Vendor Intelligence

Structured vendor records. Evidenced, not aggregated.

PROVE maintains canonical vendor and product records with capabilities, deployment, privacy, security, integrations, analytics and geographic availability. Every material fact carries an evidence class, confidence, source and last-checked date.

Tier logic

Vendors are ranked on canonical tier and, separately, on tier within each relevant category. A category-specific Tier 4 record cannot downgrade a higher canonical tier.

  • Tier 1

    Core benchmark vendors. Broad evidence base, strong reference base, mature product.

  • Tier 2

    Established alternatives with proven deployments and clear differentiation.

  • Tier 3

    Specialist or adjacent vendors that fit specific use cases.

  • Tier 4

    Internal research queue. Held out of default customer recommendations until approved.

  • Unclassified

    Requires manual review before appearing in results.

Evidence classes

Every claim about a vendor sits inside one of ten evidence classes. PROVE never marks a record Human Verified automatically.

Human Verified
Independent Evidence
Official Technical Documentation
Official Vendor Product Page
Official Vendor Case Study
Vendor Marketing Claim
Market-Source Screened
Category-Level Research
PROVE Inference
Unverified