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Find the right technology for your operation.

Not only the vendors that advertise to you or pay for an analyst's attention. Requirements and vendor answers from companies like yours, anonymized, and your whole team scores. The vendor chosen on fit, not familiarity.

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Technology teams that decided on fit

How it usually goes

A recommendation tells you a product works. Not that it fits.

A peer’s word says the product is stable and the partner is easy to deal with. Whether it suits your operation is still yours to find out, one vendor meeting at a time.

The old way

Ask peers what they use, then work out whether it fits your operation
Sit through the same vendor pitch six or seven times
Shortlist the vendors that advertise to you or hold a place in an analyst's report

With Olive

Put your requirements against what each vendor offers, and see the match
Vendors answer your requirements once, in writing, where everyone can read them
See every vendor that meets your requirements, including the ones that never marketed to you

“You had to rely on word of mouth, call your friends, and ask what they were using. Even then, you still had to figure out if that product was the right fit for your specific requirements.”
Anthony Mejia, Vice President Information Technology, Zippy's

When it starts

Three moments when the decision lands on you

Each one starts the same way: with what your operation needs, written down before the first vendor call.

A new capability

Loyalty, a new point of sale, online ordering: something the business has not bought before, and nobody has a shortlist.

A renewal six months out

Time to find out whether the incumbent still fits, before the contract date decides for you.

After an acquisition

Two stacks, one operation, and a choice about which systems carry forward.

Peer context

Not from analysts paid by vendors. From companies like yours.

The research you decide from comes from two places: requirements and vendor answers from companies like yours, anonymized, and your own evaluation. No vendor pays to be placed in front of you.

“All of a sudden, a smaller product gets a chance because there are candid, verified opinions being shared within the Olive ecosystem that reduce the risk of trying someone new.”
Anthony Mejia, Vice President Information Technology, Zippy's

Your account's data is private or shared. The choice is yours.

Everyone who matters

Your whole team scores. In fewer meetings.

Operations, marketing, finance and purchasing each mark what matters to them in one shared workspace, before the first vendor conversation.

“We skip so many meetings along the way because I already know what they want, and it's all baked into the product.”
Anthony Mejia, Vice President Information Technology, Zippy's

Decided on fit

The right vendor for your business, not for the broader market

A ranking built for the whole market answers a different question from yours. Scored against your own requirements, the vendor that fits your operation comes out on top, whether it is the best-known name or one you had not heard of.

“We thought it was going to be vendor A or B, but it wound up being C.”
Anthony Mejia, Vice President Information Technology, Zippy's

Time to a decision

About half the time, from planning to vendor review

That is how Zippy's describes the early phases of its evaluations since moving them onto the platform.

50%less time from product selection to vendor review, at Zippy's“In the early phases, from product selection to product review, we're cutting our time in half from where it used to be with the implementation of Olive.”Anthony Mejia, Vice President Information Technology, Zippy'sRead the story

Renewals

Six months from renewal, know whether to renew or switch

Score the vendor you have against the same requirements as its alternatives, and bring the evidence to the conversation.

Customer stories

How other technology teams decided

Zippy's

How Zippy's Evaluated 3x More Vendors in Half the Time with Olive

50%Less Time to Product Review
3xMore Vendors Evaluated
10-15Vendor Options, Up from 3-4

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