Contract reminders that arrive before the notice deadline
Renewly reads each contract, works out the last day you can cancel or renegotiate, and reminds the right person before it passes. Not on the renewal date, when it is already too late.
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The problem with contract renewals
Most teams aren't losing money because they don't care. They're losing it because the process is broken from the start.
Missed deadlines cost money
A contract auto-renews because nobody was watching. Now you're locked in for another 12 months at last year's rates, paying for services you may not even use.
Spreadsheets go stale
Someone built a tracker in Excel. It had 47 columns. The last update was eight months ago. That's not a system - that's a liability with tabs.
No one owns the process
Three people think they own the vendor relationship. None of them know when it renews. When the deadline passes, everyone assumed someone else was handling it.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Renewly is built specifically for renewal tracking - not as an afterthought inside a bloated CLM platform.
Upload a PDF. Get structured data usually in under a minute.
Drop in your contract PDFs and Renewly reads them automatically. Renewal dates, notice periods, contract values, and auto-renewal clauses are extracted and surfaced - no manual data entry, no digging through documents at 11pm before a deadline.
- 1Renewal date and expiry extraction
- 2Notice period detection
- 3Auto-renewal clause flagging
- 4Contract value and escalation terms
Alerts at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days out
The 30-day reminder isn't enough. By then, you've lost most of your negotiation window. Renewly sends four rounds of alerts, starting 90 days before your deadline - when you still have real options.
90 days · 60 days · 30 days · 7 days
Flags auto-renewal traps before they cost you
Vendors write auto-renewal clauses because they work. Renewly flags them the moment you upload a contract - along with price escalation clauses, short notice windows, and anything else that limits your flexibility at renewal time.
- 1Auto-renewal clause detection
- 2Price escalation flags
- 3Risk score per contract
- 4Portfolio-level health score
Everyone knows who owns what
Assign contracts to owners, add notes, track decisions. When a renewal comes up, there's no confusion about who's responsible or what was agreed last time. The context stays with the contract, not in someone's inbox.
- 1Contract ownership assignment
- 2Team access with role controls
- 3Notes and renewal decisions logged
- 4Shared renewal calendar
Skip the upload entirely with Renewly Inbox
Forward any vendor email to your @in.renewly.gg alias and Renewly extracts the contract automatically. Or use a ghost alias as the sign-up email for new SaaS, so each new tool lands in Renewly the day you sign up.
Negotiate from strength with Voice of Vendor
Public layoff news on your vendors surfaces as an alert only when it coincides with one of your renewal windows. The leverage hits your inbox the day it matters, not six months too late.
- 1Layoff news from public sources, classified headline by headline
- 2Looks 180 days ahead, enough time to prepare a negotiation
- 3Per-vendor opt-out so you stay in control
- 4GitHub release activity tracked alongside for context (does not fire alerts on its own)
Status-page incidents and Crunchbase signals are on the roadmap.
Search every clause across your portfolio
The Term Library searches clauses across every contract you hold. Pick from 12 prebuilt queries (notice windows over 60 days, auto-renewing contracts over $10K, multi-year locks, urgent renewals), or ask in plain English.
- 112 saved queries for the questions teams ask most
- 2Ask in plain English
- 3Answers in under a second
- 4Searches run only over approved contract fields
How Renewly compares
Most teams end up paying for CLM they don't need, or sticking with spreadsheets that don't work. There's a middle ground.
| Feature | Renewly | ContractSafe | Zylo | Ironclad | Spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free / from $149/mo | From $450/mo | Custom ($$$$) | Custom ($$$$$) | Free |
| Setup time | 5 minutes | 1-2 weeks | Weeks | Months | Hours |
| Renewal alerts | 7/30/60/90 days | Manual setup | Basic | Yes | Manual |
| Auto extraction | Yes | Higher tier | Yes | Yes | No |
| Risk analysis | Yes | No | Limited | Yes | No |
| Free tier | 5 contracts | Trial only | No | No | Yes |
| Best for | Renewal tracking | Repositories | SaaS spend mgmt | Enterprise CLM | Getting started |
Competitor prices come from their public pages and can change; ask the vendor for a current quote. See detailed comparisons.
Common questions
What is contract reminder software?
Contract reminder software tracks the dates in your contracts and warns you before they pass. Renewly reads each contract PDF, finds the renewal date and the notice period, works out the last day you can act, and sends alerts to the contract's owner at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days before it.
How much does contract renewal software cost?
Renewly offers a free tier for up to 5 contracts. The Starter plan is $149/month for up to 100 contracts. Enterprise CLM tools like Ironclad or Icertis are quoted per customer and commonly run to tens of thousands of dollars a year.
How is contract renewal software different from CLM?
Contract lifecycle management (CLM) covers the entire contract process from drafting to execution to renewal. Contract renewal software focuses on tracking renewal dates, sending alerts, and preventing missed deadlines, which makes it simpler, faster to set up, and cheaper.
How long does it take to set up contract renewal tracking?
With Renewly, you can upload your first contract and start tracking renewals in about five minutes. Enterprise CLM tools typically require weeks or months of implementation.
Can contract renewal software read my existing contract PDFs?
Yes. Renewly automatically extracts key data from uploaded contract PDFs - including renewal dates, notice periods, contract values, and auto-renewal clauses - usually in under a minute.
Keep reading
Missed renewal prevention
How to stop auto-renewal traps from draining your budget
Vendor contract management
Track supplier agreements across your entire vendor portfolio
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