HCL Pricing Policy Update

HCL announce that as of July 15 2023 a standard 15% annual increase will be applied.

... with the caveat (aka incentive) that "prices and uplifts may vary depending on the unique selling scenarios, including multi-year renewals, expansion license sales, cross-selling a new product into the customer portfolio, conversion to term licensing, and other selling and promotional opportunities"

Published on their Customer Support website HCL have advised that charges across renewals and the full software catalogue price list are increasing by a hefty 15%, which is likely to burden already stretched IT budgets. And while the impacts of this jump are fully considered, keep a lookout for similar announcements from other software vendors - these announcements tend to come in waves.

So best get prepared for your upcoming renewals with those arguable positions, concessions, additions or any available means to minimize your uplifts, along with the inevitable explanations to those in your organization who believe (others) costs should only go down, never up!