AI Vendor Selection
Independent, unbiased evaluation of AI vendors and tools. We recommend what is right for your business, not what pays us the highest commission.
The AI vendor landscape is crowded, fast-moving, and full of inflated claims. AI Vendor Selection gives you an independent, expert evaluation of the tools, platforms, and providers that best fit your specific requirements. We have no vendor partnerships or referral arrangements - our recommendations are based purely on technical merit, cost-effectiveness, and fit for your use case. You get a clear, actionable report with scored evaluations, risk assessments, and implementation considerations.
Use Cases
What this looks like in practice
LLM Provider Selection
Compare Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral, Cohere, and open-source alternatives on accuracy, cost, latency, and compliance for your specific use cases.
AI Platform Evaluation
Assess enterprise AI platforms like AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, Google Vertex AI, and specialist tools. Evaluate build-vs-buy trade-offs for your requirements.
No-Code/Low-Code AI Tools
Evaluate tools like Zapier AI, Make, Microsoft Copilot, and industry-specific solutions. Determine what your team can handle in-house versus what needs custom development.
Vector Database Selection
Compare Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma, and pgvector on performance, cost, scalability, and operational complexity for your RAG and search workloads.
AI Infrastructure Assessment
Evaluate cloud vs on-premise deployment, GPU hosting providers, and inference optimisation tools. Right-size your AI infrastructure for cost and performance.
Security & Compliance Review
Assess vendor security postures, data processing agreements, certifications, and compliance with UK and EU regulations. Critical for regulated industries.
Technology
Tools we work with
How It Works
Our approach
Requirements Gathering
Define your use cases, technical constraints, budget, and evaluation criteria
Market Scan
Identify all relevant vendors and tools across the categories you need
Hands-On Evaluation
Test shortlisted tools against your actual data and workflows
Scored Comparison
Produce a weighted scorecard with cost analysis and risk assessment
Recommendation Report
Deliver a clear recommendation with implementation roadmap and next steps
Starting from
£5K
Timeline
1-2 weeks
Ready to get started?
Book a free strategy call and we'll assess whether this service is the right fit for your business.