Legal Economics

Pricing & AFAs

5. PERSUIT’s AFA data makes alternative pricing impossible to treat as marginal

PERSUIT says 79% of value on its platform is awarded under alternative fee arrangements and highlights structured pricing mechanisms such as AFAs, phased budgets, rate cards, volume thresholds and terms enforced in e-billing.

BY ECONOMICS DESK · APRIL 30, 2026 · 1 MIN READ

PERSUIT says 79% of value on its platform is awarded under alternative fee arrangements and highlights structured pricing mechanisms such as AFAs, phased budgets, rate cards, volume thresholds and terms enforced in e-billing. This is one of the clearest procurement-side signals that pricing innovation is becoming operational infrastructure, not a thought-leadership slogan.

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