Platform Features

Every feature exists for one reason

To help your team make vendor decisions you can actually defend. Here's what's under the hood — no buzzwords, just mechanics.

Guided Analysis & Prioritization

GAP Analysis — 9 Phases of Problem Diagnosis

Before you look at vendors, make sure you're solving the right problem. GAP walks your team through structured diagnosis so you don't spend three months buying software you didn't need.

4 clusters, 9 phases:

Discovery Context → Challenges
Validation Analyze → Align
Synthesis Prioritize → Define
Finalization Review → Readiness → Handoff
Walk through a GAP Analysis
1
Context What's the current situation?
2
Challenges What's actually broken?
3
Analyze Validate the root causes
4
Align Does the team agree?
5
Prioritize Rank what matters most
6
Define Scope the solution
7
Review Check the full picture
8
Readiness Ready to evaluate?
9
Handoff Executive brief generated
Vendor Selection Workflow

Decision Sprint — 5 Steps to a Vendor Decision

Once GAP tells you what to buy, Decision Sprint helps you choose who to buy it from. Five steps, one clear outcome. Your team stays aligned the whole way.

1
Define Need Translate GAP findings into purchase requirements
2
Set Criteria Weight what matters — anonymously, so everyone's honest
3
Discover Vendors Hunter Agent researches across 28 data sources
4
Evaluate Score vendors with transparent, four-component confidence
5
Decide Team alignment, silent veto, final recommendation
See a Decision Sprint
Sprint: CRM Platform Step 4 of 5
HubSpot
94 Strong
Salesforce
87 Strong
Pipedrive
72 Moderate
Research & Validation

Hunter Agent + Moderator Agent

Two AI agents that do the research grunt work. Hunter collects data from 28 sources. Moderator validates it. You get findings you can trust — with the receipts.

Hunter Agent

Researches vendors across 28 data sources including G2, Capterra, NVD, CISA KEV, OpenSSF, BuiltWith, Lix, and Firecrawl. Gathers pricing, security posture, tech stack, and reviews.

Moderator Agent

Validates Hunter findings with three-tier confidence gates. Flags when data is thin or conflicting. You always know how much to trust a finding.

28 Data Sources
G2CapterraNVDCISA KEVOpenSSFBuiltWithLixFirecrawlCrunchbasePitchBookTrustRadiusGlassdoorLinkedInGitHubStack OverflowRedditHackerNewsProductHuntSEC FilingsUSPTOWaybackDNS RecordsSSL LabsPageSpeedCarbonWCAGStatusPageDownDetector
No Black Boxes

Transparent Scoring — See the Math

Every vendor score is built from four components. You can drill into any of them and see exactly what data drove the number. If confidence is low, we say so.

Evidence Sufficiency How many of the 28 sources returned data
30%
Statistical Confidence How consistent the signals are across sources
30%
Stopping Confidence Whether more data would change the result
20%
Consensus Score How aligned your team is on this vendor
20%
See how scoring works
Confidence Score 86
Evidence 22/28 sources × 0.30 23.6
Statistical Strong signal × 0.30 27.0
Stopping Stable × 0.20 18.0
Consensus 4/5 agree × 0.20 17.4
Overall
86%
Team Dynamics

Anonymous Alignment — No More Groupthink

Five stakeholders. Five real opinions. The Delphi method ensures everyone scores independently. Silent Veto lets anyone flag a concern without putting their name on it. The result: actual consensus, not the loudest voice.

  • Delphi method: Anonymous polling across multiple rounds surfaces real preferences
  • Silent Veto: Any stakeholder can block a vendor privately — prevents groupthink
  • Role-based views: Leadership, technical, and operations perspectives tracked separately
  • Consensus tracking: See where the team agrees and where they diverge, in real time
See alignment in action
80%
Leadership
88%
Technical
76%
Operations
82%
1 Silent Veto active — security concern flagged
Continuous Intelligence

Outcome Learning — Every Decision Makes the Next One Better

Most tools stop at the purchase. Shortlist tracks what happened next. Did the vendor deliver? Did the integration go smoothly? Every outcome feeds back into future evaluations so your organization gets smarter over time.

  • Post-decision tracking: Monitor vendor performance against original criteria
  • Feedback loops: Outcomes adjust scoring weights for future sprints
  • Institutional memory: New team members inherit past evaluation intelligence
  • Decision history: Full audit trail from diagnosis through outcome
Decision Outcomes Tracking
12 Decisions Made
91% Satisfaction Rate
+8% Accuracy Trend
Scoring accuracy improving

See these features yourself

Start free. Run your first evaluation. Every score shows its math.