The benchmark research on the part of Workday that isn't on your worker meter. Extend platform-fee benchmarks by enterprise size, Prism data-volume tiers and the overage cliff, the true cost model for integrations, and the order-form clauses that stop Extend, Prism and connector fees compounding in years two and three.
"We negotiated HCM hard and never looked at the platform line. Two years later Extend and Prism were the fastest-growing cost in the contract, and the escalator was uncapped. The guide reframed the platform as three meters that need the same discipline as the worker band — and showed us the clauses we should have signed."