What is included in Vendor due diligence?
A scoped read of how things work today, a written plan you can approve, and delivery checkpoints you can inspect. We do not hand you a deck and disappear.
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Vendor Due Diligence
Scorecards built from your workflows, reference calls we run, and gap analysis demos that force vendors to prove claims in live demos.
Stake
A bad vendor pick outlives the CTO.
We sit on your side of the table, read the footnotes, and ask the questions sales engineers hate. If a product cannot meet a must-have, it is documented, the same rigour behind every Tech Audit.
We have no commercial relationship with the tools we recommend. Exit cost gets the same vendor lock-in treatment whether you are buying or already locked in.
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Demo scripts from your data shapes.
Synthetic datasets if needed. Marketing demos do not pass by default.
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Total cost three years out.
Seats, implementation hours, exit fees. CFO-friendly.
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Contract redlines with rationale.
SLA, data residency, liability caps explained in one page.
Execution detail
What this engagement includes in practice.
These are the checkpoints we sign off before the next phase ships. Same criteria on every lane.
FAQ
Questions leadership teams ask before they commit budget.
How long does Vendor due diligence usually take?
Most first delivery cycles run two to six weeks. Access to systems, decision speed, and any compliance sign-off are usually what moves the date.
How do you measure outcomes for Vendor due diligence?
We agree the number before build starts: hours saved, error rate, conversion lift, uptime, or cost avoided. If we cannot name it, we do not scope it.
Who should be involved from our side?
One person who can say yes on budget and one person who knows how the work actually runs. That keeps decisions fast and handoffs short.
Start here
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