers claims related to Flexera's indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement
  • A secondary cap covers claims related to at least some of Flexera's indemnification obligations (other than relating to data or IP infringement) - see citation
  • Customer's liability is capped at 12 months' fees
  • There is no secondary liability cap on Customer's liability

Exceptions to the liability cap

  • Claims related to gross negligence or recklessness are excluded from the cap on Flexera's liability
  • Claims related to fraud or willful misconduct are excluded from the cap on Flexera's liability
  • Claims related to death or personal injury are excluded from the cap on Flexera's liability
  • Claims related to payment obligations by Customer are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to gross negligence and/or recklessness are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to fraud and/or willful misconduct are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to death or personal injury are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability

Excluded damages

  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from Flexera's liability
  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from Customer's liability

Exceptions to excluded damages

  • The damages excluded from Flexera's liability do not include claims related to gross negligence or recklessness
  • The damages excluded from Flexera's liability do not include claims related to fraud or willful misconduct
  • The damages excluded from Flexera's liability do not include claims related to death or personal injury
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to payment obligations
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to gross negligence or recklessness
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to fraud and/or willful misconduct
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to death or personal injury

Timing of claims

  • There are no limits on when claims must be brought by Customer
  • There are no limits on when claims must be brought by Flexera

Claims

  • Flexera indemnifies Customer for claims based on third-party IP infringement
  • Flexera indemnifies Customer for data related claims (e.g., data breach, loss of data, etc.)
  • Flexera indemnifies Customer for claims arising from fraud or willful misconduct
  • Flexera indemnifies Customer for claims arising from gross negligence or recklessness
  • Flexera indemnifies Customer for claims arising from death or personal injury
  • Flexera indemnifies Customer for claims arising from damage to property
  • Flexera indemnifies Customer for claims based on breach of confidential information provisions in the contract
  • Customer does not indemnify Flexera for any claims

Scope of obligations

  • Not all types of IP are covered by Flexera's IP indemnification
  • Flexera's IP indemnification covers copyright claims
  • Flexera's IP indemnification covers patent claims
  • Flexera's IP indemnification covers trademark claims
  • Flexera's indemnification obligations are not the exclusive remedy for indemnified claims
  • Flexera's indemnification includes the obligation to provide a defense
  • Flexera's indemnification does not include the obligation to hold harmless

Limitations, conditions, or exclusions

  • Obligations include conditions regarding Customer's cooperation or Flexera's control of the defense
  • Obligations include conditions regarding Customer's use of the services in breach of the contract
  • Flexera's indemnity obligations include conditions regarding settlements
  • There are time constraints on when Customer must notify Flexera of an indemnifiable claim

Warranties Offered

SLAs

  • Flexera offers an SLA regarding uptime
  • The specified remedy for Flexera's violation of the uptime SLAs is credit or refunds
  • The specified remedy for Flexera's violation of an uptime SLA is the exclusive remedy
  • Flexera offers some other form of SLA
  • The specified remedy for Flexera's violation of some other form of SLA is credits or refunds
  • The specified remedy for Flexera's violation of some other form of SLA is not the exclusive remedy

Other warranties

  • Flexera warrants that the services will meet specified standards of care or conduct
  • Flexera provides warranties regarding defects, performance, and/or features

Implied warranties

  • Flexera disclaims some or all implied warranties
Data & Privacy
100% Customer Favorable

Data Rights

Data provided by Customer

  • Flexera does not claim ownership of any data provided by Customer
  • Flexera does not receive usage rights in any data provided by Customer beyond what is necessary to improve or provide the services

Data Security

Subprocessor obligations

  • The contract lists or references a list of some subprocessors
  • Flexera is required to ensure that subprocessors are bound by data or privacy requirements similar to those in this contract

