Vertice and RSM collaborate to help middle market enterprises control AI consumption and SaaS costs. Aug 18, 2026, 09:00 ET Strategic alliance helps clients combat runaway consumption-based pricing by pairing RSM's technology advisory services with the world's largest procurement intelligence dataset and negotiation services NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Vertice, the AI procurement platform built for the modern enterprise, today announced a strategic alliance with RSM US LLP ("RSM") - the leading provider of consulting, tax and assurance services for the middle market - to help clients identify avoidable spend, support negotiations and accelerate procurement cycles. The alliance has been established to better serve the middle market, pairing Vertice's AI procurement platform, expert negotiation support and procurement intelligence dataset - the largest of its kind - with RSM's leading technology advisory, cloud transformation and cost optimization experience. Vertice's dataset, which spans more than 250,000 negotiated contracts and more than $75 billion in global indirect spend, provides benchmark-driven insight into pricing, renewal risks and savings opportunities that many middle market organizations would not otherwise have at scale. RSM will help clients leverage this data to drive connection and impact across technology advisory, cloud transformation, finance and risk to ensure they are optimizing SaaS costs, strengthening supplier relationships and enhancing operational efficiency. Through the alliance, Vertice's capabilities become a component of RSM's integrated cloud consulting services. For clients of RSM, this means software and cloud cost optimization can move from a reactive exercise upon renewal, to a more pre-emptive and data-led operating model. Vertice and RSM allow organizations to mitigate the budget ramifications of the rapidly evolving software landscape, with particular focus on the shift from fixed, seat-based software contracts to the consumption- and usage-based pricing models that are increasingly prevalent across software vendors. The impact of such pricing has become notorious following numerous enterprises hitting the headlines after exhausting annual AI budgets early, capping AI SaaS usage in response to excessive unpredicted costs, or even cancelling licences altogether. According to Vertice's data report 'Investigating consumption-based pricing models', these new pricing mechanisms can create runaway spend, exceeding budget plans by an average of 38%. The threat is not limited to major AI-native tools however, as longstanding SaaS vendors are also changing their pricing models as they introduce more AI capabilities, making corporate software budgets doubly challenging to predict. Diego Rosenfeld, RSM Technology Advisory Practice Leader and Principal, said: "RSM has spent a lot of time over the past year with CIOs and their leadership teams helping them navigate the major opex volatility introduced by software vendors using new pricing models. While companies of all sizes are deeply impacted by this, the worst-affected appear to be middle market organizations who suffer from the compounding challenge of spending significantly on software, yet lacking the scale, benchmarking data and buying skills to control it. This collaboration brings together RSM's experience helping middle market organizations optimize technology investments and navigate increasingly complex software vendor environments and Vertice's AI procurement platform to help clients bring order back to the AI and SaaS pricing chaos." In a recent article, Rosenfeld drew on Vertice benchmark data to detail how AI-driven consumption pricing is reshaping IT budgets for middle market organizations. The research points to: * 25% reduction in vendors using seat-based pricing models in two years, as consumption-based and hybrid models take over. * 38% average monthly variance from planned budgets for consumption-based software contracts, versus 4% for traditional seat-based contracts * Less than 6 months before consumption-based contracts diverge 15%+ from budgets * 23% increase in contract cost when vendors switch from seat-based to consumption-based pricing. Roy Tuvey, Founder and CEO, Vertice, said: "RSM has reinforced what we see across our own customer base every day: consumption-based pricing is fundamentally changing the game for mid-market IT leaders and their CFOs because vendor commercial models are evolving faster than buying processes can keep up. RSM knows these organizations inside and out; pairing the Vertice platform, data, and expert negotiators with RSM's leading advisory capabilities means more companies will get ahead of this pricing shift, rather than reacting to it when a shock vendor invoice arrives at the end of the quarter." About Vertice Vertice is the intelligent procurement platform built for the modern enterprise. By uniting agentic workflows, AI-powered insights, and expert buying talent, we enable finance and procurement teams in 100+ countries to operate with greater precision, speed, and impact. Customers including ARM, Brex, Duolingo, Twilio and Santander use Vertice's platform to review, analyze and negotiate purchases with greater confidence. Vertice processes over $75 billion in spend, with a proven track record of delivering 20%+ savings and accelerating procurement cycles by 2x. Headquartered in London and recognized by the Financial Times as the UK's fastest-growing scale-up, Vertice also operates in New York, Boston, Sydney, Brno, Linz and Johannesburg. Learn more at www.vertice.one. SOURCE Vertice

