Sitecore Send SLA
Sitecore® Send
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Updates to Terms: Sitecore may update this SLA from time to time by by posting an updated version of this SLA at https://www.sitecore.com/legal/sla provided that Sitecore does not materially degrade the services or service levels available to Customer under this SLA. Such updates will be effective thirty (30) days after being posted. Subscribe here for notifications of updates.
Monitoring
Sitecore will monitor the SaaS Product 24x7, 365 days per year.
Software Maintenance
Sitecore will perform software and platform updates as part of Customer’s Subscription (“Maintenance”).
Maintenance includes all regularly scheduled error corrections, software and platform updates, and improvements to features, where Sitecore may, at its discretion, upgrade versions, install error corrections and apply patches to the hosted systems. Sitecore shall use all reasonable endeavors to avoid downtime due to Maintenance.
In case Maintenance will require downtime, to the extent practicable Sitecore will plan this outside of Business Hours, and communicate this to Customer in advance and in any case no later than 48 hours before the Maintenance commences.
Business Days are calculated as any day other than a Saturday or Sunday.
Business Hours are calculated as follows:
- For Americas, 8am-6pm CST (2pm-12am UTC)
- For Europe, 8am-6pm CET (7am-5pm UTC)
- For Greater Asia, 6am-6pm MYT (10pm-10am UTC)
Emergency Maintenance
Should emergency Maintenance be required (e.g. in the case of a necessary security patch), Sitecore will make every effort to keep the inconvenience to a minimum, including by providing as much notice as is practicable under the circumstances, and to the extent practicable, minimizing downtime or degradation of services during Business Hours.
Breaking Changes
Sitecore shall provide at least 30 days’ advance notice prior to Sitecore making changes to integration interfaces between the SaaS Product and Customer’s systems. Such notice will also include the time window for when these changes will be applied to their environments, the new interface specifications, as well as contact details for a Sitecore technical contact to help answer questions about these changes. By providing such notice Sitecore aims to minimize any interference with the continued operation of any integration interfaces affected by such changes. Sitecore shall also use commercially reasonable endeavors to perform these changes outside of Business Hours.
Uptime
If Sitecore does not achieve and maintain the Service Levels (defined below) for the SaaS Product as described in this SLA, Customer will be entitled to a credit towards a portion of the applicable fees as set forth below.
Service Level Definitions
“Accrual Period” means any of the 12-month periods that make up Customer’s subscription.*
“Applicable Monthly Period” means the month in an Accrual Period in which a Service Credit may be earned.
“Applicable Monthly Fees” means the pro-rated amount of the fees paid by Customer for the SaaS Product in the relevant Accrual Period in which the Service Credit was earned, which amount is then divided by twelve.*
“Downtime” is the total accumulated minutes during which the service isn’t available, where availability is measured by (i) the ability to successfully handle the core entities of the Sitecore Send platform: the Campaigns, Lists, and Segments on lists, (ii) ability to successfully Login, and (iii) do the same actions programmatically via our API services.
“Maximum Available Minutes” is the total accumulated minutes for the SaaS Product during an Applicable Monthly Period.
“Monthly Uptime Commitment” means the provision of the SaaS Product with a Monthly Uptime Percentage of at least 99.90%.
“Monthly Uptime Percentage” is calculated using the following formula (for each production environment):
|
Maximum Available Minutes – Downtime |
X 100 |
|
Maximum Available Minutes |
“Service Credit” is the percentage of the Applicable Monthly Fees credited to Customer following Sitecore’s approval of the claim as set forth below:
|
Monthly Uptime Percentage |
Service Credit |
|
Above or equal to 99.90% |
None |
|
<99.90% but above or equal to 98% |
10% |
|
<98% |
20% |
“Service Level” means the availability metric(s) set forth in this SLA that Sitecore agrees to meet in the delivery of the SaaS Product.
* Where the subscription is for less than 12 months, then the Accrual Period will be equal to the subscription period, and the Applicable Monthly Fees will be calculated by dividing by the number of months in the applicable subscription period.
Service Credit
In the event Sitecore does not meet a Monthly Uptime Commitment, Customer has the right to claim a Service Credit. In order for Sitecore to consider a claim, Customer must submit the claim by emailing Sitecore at the relevant email address below and citing the applicable invoice number the Service Credit is claimed against. The Service Credit shall be deemed waived unless Sitecore receives the foregoing email request claiming a Service Credit within ten (10) days of the end of the Applicable Monthly Period.
Europe, Middle East, Africa: AR-EMEA@sitecore.net
Asia Pacific and Australia: APACAR@sitecore.net
United States and Canada: AR-americas@sitecore.com
Sitecore will evaluate all information reasonably available to it and make a good faith determination of whether any Service Credit is owed. Customer must be in compliance with the Agreement and current on all payments at the time the reported Service Credit occurred in order to be eligible for a Service Credit. If Sitecore determines that a Service Credit is owed to Customer, Sitecore will apply such Service Credit to any future payment of Fees occurring after the Accrual Period in which the Service Credit was earned.
Service Credits are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any availability issues with the SaaS Product, and will not entitle Customer to any refund or other payment from Sitecore. Customer may not unilaterally offset its fees for any availability issues.
Exclusions to Uptime Guarantee:
- Downtime affecting only non-production environments;
- Downtime for any trial, preview, beta or POC services;
- Downtime caused by planned Maintenance, to the extent that planned Maintenance occurs outside Business Hours, and is communicated at least 48 hours in advance;
- Downtime caused by emergency Maintenance slots, as long as Downtime for emergency Maintenance does not exceed 4 hours per month;
- Downtime caused by Customer’s negligence;
- Downtime due to cessation of services by a third party providers of Generative AI Functionality; and
- Force Majeure, in which case Sitecore will make commercially reasonable efforts to limit any inconvenience for Customer, but will be temporarily relieved from providing Service Credits as long as Sitecore (a) notifies Customer within 2 hours of the occurrence of a Force Majeure event (or if impracticable under the circumstances, as soon as reasonably practicable), and (b) updates Customer every 24 hours during the course of the Force Majeure event of the anticipated duration of the outage (or if impracticable under the circumstances, as often as reasonably practicable).
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