Competitive Analysis

A Trusted Strategies Service

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Knowing the details of how competitive solutions are positioned and viewed in the marketplace, along with their strengths, weaknesses, and pricing is vital to success.

As owners of the world's most comprehensive IT security database covering over a thousand security vendors and their products, along with our ability to gather information from hundreds of security resellers and end users, places Trusted Strategies is in a unique position to efficiently provided the detailed competitive information that you need.

We offer both a standard competitive analysis, and a premium, hands-on competitive analysis.

Standard Competitive Analysis

We tailor this important service to meet your specific requirements and provide you with the information you need regarding the competitors of your choice.

For each competitor we evaluate, a typical analysis will include:

Pricing information
Feature comparisons
Actual as well as perceived product strengths and weaknesses
Potential achilles-heel's
Customer base and significant deployments
Partnerships and alliances
Market awareness
Sales and distribution channels and methods
Support organization and offerings
Potential future product directions
Management team & company strengths

Standard Competitive Analysis: Fees & Terms

Fee: $6,500 dollars for the 1st competitor, and $3,000 dollars for each additional competitor you would like us to evaluate (including your own product).

Deliverables: Microsoft excel spreadsheet comparing all products evaluated, and a 90 minute teleconference to discuss our findings.

Timeframe: Typical turnaround is 1 week for each competitor we evaluate.

Terms: 1/2 paid in advance, remainder due on final delivery.

Guarantee: Your satisfaction is guaranteed, or we will rework the project based on your feedback.

Premium, Hands-On Competitive Analysis

Our Premium, Hands-On competitive analysis provides you with a detailed understanding of your competition at a level that is simply unavailable in any other way. We procure the desired products and bring them into our labs where seasoned, trained, and professional security experts test and evaluate the products according to agreed upon criteria.

A typical hands-on competitive analysis will include:

Performance benchmarks
Out of box experience
Feature by feature evaluation and comparisons
Documentation strengths & shortcomings
Installation process evaluation
Enterprise deployment & scalability evaluation
Report on integration with common infrastructures
Management capabilities & administrator experience
End user experiences
Support responsiveness and completeness

If desired, all products tested can be delivered to you at the conclusion of the analysis.

Premium Competitive Analysis: Fees & Terms

Call us. The project and fees, deliverables, and time required to complete the project will vary depending on the type of products, and the areas you would like us to focus on. Contact us for a quote.

Free Consultation - Contact Us Today

Email or call us today for a free consultation about your competitive analysis needs and how we can help.

Phone: (925) 461-1002
email: Info@trustedstrategies.com

Customer Testimonials

"The competitive analysis completed by Trusted Strategies exceeded expectations!

"It’s refreshing to work with security professionals that know our industry and customers.” -Pam Casale, VP of Marketing, Intellitactics

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"I am delighted with the product evaluation and competitive analysis.

"The extensive experience Trusted Strategies brought to the projects allowed a comprehensive analysis to be done in a short period. " -Bill Wilson, VP Operations, Interagon Inc.

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"We are thrilled with the product benchmark and performance comparison you did for us.

"This was a very technical and difficult task, but Trusted Strategies pulled it off with flying colors.” - Paul DeBernardi

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