Negotiate custom SLA with service credits for downtime
We need 99.95% uptime, 25% credits below threshold, credits applied automatically.
99.9% is the highest tier we offer. 10% credit standard. Manual credit-request process.
Standard 10% credit isn't much teeth on a quarter-million annual contract. What about tiered credits — bigger credit for bigger breach?
We can structure tiered credits if you accept 99.9% (not 99.95%). And auto-apply only if you accept our standard report cycle.
99.9% works if we get tiered credits — 10% under 99.9%, 25% under 99.5% — and credits auto-apply to the next month's invoice.
Agreed. SLA at 99.9%, tiered credits as proposed, auto-applied to next month's invoice.
99.9% monthly uptime SLA; 10% credit for breaches under 99.9%, 25% credit under 99.5%; credits applied to following month's invoice automatically.
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