Security commitments

  • Flexera makes contractually binding data security commitments

Third party audits, standards, or certifications

  • Flexera commits to comply with at least one third-party data security audit, standard, or certification
  • Flexera commits to Soc 1 audits
  • Flexera commits to Soc 2 audits
  • There are no qualifications and/or limitations to Flexera's commitments to comply with third-party data security audits, standards, or certifications

Data breach notification policy

  • Flexera commits to notifying Customer of a security breach impacting Customer's data

Summary

Vendor's confidential information

  • Customer must provide some protection of Flexera's confidential information

Customer's confidential information

  • Flexera must provide some protection of Customer's confidential information
  • Flexera explicitly commits not to disclose Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services
  • Flexera explicitly commits not to use Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services

Mutuality

  • All commitments concerning confidential information are mutual

Residuals clause

  • There is no residuals clause

Warranties Offered

Compliance with documentation/specifications

  • Flexera warrants that the services will comply with certain documentation and/or specifications, but the warranty has some conditions or qualifications

Other warranties

  • Flexera provides warranties regarding malware, malicious code, spyware, viruses, or similar
Commercial & Payment Terms
70% Vendor Favorable

Payment Terms

Late payment penalties

  • There are penalties for late payments

Payments due

  • Customer has at least 30 days to pay

Vendor's expenses

  • Flexera reserves the right to bill Customer for one or more types of expenses incurred by Flexera
  • Flexera reserves the right to bill Customer for expenses beyond the collection of unpaid fees
Term, Termination, & Control
80% Customer Favorable

Summary

Customer's termination rights

  • Customer has certain rights to terminate for cause
  • Customer has certain rights to terminate for convenience

Refunds

  • Customer's termination rights include the right to a refund

Auto-renewal

  • The contract has auto-renew language, but Customer may opt out
  • The contract has auto-renewal language and Customer may opt out by giving greater than 45 days' notice

Vendor's termination and suspension rights

  • Flexera does not receive the right to terminate the contract for convenience
  • Customer has between 11 and 30 days to cure a breach before Flexera can terminate for cause
  • Flexera may suspend Customer's access to the service for violation of Flexera's policies and/or guidelines
  • Flexera may suspend Customer's access to the service for reasons TermScout was unable to classify - see citation
IP & Ownership
80% Customer Favorable

Customer's IP

Licenses to Customer IP

  • Flexera does not receive a license to any customer IP that is broader than necessary to provide the services

Assignment of Customer IP or work product

  • Customer does not assign any work product or other IP to Flexera

Warranties Offered

Other warranties

  • Flexera provides warranties regarding IP infringement
  • Flexera provides warranties regarding its authority to enter into this contract and/or the validity of this contract
Restrictions & Controls
70% Customer Favorable

Summary

Non-compete

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to compete as long as Customer doesn’t violate the agreement or use the services to compete

Non-solicit

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's right to solicit

Exclusivity

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to procure similar products or services from other vendors

Vendor's assignment rights

  • Flexera is allowed to assign in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Flexera is allowed to assign in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are consent requirements restricting Flexera's ability to assign the contract
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are notice requirements restricting Flexera's ability to assign the contract
  • Notice requirements apply to Flexera's assignment rights in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Notice requirements apply to Flexera's assignment rights in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are no restrictions or conditions on Flexera's right to assign to a competitor of Customer

Customer's assignment rights

  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are consent requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Consent requirements do not apply in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are notice requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • Notice requirements apply to Customer's assignment rights in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Notice requirements apply to Customer's assignment rights in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are no restrictions or conditions on Customer's right to assign to a competitor of Flexera

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A certified contract gives buyers an immediate signal that the agreement has already been independently reviewed against objective standards, so they do not need to start from a blank slate. That means procurement and legal can focus on any truly exceptional issues instead of re-litigating the whole paper, helping the vendor get to usage faster.

When a contract is benchmarked and certified as Balanced or Customer Favorable, buyers know the core terms are already aligned with market norms and defined fairness criteria. That reduces the instinct to redline broadly, because the agreement has already cleared a credibility threshold before negotiation begins.

