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The Contract Intelligence Index 2026

New research from 450+ leaders across Legal, Finance, Commercial Operations, and Data/IT reveals where contract intelligence breaks down, the business consequences, and the priorities shaping how organizations plan to unlock more value from their contract data.
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01 / THE OPPORTUNITY

Contract data is the new priority.

Contract intelligence drives valuable business processes across the enterprise, from renewals and billing to compliance and executive decisions, and companies are putting budget behind making that data accessible and actionable.

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are prioritizing ways to get more value from contract data in the next 12 months.

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say three or more business processes depend on getting contract data right, with 56% saying six or more.

Type of information (ranked in top three)
Data protection, privacy and compliance terms
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Renewal and expiration dates
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Pricing and rate terms
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See what leaders are prioritizing

02 / THE CONTRACT VALUE GAP

Missing data is expensive and slow.

Contracts rarely live in one place, with 61% keeping them in four or more, so even a simple question turns into a hunt for the right agreement. The result: only 11% can get a reliable answer in minutes.

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faced contract data challenges in the past year because information was missing, wrong or too slow to access.

Business consequence in the past 12 months
A deal slowed down because we couldn’t find what we’d already agreed
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A renewal we missed or let auto-renew without review
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A price increase or escalator we were entitled to and never applied
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SEE THE FULL COST OF THE CONTRACT VALUE GAP

03 / AI READINESS

AI is moving faster than the data.

Nearly every enterprise has invested in contract technology, and 80% are already putting AI to work on contract data. But AI is only as good as the data it’s working from, and only 25% trust their contract data enough to let an agent act on it alone.

use AI on their contract data, in production (40%) or pilots (39%).

say their contract data isn't fully ready for an AI agent to act on without a person checking.

Our technology is great at storing contracts, but pretty useless at telling us what we actually have to do, pay, or worry about. 

- Director of Data, IT, or Transformation | Manufacturing | $1B-$5B Annual Revenue

SEE WHy AI READINESS FALLS SHORT

04 / THE PAYOFF

Closing the gap is worth millions.

No single function owns the value of contract data, and none can unlock it alone. When contract intelligence reaches every team across the enterprise that depends on it, the return is measurable, and leaders are already putting a number on it.

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say solving their biggest contract-value problem is worth $250,000 or more a year, while 18% say solving it is worth millions.

Customer story: Jack Henry
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of logins to Pramata come from outside Legal, with 750+ users across the business.

LEARN HOW TO CLOSE THE GAP

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THE 2026 CONTRACT INTELLIGENCE INDEX OUT NOW!

We asked 450+ business leaders about the value of contract intelligence.

Here’s what they told us

97% of business leaders want to unlock more value from contract data. Do you?

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