Cancellation runbook · 2026

How to Cancel Drift (Salesloft Drift) — 30-60 Day Notice & Auto-Renewal Escape

Salesloft acquired Drift in 2024 — which means your non-renewal notice has to be addressed to the right legal entity, or the retention team can argue you served the wrong party. This is the operator runbook: confirm which entity holds your contract, calendar the 30-60 day notice window, send written notice through three channels, and survive the post-acquisition Salesloft consolidation pitch.

The 60-second summary

Step 1 — Confirm whether your contract is under Drift or Salesloft

Salesloft acquired Drift in 2024. New contracts since the acquisition are typically signed under the Salesloft entity; pre-2024 contracts are often still under Drift Inc. The non-renewal notice has to be addressed to the right legal entity or the retention team can argue notice was not properly served. Pull your latest signed order form: check the entity name in the signature block, the billing address, and the email domain on invoices. If the order form pre-dates the acquisition and was never re-papered, you have a Drift contract. If it was renewed in 2024 or later, it is almost certainly under Salesloft now.

Operator tip: If invoices are coming from Salesloft.com but the original signed contract is under Drift Inc., send the non-renewal notice to BOTH entities. Belt-and-suspenders is cheap; a contested notice is not.

Step 2 — Find the renewal date and notice window in your order form

Drift / Salesloft Drift annual contracts typically auto-renew with a 30-60 day non-renewal notice clause. Check the order form for: (a) the contract end date, (b) the notice period required (look for "Term and Renewal" or "Auto-Renewal"), (c) any bundled Salesloft contract that may co-term with Drift. If Drift was sold to you as part of a Salesloft master agreement bundle, the renewal date and notice clause may live on the Salesloft MSA, not the Drift order form.

Operator tip: When Drift is bundled with Salesloft Cadence or Engage, the renewal calendar is set by the parent Salesloft contract — not Drift. Confirm in writing which contract the renewal clock runs on before sending notice.

Step 3 — Submit written non-renewal notice — copy this template

Send the same notice through three channels simultaneously: (a) email to billing@drift.com AND billing@salesloft.com (if entity is unclear), (b) email to your account executive and CSM with your CFO copied, (c) certified mail to Salesloft HQ at 3340 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 2400, Atlanta, GA 30326. The certified mail receipt is your hard legal proof if anything is ever disputed.

Subject: Notice of Non-Renewal — [Your Company Name] — Drift Contract [Number]

To Whom It May Concern,

This email serves as formal written notice that [Your Company Name] will not be renewing its Drift subscription at the conclusion of the current contract term ending [Renewal Date].

Account details:
- Company name: [Your Company Name]
- Account email / admin login: [Admin Email]
- Drift / Salesloft contract number: [Contract Number]
- Order form ID(s): [Order Form Numbers]
- Current renewal date: [YYYY-MM-DD]

Per Section [X] of our agreement, please confirm receipt of this non-renewal notice and acknowledge that the account, including all add-ons (e.g., Drift Conversations, Drift Email, Drift Video, Drift Engage), will not auto-renew. Provide written acknowledgment within 5 business days.

Thank you,
[Your Name]
[Your Title]
[Your Company]

Operator tip: List every Drift product line by name in the notice. Drift Conversations, Drift Email, Drift Video, and Drift Engage have historically been billed under separate SKUs and can be reinterpreted as out of scope if not enumerated. A single "Drift" notice can leave you on the hook for $20K+ of "uncovered" add-ons.

Step 4 — Confirm written acknowledgment within 5 business days

Drift / Salesloft should reply with written confirmation within 5 business days. If silence: (a) reply-all asking for written acknowledgment, (b) escalate to your CSM's manager and the Salesloft VP of Customer Success, (c) loop in your CFO. The certified mail tracking number is your backstop. No acknowledgment by day 7? Send a third notice marked "URGENT — Repeat Notice of Non-Renewal."

Operator tip: Save every send-receipt and the certified mail tracking in a folder labeled "Drift non-renewal — [Year]". Drift has historically been one of the more cooperative auto-renewal vendors, but post-acquisition Salesloft retention is more aggressive — assume you may need the paper trail.

What if you missed the 30-60 day window?

You still have leverage — just not the "clean exit" kind. Goal becomes damage control: minimize the cost of the locked-in year and prevent another auto-renewal trap. Pick the move that fits your situation:

How Drift / Salesloft will respond — the retention playbook

Post-acquisition Salesloft retention is more aggressive than pre-acquisition Drift. The playbook to expect, ranked by what is real leverage vs. what is noise:

After cancellation is confirmed — the runway

Where most teams go after Drift

Replacement choice depends on your motion. Most exit paths land in one of three buckets:

Related runbooks

FAQ

Salesloft acquired Drift in 2024. New contracts and many renewed contracts are signed under Salesloft Inc. Pre-2024 contracts are often still under Drift Inc. unless they were re-papered. The legal entity matters for non-renewal notice — send to both billing@drift.com and billing@salesloft.com if there is any doubt about which entity holds your contract.

Generally no — Drift / Salesloft Drift contracts are annual with no mid-term termination right. Exceptions: material breach of SLA, proven misrepresentation at signing, or successful chargeback dispute. The realistic path is preventing auto-renewal via 30-60 day written notice and negotiating mid-term seat or add-on reductions.

Drift annual contracts vary widely. Premium tier (chat + bots + email + Drift AI) is typically $40K-$120K/yr depending on seat count and visitor volume. Enterprise tier with Drift Engage AI and full ABM playbooks lands $100K-$300K+. Post-acquisition, expect Salesloft to push bundled pricing that pulls you into a multi-product contract.

Depends on the use case. For B2B chat + qualification: Intercom (mature, similar feature set), Qualified (purpose-built for Salesforce-native ABM chat), HubSpot Chat (free with Sales Hub or Marketing Hub). For chatbot-only: Tidio, Crisp, or open-source like Chatwoot. For Drift Email replacement: any sales sequencer (Apollo, Lemlist, Smartlead). For Drift Video: Vidyard or Loom Pro.

Yes — the Drift connector stops syncing on the cutoff date. Existing chat transcripts, conversations, and qualified leads stay (it is your CRM data), but no new chat events flow. Plan replacement chat tool to be live 7-14 days before Drift cuts off so qualification routing keeps working without a gap.

Conversation history, contact records, and chat playbooks export via the admin panel within 1-2 weeks. Drift Insights reports and bot logic are partially exportable but conversational AI training data does not migrate. Plan a 14-30 day overlap with your replacement tool to re-create critical playbooks and routing rules.

Each add-on may have its own contract terms inside the Drift / Salesloft order form. The non-renewal notice should explicitly list every product line by name — Drift Conversations, Drift Email, Drift Video, Drift Engage, Drift Insights. Don't assume one notice covers everything; itemize.

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