Certification gives internal stakeholders a common, data-backed basis for approval, which lowers the time spent debating whether the contract is “acceptable”. In practice, that lets procurement, legal, and finance move from review mode to decision mode much faster.

A certified contract signals transparency: the vendor is willing to have its terms independently assessed and publicly displayed as fair, balanced, and market-aligned. That kind of external proof reduces suspicion about hidden risk and makes buyers more comfortable moving forward.

Because certification removes uncertainty early, buyers can spend less time negotiating standard terms and more time deciding whether the product is the right fit. TermScout positions this as a way to cut negotiation friction and accelerate time to signature, which directly shortens the overall deal cycle.

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Objective Scoring

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Deal Breakers

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Benchmarking

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Certification

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Certified Contract Reports, Explained

Verified™ contract reviews are reviews of contracts that have been carefully checked by contract experts. This review is designed to help users understand the rights and obligations associated with the Flexera One Subscription Agreement ("SA") for Flexera Software LLC. We looked at the issues found in 'Term Sheets' and did not look for any other issues.

For more information on TermScout's contract review process, visit our methodology page.

In order to qualify for Certification, a contract must meet the following criteria:

  • Achieve a TermScout rating of Balanced or Customer Favorable, and
  • Be free of all designated Deal Breaker clauses.

The difference between certified Balanced and certified Customer Favorable is the TermScout favorability rating achieved by the contract. Each of these criteria is more fully described below.

A contract is balanced when it allocates risks between the parties in a roughly equal manner, as determined by TermScout's two-step, data-driven analysis. First, we use our proprietary AI to abstract over 750 defined data points from each contract we analyze. Then, we use an algorithm to objectively score that data. Because TermScout looks at the exact same set of data points and uses the exact same scoring algorithm in every contract analysis we conduct, you can now compare contracts on an apples-to-apples basis. (You can read more about the data points that TermScout analyzes in every IT contract here.)

This enables us to objectively rate contracts at both the agreement level and by key topic area (e.g., limitations of liability, indemnification, warranties, etc.) and show you which contracts are vendor favorable, which are customer favorable, and which are balanced.

Not all risks are created equal. Even if a contract shifts only a single risk to the buyer, the contract still may not merit certification if that risk is material enough. Examples of these types of Deal Breakers include exclusivity, complete disclaimers of liability, etc. Accordingly, TermScout will not certify a contract if it contains any of the following Deal Breaker clauses,² which TermScout identified by reference to market data and input from prominent buy-side and sell-side legal experts from TermScout's Innovation Advisory Council:

This makes it nearly impossible for a customer to recover from a vendor, no matter what goes wrong - even if the vendor violates other provisions of the contract.

Signing non-competes means contractually promising not to engage in a certain line of business. This is something most businesses want to avoid where possible.

Agreeing not to solicit a vendor's employees, customers, or vendors sounds reasonable, but it places challenging burdens on the customer to ensure they comply.

Agreeing not to procure similar services from other companies can severely hinder a company's ability to do business.

Privacy laws require companies to follow strict rules with respect to how they handle certain types of data. This clause presents major risks to a company's ability to comply with such laws.

It's extremely rare for a customer to need to assign IP rights to an IT vendor. Doing so can materially jeopardize a company's rights in its own IP.

Since most IT services today are delivered "as a service", customers often upload wide varieties of information onto vendors' servers. Confidentiality commitments are expected by most customers.

