Stop surprise auto-renewal charges
Auto-renewal is designed to be forgotten. The contract rolls over, the card gets charged for another year, and by the time anyone notices, the cancellation window has closed. CostOrbit exists to stop that: it tracks every renewal and every cancellation deadline, then warns you while you can still act — so an auto-renewal is a choice you make, not a charge you discover.
The cancellation deadline, not just the renewal date
Most tools show you when a contract renews. The date that actually matters is the last day you can cancel — often weeks earlier. Record each subscription's cancellation notice period and CostOrbit calculates the real cancel-by date and surfaces it before it passes. Auto-renew deadlines are flagged once they fall within 60 days, using the notice period recorded on the subscription.
Reminders that reach someone in time
A deadline no one sees doesn't help. CostOrbit sends countdown reminders by email — and Slack, if connected — to the person who owns each tool, on a schedule you set. The renewal stops being "the thing nobody remembered" and becomes a task with an owner and a due date.
Get ahead of price hikes at renewal, too
Auto-renewals don't just cost you the tools you meant to drop — they lock in quiet price increases. CostOrbit flags when a subscription's cost jumps meaningfully from one renewal to the next, so a stealth increase is a conversation before it's a charge. Price-increase alerts trigger on renewal-over-renewal jumps of 10% or more, and are part of the Optimize plan.