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Renewal forecasts built on gut feel and CSM optimism produce surprises every quarter. A Contract Renewal Forecasting Playbook reads usage, support, finance, and engagement signals to score each upcoming renewal, project the revenue outcome, and surface the renewals where intervention still has time to change the result.
The Challenge
CSMs forecast renewals based on the last conversation, not the underlying account health. A good QBR a month before renewal lifts the confidence score even when usage has been declining for two quarters. The forecast moves on emotion, not data.
By the time the dashboard flags a renewal as at risk, the renewal date is close and the contractual leverage to fix the relationship is gone. The CSM gets the warning but lacks the runway to change the outcome.
Renewal forecasts focus on whether the customer will renew at all. Accounts that should be growing at renewal get treated like flat renewals, leaving expansion on the table on the exact accounts where the customer is most ready to commit more spend.
How eyko Solves It
A Contract Renewal Forecasting Playbook reads product usage trajectories, support contact patterns, finance signals (payment timing, contraction events), engagement data, and historical renewal outcomes to score every upcoming renewal. It projects a renewal probability, an expected revenue outcome including expansion or contraction, and surfaces the renewals where the score has moved materially since the last refresh so revenue and customer success can intervene with time to act.
The Playbook scored 142 renewals due in the next 6 months. 18 are flagged at materially elevated churn risk, representing $2.8M in ARR. 24 show strong expansion signals worth a projected $1.6M in incremental ARR if the renewal motion shifts from flat to growth. The current pipeline forecast undercalls churn by 11 accounts and misses 16 expansion-ready accounts entirely.
| Metric | Current | Benchmark | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary indicator | Flagged | Target | Action needed |
| Secondary indicator | Monitoring | Within range | On track |
| Trend direction | Declining | Stable | Review required |
Contract Renewal Forecasting projects the revenue outcome of every renewal due in the next 6 months. The Playbook scores each renewal on probability of close, expected ARR (including expansion or contraction), and confidence interval. It surfaces the renewals where the score has moved materially since the last refresh so revenue leadership and customer success see where the forecast has shifted and which accounts need attention with time to act.
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FAQ
Everything you need to know about Renewal Forecast & Risk Map.
Contract Renewal Forecasting is an AI-driven forecast of every upcoming renewal that scores probability of close, expected revenue outcome (including expansion and contraction), and confidence interval. The Playbook reads usage, support, finance, and engagement signals, compares each renewal to similar historical renewals, and surfaces the renewals where the forecast has shifted materially so revenue and customer success see where to intervene with time to act.
The Playbook reads from your CRM (renewal date, contract terms, opportunity stage, account team), product analytics (usage, feature adoption, session frequency), support tool (ticket cadence, severity), billing system (payment timing, contraction history), and customer success platform (QBR cadence, health score history). At least 12 months of paired renewal-outcome data lets the model anchor predictions in actual outcomes.
Useful directional signal emerges at the 180-day mark, when usage and engagement patterns have stabilized enough to differentiate renewals. Forecast confidence improves through the 90-day mark, after which the score becomes highly reliable. The Playbook attaches a confidence interval to every projection so customer success can prioritize action on high-confidence at-risk renewals rather than acting on noise.
Yes. For each renewal the Playbook attaches a recommended motion: retention plays for elevated-risk accounts with the contributing factors named, expansion proposals for growth-ready accounts with the usage evidence attached, and stakeholder re-introduction plays where the executive sponsor has changed. Each recommendation comes with the projected revenue impact so revenue leadership can prioritize the highest-value motions first.
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