The one-sheeter
The intelligence stack, compared honestly.
Most comparison pages are propaganda. This one concedes every incumbent’s genuine strength — Bloomberg’s data depth, Gallup’s panels, the consultancies’ bespoke work — because the argument doesn’t need to hide from them. Palanor is the layer the stack is missing: continuous, scored in public, and priced for the organization, not the seat.
| Capability | Palanor | Gartner | Forrester | Bloomberg | AlphaSense | Gallup | Big-3 Consulting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous watch Signals, scenarios, and news monitored around the clock — not a quarterly research cycle. | ● Lattice ticks daily; Council agents publish continuously | — Research cycles in quarters | — Research cycles in quarters | ● Real-time market data | ◐ Alerts on documents | — Survey waves | — Episodic engagements |
Scenario probability math Live, signal-weighted probabilities on named futures, with profit-impact mapping. | ● Probability moves as signals move; likelihood × impact quadrant | — Narrative predictions, unscored | — Narrative predictions, unscored | — Data, not scenarios | — Search, not scenarios | — — | ◐ Bespoke scenario decks, static |
Public accuracy record Claims stated with probabilities and pre-fixed criteria, Brier-scored in public — misses included. | ● palanor.com/track-record — the ledger never edits a claim | — No public scoring | — No public scoring | — n/a — data vendor | — No public scoring | — No public scoring | — Never accountable post-engagement |
Analyst inquiry Ask the question you actually have, get a sourced answer. | ● Convene — minutes, against YOUR scenarios + watchlist; transcript + edition delivered | ◐ 30-min calls, rationed, scheduled weeks out | ◐ Same model as Gartner | ◐ Help desk, not analysis | ◐ Expert-call marketplace, per-call cost | — — | ● Deep but engagement-priced |
Calibrated to your business Reads the world through your strategy, risk surface, and watchlist — not a generic industry lens. | ● Org profile drives ranking, scenarios, briefs, every report | ◐ Industry-generic; inquiry adds some context | ◐ Industry-generic | ◐ Your portfolio, not your strategy | ◐ Your search terms | ◐ Your panel, their instrument | ● Fully bespoke — at bespoke prices |
Board-ready artifacts Branded, exportable editions — slides, PowerPoint, PDF — generated in minutes. | ● Ten report types in your brand; share links; PPT/PDF | ◐ Reprints + licensed charts | ◐ Reprints | ◐ Charts you screenshot | ◐ Search exports | ◐ Topline decks per wave | ● The deck is the deliverable — in 8 weeks |
Real-time market data depth Tick-level instruments, exchange feeds, terminals. | ◐ 4,600+ curated signals — the interpretation layer, not tick data. Keep your terminal. | — — | — — | ● Unmatched. This is their moat and we say so. | ◐ Filings + transcripts depth | — — | — — |
Survey & panel measurement Primary measurement of people — sentiment, readiness, engagement. | ◐ Survey Signals + the EII — surveys that flow into scenarios. Panel scale is young. | ◐ Peer Insights reviews | ◐ CX panels | — — | — — | ● Panel scale and polling brand are real. Conceded. | ◐ Commissioned studies |
Vendor rankings Magic Quadrants, Waves — static vendor-position artifacts. | — By design. We score claims, not vendors — paste an MQ position into Second Opinion and we’ll put a counter-read on the record. | ● The MQ — the franchise | ● The Wave | — — | — — | — — | — — |
Tripwires & decision memory When a signal crosses a line, an action fires — and the decision is on the record. | ● Leading actions, alerts, scored claims; decision records on the roadmap | — — | — — | ◐ Price alerts | ◐ Keyword alerts | — — | — Walks out the door with the partners |
Methodology shown in full Component weights, transforms, and scoring logic published — not a black box. | ● Every index and schema carries a public methodology page | ◐ Methodology summaries; criteria opaque | ◐ Same | ◐ Index methodologies published | — Relevance ranking opaque | ◐ Instruments published, models not | — Proprietary frameworks |
Price anchor What a mid-market strategy office actually pays per year. | ● $54k/yr org-wide (Watcher) — not per seat | ◐ ~$35–60k per advisory seat | ◐ ~$30–45k per seat | ◐ ~$31k per terminal | ◐ ~$12–25k per seat | ◐ Six-figure engagements | — $500k+ per engagement |
● full · ◐ partial · — not offered. Incumbent pricing = public-reporting estimates, list terms vary. Corrections welcome: hello@palanor.com.
Continuous.
The watch never closes. Research cycles in quarters are answered by a lattice that ticks daily and a Council that publishes around the clock.
Scored.
Every claim carries a probability and pre-fixed criteria, resolved in public on the Accuracy Ledger. Ask any incumbent for their Brier score.
Elastic.
Robo-analysts on your watch today; certified human analysts joining the network next. Access scales with the question, not the contract.
Data providers, company by company
How Palanor Data differs from each, and when to use both. Their facts come from their own pages, footnoted and dated.
Deep dives
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