The goal of TermScout's reports is to provide users with the data necessary to make an informed decision about whether they can accept the terms. The data provided in TermScout's reports includes:

  • Term Sheet: A full report of the key rights and obligations contained in the agreement.
  • Overall Ratings: TermScout's overall impression of the favorability of the contract vis a vis the parties. These ratings are algorithmic approximations of favorability that are based on market data and the subject views of contract experts with experience in the specific type of contract.
  • Rare Clause Radar: TermScout identifies and surfaces a list of the most rare and material clauses that favor your counterparty.
  • Playbooks: Playbooks are a way of programming into TermScout's software a specific set of acceptance criteria for a contract type. All accounts have access to sample Playbooks for select templates, and Pro accounts have the ability to build custom Playbooks.
  • Comparable Contracts: We'll show a list of contracts sorted by favorability ratings and allow for the comparison of similar contracts based on position, industry, and contract type.
  • Market Data: Any right or obligation in a contract can be compared to market data for similar contract types, including data from TermScout's Contract Market Database™ of thousands of public contracts and anonymized and aggregated data from hundreds of negotiated contracts.

Certified Contract Reports contain only a subset of the above data. To access all of the data available, create a free account here and search for the desired contract in Triage.

Please note that this report focuses on the identification of terms from the contract documents listed under 'Scope of Review' and compares them against a defined set of criteria. Certain services may be subject to additional terms not available to TermScout, such as purchase orders and other deal-specific documents. You should always review the terms associated with the specific service you are using and know that TermScout's ratings generally do not cover (a) services purchased through a reseller, (b) offline variants of any of the Agreements, (c) service-specific terms that override any of the terms discussed here, or (d) free services. You also should consult your legal counsel if you have any questions about the meaning, significance or assessment of any agreement or provision.

TermScout prepared this report with an average use-case customer in mind and operated under the assumptions listed below (the "Key Assumptions"). To the extent that provisions in a contract vary based on specific circumstances that differ from the Key Assumptions, TermScout ignores those variations. Additional contract-level assumptions, if any, are disclosed in 'Notes to Customer'.

Key Assumptions

  1. Customer is an average "end user" of the service (i.e. not a partner, distributor, or developer).
  2. Customer is not a government entity.
  3. Customer is a US-based company and is using the service in the US.
  4. Customer is a paying user (i.e. not a user of free services).
  5. Customer is not using beta services.
  6. Unless otherwise noted, service-specific terms that may override or supersede the terms of the Agreement are not reviewed by TermScout.

We reviewed the SA for Flexera and any documents specifically listed under 'Scope of Review'. For purposes of this report, "Customer" means the party contracting with Flexera and "Vendor" means Flexera.

References herein to the "Agreement" are to the following documents:

TermScout did not review any documents other than those listed above. If other documents form part of this Agreement, the answers provided by TermScout may be incomplete or incorrect. TermScout's accuracy commitments only cover documents specifically identified in this section.

The TermScout review assumes the Customer is a US-based company and is using the service in the US.

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Procurement and vendor management teams often escalate fintech agreements when renewal mechanics create uncertainty around pricing, compliance obligations, or operational continuity. Additional scrutiny is common when agreements automatically renew with short notice periods, limited termination flexibility, or broad pricing-adjustment rights. Enterprise buyers generally expect renewal structures that support predictable governance and periodic reassessment of financial-risk exposure.

Enterprise buyers frequently challenge agreements that combine automatic renewals with aggressive price increases, restrictive termination timing, or limited customer review rights before renewal takes effect. Concern also increases when fintech vendors tie access to historical financial data, reporting workflows, or integrations to continued subscription commitments. Market-aligned agreements generally preserve reasonable reevaluation and transition flexibility.

Buyers typically assess whether renewal provisions could create long-term dependency on financial systems, reporting infrastructure, or compliance workflows that become difficult to unwind operationally. Concern increases when agreements provide limited transition support, weak offboarding obligations, or inadequate access to historical operational data after termination. Enterprise review teams increasingly evaluate renewal governance as part of broader operational resilience planning.

Enterprise buyers often interpret heavily vendor-favorable renewal structures as indicators of future commercial friction or operational lock-in. Agreements that provide transparent renewal timelines, stable governance expectations, and workable exit rights generally create more trust during procurement review. In contrast, aggressive renewal mechanics may signal elevated long-term operational or financial-management risk.

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