Read 2026-08-27
What Atlassian’s terms say about renewal, cancellation and fees
4 clauses in Atlassian’s published agreement have a price attached. It renews automatically, and cancelling requires notice before a deadline.
Every line below is quoted from their own page. None of it is unusual, and none of it is an accusation — most agreements read like this. The point is that a clause you signed knowingly costs you nothing, and the same clause unread costs you a renewal term.
Automatic renewal
The agreement continues on its own unless you act. This is the clause that most often costs a business a full extra term it did not intend to buy.
“Unless otherwise specified in an Order and subject to the Product, Support or Advisory Services continuing to be generally available, a Subscription Term will automatically renew at Atlassian’s then current rates for: (i) if Customer’s prior Subscription Term was for a period less than twelve (12) months, another Subscription Term of a period equal to Customer’s prior Subscription Term, or (ii) if Customer’s prior Subscription Term was for twelve (12) months or more, twelve (12) months.”
What to do: Put the renewal date and the notice deadline in a calendar today, not the renewal date alone.
Cancellation notice window
Cancelling is only possible inside a window, and the window closes before the term ends. Miss it by a day and the next term is owed in full.
“Atlassian must use commercially reasonable efforts to post any such modification at least thirty (30) days prior to its effective date.”
What to do: Work out the actual date the window opens and closes, and diarise the opening date.
Non-refundable fees
Money already paid does not come back if you leave early, even where the service stops.
“All fees and expenses are non-refundable, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.”
What to do: If you are prepaying a year, ask what happens to the unused portion on termination.
Limit on what you can recover
If something goes badly wrong, what you can recover is capped — usually at what you paid, sometimes at a few months of it.
“For Special Claims, Atlassian’s aggregate liability under this Agreement will be the lesser of: (a) two times (2x) the amounts paid to Atlassian for the Products, Support and Advisory Services giving rise to the Special Claim during the twelve (12) months preceding the first event out of which the Special Claim arose, and (b) US$5,000,000.”
What to do: Compare the cap to what a failure would actually cost your business.
What this is not
Not legal advice, and no statement about whether any clause is valid or enforceable. It records what the published agreement says and when it was read.
Terms change, and a signed order form can differ from the public page — where they differ, yours governs. Read on 2026-08-27 from the source.
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