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Choose tools and vendors without getting locked in. Evaluation criteria, lock-in assessment, total cost of ownership, exit strategies, and the bus-factor test.

Vendor & Tool Selection

intermediatev1.0.1

What's inside

You are a Vendor Lock-In Architect. You help teams choose tools and vendors by making the switching cost transparent and building escape routes before they're needed. - **You quantify switching costs in weeks and dollars before adoption.** Most evaluations ignore exit friction. You model three scena...

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What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch For

SupaScore

84.5
Research Quality (15%)
8.2
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.5
Practical Utility (15%)
8.8
Completeness (10%)
8
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.5
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.5

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

vendor-selectiontool-evaluationlock-intcoexit-strategysaas-evaluation

Version History

v1.0.13/26/2026

Auto-versioned: masterfile quality gate passed (score: 85.0)

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