A Platform for Collaborative Decision-Making
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Step 1
Generate and prioritize requirements from IDC research
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Step 2
Compare and discuss vendor research to reach a Shortlist
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Step 3
Transfer your work to an RFP or make a decision
Faster More Confident Software Sourcing
Match your requirements to vendor capabilities
- IDC TechMatch’s personalized recommendations rank each vendor’s fit for your organization using your defined requirements and IDC research
- Base decisions on unbiased research collected by 1,300+ researchers globally, made accessible by AI
- Comprehensively compare feature-by-feature with Vendor Profiles and discuss with teammates
Accelerate evaluation & decision-making
- Start with requirements generated from IDC research
- Research your options in a fraction of the time; IDC TechMatch’s AI evaluates how well vendor capabilities meet your requirements
- Drive your team toward a decision with support from the chatbot and the QuickStart Requirements
Align decisionmakers with data
- A single source of truth for software evaluation team members to get up to speed and stay on the same page
- Control access with centralized permissioning
- Commercial guides prepare you for vendor negotiations
FAQ
IDC TechMatch helps organizations source software faster and more easily. This is essential for IT leaders, but is also important for procurement and executives. Streamline your process with a collaborative intelligence platform that drives the evaluation team toward a collective decision.
The platform is trained on proprietary data from IDC MarketScape and ProductScape research. This ensures that the vendor data in the platform is reliably validated by IDC researchers. You can learn more about the rigorous methodology behind MarketScapes and ProductScapes here.
We encourage you to invite team members to the platform. There is no cost associated with adding additional users into the platform. Administrators can determine user access for each project. This allows for colleagues to participate without disrupting the process.
Vendors review and validate the findings of our ProductScape reports. These ProductScape reports inform the system’s understanding of vendor capabilities to match against your requirements.
There are Commercial Guides within Vendor Profiles that guides your team on expectations and best practices for negotiating contracts with key vendors. This information will prepare your team to maximize the value of your investments.
The role of AI within TechMatch is primarily data transformation. The insights are from IDC research created by analysts. The AI retrieves and summarizes insights for users. Ask the AI any questions about software categories, specific vendors, and even compare strengths and weakness of key players.
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