Predictika · Everpure price and delivery promises
With component costs and availability moving fast, Everpure has shortened how long a quote stays valid: from 90 days to 30. An AI sales agent that quotes, accepts orders, promises delivery dates and prices renewals has to keep up with that. Before anything goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks the promise against the published terms and the customer's own supply feed, and returns a verdict and every reason.
This validator checks the price and delivery promises on Everpure FlashArray (//X, //XL, //C, //E) and FlashBlade (//S, //E) quotes — any quote, acceptance, delivery promise or Evergreen//Forever renewal for these products, not just the scenarios shown below.
Inputs supplied by the customer, not Everpure facts: the free terabytes by quarter (from the customer's own ERP or supply feed, because Everpure does not publish supply or lead times), the price change on a re-quote, the PPI figures, and who signs off a re-quote. Not covered: discounts and prices (this validator holds no prices, so it produces no line-item quote), configuration (see the FlashArray deals validator), Evergreen//One renewals, and Everpure Extended Maintenance, to which Flat Is Fair does not apply.
7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| A quote validity standard that changed three times in a few months | Only with care Validity is a field on the quote and a rule can cap it, but every change of standard means editing the rule, and quotes already out under the old terms still have to be honored. The two cases have to be told apart. | Issuing a quote and accepting an order are different actions; the 30-day limit applies to the first, the stated terms to the second. |
| An order accepted after the quote expired, at the old price | Only with care Many setups check validity when the quote is created, not on the day the customer accepts. | Quote age against validity is checked on every acceptance, and a re-quote with a price change goes to a person. |
| A delivery date promised without looking at supply | Only with workarounds Supply lives in an ERP or planning system outside the quote. A rules-based CPQ can check it only if that feed is integrated and kept current. | The supply feed travels with the request and the order is compared with it on every call. |
| Renewal pricing under Flat Is Fair with a 7 percent PPI trigger | Only with workarounds The cap depends on an external index and on inflation since the last renewal, so the rule needs data the quote does not carry. | Annual PPI and inflation since the last renewal come with the request; flat, negotiable and over-cap are told apart. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, blocks first, then approvals. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the request; approval findings need a person to sign off.
| 1 | A new quote with 90 days of validity is above the current Everpure quoting standard of 30 days; reissue it at 30 days. |
| 2 | The quote is 41 days old and its validity was 30 days; its price can no longer be honored. Re-quote at current pricing. |
| 3 | The old quote expired 11 days ago; re-quoting at current pricing changes the price by 12 percent and needs sign-off under the seller re-quote policy (set by the customer, not Everpure). |
| 4 | 6,500 TB is more than the 5,000 TB the supplied supply feed shows free for Q4 2026; the delivery date cannot be promised. |
| 5 | The renewal is quoted 12 percent above the initial rate, but Flat Is Fair keeps it flat unless annual PPI inflation is above 7 percent (it is 3 percent). |
| 6 | Annual PPI inflation is 9 percent, above 7 percent, so Flat Is Fair calls for good-faith negotiation; an increase of 8 percent (within the 12 percent cap) needs a person to confirm. |
| 7 | The renewal is quoted 15 percent above the initial rate; after an inflation event Flat Is Fair allows at most the 12 percent inflation since the last renewal. |