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Objection: "You're 30% More Expensive Than the Competitor"

Late-stage price objection from an Economic Buyer in a competitive evaluation. Reframe to value or lose on price.

The situation

You are 8 weeks into a competitive evaluation against an established incumbent. Your Champion has done the work, your demo went well, and the Economic Buyer just said on a call: 'We like your platform, but you're 30% more expensive. Why should we pay that?'

Key stakeholders

  • Sandra Liu
    economic buyer
    CFO (Economic Buyer)
  • James Park
    champion
    Director of RevOps (Champion)
Step 1
Decision point

Sandra has just delivered the price live, on a video call, with James present.

What's your immediate response?