Vertice named a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Spend Orchestration 2026 Vendor Assessment. LONDON, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Vertice, the AI procurement platform built for the modern enterprise, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Spend Orchestration 2026 Vendor Assessment (doc #US54663526, July 2026). The IDC MarketScape assessed 10 providers in the worldwide AI-enabled spend orchestration market, evaluating each vendor's current capabilities and the alignment of its strategy with what customers will require over the next three to five years. The report noted, "As the market has matured, distinct positioning strategies have emerged: some providers are competing on breadth and full life-cycle coverage, certain providers are differentiating on data intelligence (proprietary pricing benchmarks, spend analytics, and SaaS optimization), other providers are competing on platform architecture (native iPaaS, agentic customizability, and no-code workflow building), and still others are targeting specific market segments (SAP-centric organizations, midmarket companies that need managed services alongside software, and finance-led organizations looking for procurement capabilities embedded in a broader financial operations platform)." According to the report, "Providers that do not develop a defensible data strategy risk commoditization of their workflow capabilities." Vertice was named to the Leaders Category, with the report stating: "Vertice's primary differentiator is the integration of proprietary SaaS pricing benchmark data directly into the procurement workflow that enables real-time purchasing guidance grounded in actual market pricing rather than estimated benchmarks or vendor-provided list prices. This intelligence layer is derived from Vertice's direct involvement in thousands of procurement negotiations and distinguishes the platform from workflow-only competitors." The report also highlighted Vertice's commercial model and scale, noting: "Vertice's model of pairing the company's intake-to-procure platform with managed indirect spend purchasing services that include a savings guarantee addresses the gap between workflow automation and procurement outcomes, appealing to buyers that are accountable for cost reduction results rather than just process efficiency." The report also noted, "With over 1,000 clients, Vertice has a substantial reference base and demonstrated enterprise deployment track record at scale." Vertice believes the market is converging on a conclusion its platform was built around: workflow automation alone does not deliver procurement outcomes. In response, Vertice pairs AI-driven intake-to-procure orchestration with the world's largest dataset of proprietary pricing benchmarks and vendor intelligence, plus negotiation expertise. This combination leads to 50%+ reductions in procurement cycle times, 70%+ reductions in manual steps, plus typical savings of 20%+ on indirect spend - backed by contractual guarantees. "In a market where every provider claims AI leadership, the durable question is what that AI is grounded in," said Patrick Reymann, Research Director, Procurement and Enterprise Applications at IDC. "Vertice's pricing intelligence is derived from direct participation in thousands of real negotiations - a data asset that is difficult for others to replicate. Paired with a guaranteed savings commitment, Vertice's proposition speaks directly and powerfully to buyers who are accountable for cost reduction, not just process efficiency." "Being named a Leader in this IDC MarketScape reflects the extraordinary momentum behind Vertice," said Eldar Tuvey, CEO and co-founder of Vertice. " With our acquisition of Vendr earlier this year, we now hold the world's largest procurement intelligence dataset: 250,000+ negotiations across 32,000 vendors and $75bn+ of indirect spend. This data helps our teams deliver better outcomes and hard cost savings, and it's the real-world procurement training behind the AI agents our 1,000+ customers use every day." The IDC MarketScape recognition continues a strong year of analyst and customer momentum for Vertice. In March, Vertice was named the leader in both Customer Impact and Market Velocity in Lionfish Tech Advisors' Report on intake-to-procure platforms. Vertice was also recognised by Forrester in The Supplier Value Management Platforms Landscape, Q1 2026, and named the No. 1 provider in the Procurement Orchestration category of G2's Summer 2026 Grid Report, based on the quality and volume of verified customer reviews. An excerpt of the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Enabled Spend Orchestration 2026 Vendor Assessment, featuring the full evaluation of Vertice, is available here: https://www.vertice.one/l/idc-marketscape-worldwide-ai-enabled-spend-orchestration-2026 About IDC MarketScape IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers. About Vertice Vertice is the intelligent procurement platform built for the modern enterprise. By uniting agentic workflows, AI-powered insights, and expert buying talent, Business Chief enable finance and procurement teams in 100+ countries to operate with greater precision, speed, and impact. Customers including ARM, Brex, Duolingo, Twilio and Santander use Vertice's platform to review, analyze and negotiate purchases with greater confidence. Vertice processes over $75 billion in spend, with a proven track record of delivering 20%+ savings and accelerating procurement cycles by 2x. Headquartered in London and recognised by the Financial Times as the UK's fastest-growing scale-up, Vertice also operates in New York, Boston, Sydney, Brno, Linz and Johannesburg. Learn more at www.vertice.one.