Spend Matters PRO
Members-only access to in-depth provider reviews and market intelligence:
- 120+ Technology Providers Assessments, including:
- Feature/function & SWOT analysis
- User requirements checklist
- Selection considerations
- 150+ New research briefs published annually
- Technology market outlooks
- Adoption and integration guides
- User Interface (UI) guidelines
Spend Matters Nexus
A members-only research and advisory organization serving technology acquirers (i.e. private equity, corporate development) and CEOs in the procurement and finance solutions marketplace, including:
- Market intelligence research and analysis (focused on strategy, M&A, transactions, partnerships and other investor/CEO/board-level topics)
- Monthly content digest, quarterly member newsletter
- Investor and C-level guidance and analysis for all stages of market, company and deal flow
- For CEOs and founders, best practices on prepping for investment or sale of the business
- Strategy, corporate development, alliances and value engineering best practices
- Matchmaking, introductions and networking (incl. exclusive members-only boardroom events)
SolutionMap Insider
See more of what’s driving SolutionMap results, including members-only access to scoring summaries, ranking insights and recommendations for participating providers:
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- Semiannually updated SolutionMap release reports
- Provider Summary Scoring sheets, including:
- Rankings overview by buying persona
- Solution Scoring Summary
- Buying Recommendations & Considerations
- SolutionMap 'Head-to-Head' provider comparison and 'What Makes It Great' articles explaining how a provider excels, including a checklist for ideal customer scenarios
- SolutionMap Customer Insight Summaries (see section below)
Customer Insight Summaries - Included in SolutionMap Insider
Members-only access to Customer Reference Insights, featuring:
- A one-page summary of select, anonymized qualitative and quantitative real-life user insights per ranked vendor
- Ratings to what degree the vendor meets user expectations
- Top 3 key differentiators of the procurement software vendor
- Listing of the vendor’s greatest strengths in the words of users
Want to know both strengths and weaknesses as noted by customer users? Procurement practitioners engaged in a specific vendor evaluation process can gain access by request and while under NDA, on a case-by-case basis. Such access is restricted to ensure the weaknesses are not used by vendors "against" competitors in the sales process.