Drift Platform Service Level Agreement
This SLA only applies to Drift customers where explicitly incorporated into your agreements for the purchase of Drift services.
This Platform Access and Service Level Agreement (“SLA”), together with any Order Forms executed by Drift and Customer forms part of the Agreement between the parties for the provision of the Drift Platform to Customer (the “Agreement”). Terms used, but not defined herein shall have the same meanings provided in the applicable Agreement between Drift and Customer.
Definitions.
“Downtime” means any period during which Customer is unable to access the Drift Platform, as measured at the Drift network by industry standard tools, due to an Issue which prevents the majority of Customers from accessing the Drift Platform, expressly excluding Scheduled Downtime. Drift’s obligations do not extend to Downtime, Issues or errors that are caused by a) Third party hardware or software ancillary to the Platform; b) Use of the Drift Platform in violation of the terms of the Agreement; or c) Use of the Drift Platform other than in accordance with the Drift Acceptable Use Policy or the express instructions of Drift.
“Issue” means a single, reproducible issue or problem affecting the functionality of the Drift Services for Customer.
“Service Level Credit” or “SLC Credit” means a credit that may be available to Customer if Drift fails to maintain its uptime objective as outlined below.
“Scheduled Downtime” means a scheduled time period in which the Drift Services are unavailable for use and upon notice to Customer where practical. Scheduled downtime shall not exceed more than four (4) hours in any given calendar month.
“Uptime Percentage” means the total number of minutes in a calendar month minus the number of minutes of Downtime experienced in such calendar month, divided by the total number of minutes in such calendar month.
Status Updates. Customers may receive updates regarding Drift’s availability by registering for updates via https://drift.status.io/.
Availability Objective. Drift shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Platform will be generally available 99.8% of the time.
Availability Calculation and Reporting. Availability is based on a weekly 7 day x 24-hour calculation. The calculation will be as follows: ((a – b) / a) x 100, where “a” is the total number of minutes in the calendar month, and “b” is the total number of minutes of Downtime in such given month. Drift will provide uptime reporting upon request or at all times via Status Updates.
For any partial calendar month during which Customer subscribes to the Platform, general availability will be calculated based on the entire calendar month, not just the portion for which Customer subscribed. In addition, the unavailability of some specific features or functions within the Platform, while others remain available, will not constitute Downtime, so long as the unavailable features or functions are not, in the aggregate, material to the Platform as a whole and do not amount to Downtime.
Service Level Commitment Credits (“SLC Credits”). Customers will be eligible to receive SLC Credits provided that:
- Customer has reported an Issue related to a Downtime event by filing a ticket and/or requesting an Uptime Percentage Report with Drift support within fifteen (15) days of the related Downtime event; and
- following Customer’s receipt of the Uptime Percentage Report provided by Drift and confirming Uptime Percentage as below the Availability Objective in the month when the Downtime occurred, Customer has provided Drift a written request for SLC Credits within fifteen (15) days of the date of uptime percentage report.
| Uptime Percentage | SLC Credit Percentage |
|---|---|
| Less than 99.8% but equal to or more than 99.7% | 1% |
| Less than 99.7% but equal to or more than 99.6% | 2% |
| Less than 99.6% but equal to or more than 99.5% | 3% |
| Less than 99.5% but equal to or more than 99.4% | 4% |
| Less than 99.4% but equal to or more than 99.0% | 5% |
| Less than 99% | 10% |
The SLC Credits will be equal to the SLC Credit percentage multiplied by the fees paid by Customer for the Drift Service that are attributable to the corresponding calendar month (calculated on a straight line, pro-rated basis with respect to any fees paid in advance) and then prorated for based on affected Users. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will the total amount of SLC Credits if any, exceed the fees paid by Customer for the Drift Services in the corresponding month. For clarity, for the purpose of calculating SLC Credits, calendar months are calculated based on US Eastern Time Zone. The SLC Credit is Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any failure by Drift to meet any service level obligations pertaining to the Drift Platform. Customer is not eligible to receive SLC Credits during any period of time when payments owed are past due.
4. PAYMENT OF CREDITED AMOUNTS
If Customer is eligible for a SLC Credit, then at Customer’s election, the Credit will either be (i) applied to Customer’s next invoice or (ii) refunded to customer electronically (if Customer pays Drift via credit card, the amounts will be credited to the credit card on file with Drift, all other payments will be issued via ACH). Customer must provide Drift with all necessary information to complete any such payments within no more than thirty (30) days of such request from Drift.