The Right Way to Evaluate and Select Vendors
SelectHub is a combination of a software selection platform and research firm geared to deliver unbiased market data to our users, guided by an agile, collaborative workflow.
- Ensure All Key Requirements are Taken into Account
- Talk to the Right Vendors
- Get the Best Price
Bias-Free Selection Process
SelectHub provides access to information and a better, unbiased way to evaluate software through our platform, methodology, data and expertise.
Control the Process
Control the selection process by doing the right things at the right time, quickly gaining consensus so vendors can readily understand your needs.
Reduce Risk
Stay focused on what matters and be in the one-third of selection projects that succeed and be prepared for the implementation. Get an audit trail that covers how you came to your decision.
Build Consensus
Easily collaborate with your stakeholders and secure consensus on scope, requirements and the complete selection criteria for the final analysis.
SelectHub provides software buyers with a platform to access analyst and crowdsourced project data, enabling better, faster and more cost-effective decisions.
Get to the Right Decision
- Create a complete audit trail as you go
- Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and vendors
- Efficiently perform data-driven analysis with scorecards
- Build your custom requirements
SelectHub provides the roadmap for you and your team to run a structured evaluation and selection.
Use our prescriptive software selection methodology to standardize vendor selection and get guided through the process within a phased approach using best practices.
Do the right things at the right time, and keep account of every decision and the reason behind them.
- Quickly identify inconsistencies or “false positives” that hurt your project during implementation.
- Easily share demo use-cases and success criteria with shortlisted vendors.
- Validate along the way.
- Quickly Rate / Rank each vendor’s performance during the demo sessions.
- Negotiate price with the best 1-2 products to move forward with price.
Fundamentals
Your project foundation
- Requirement set development
- Define a working list of vendors
- Current system assessment
- 30 SME HRS Included
- 2-6 Weeks Delivery Time
Essentials
Fundamentals + list below
- Measuring vendor support for your requirements via RFx
- Define a shortlist of vendors
- Analyze business justification data
- 70 SME HRS Included
- 6-12 Weeks Delivery Time
Complete
Essentials + list below
- Creation of demo scripts/use cases
- Detailing a pricing scorecard
- Reviewing contract terms and SLAs
- Preparing a negotiation strategy
- 107 SME HRS Included
- 12-26 Weeks Delivery Time
Why SelectHub?
We’ve helped 125,938 companies find software.
“SelectHub allows us to speed up the procurement of new technology while maintaining the rigour of our evaluation process.”
– Rob Meilen
CIO at Hunter Douglas
Driven by Data
Leverage data from over 100,000+ projects, ensuring critical requirements are not missed.
SelectHub supports everything from initial research to final vendor selection and price negotiation. Driven by data from detailed analysis and research, and validated across thousands of diverse selection projects.
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Ensure nothing is left to chance with SelectHub’s real-world expertise in working with internal stakeholders and vendors throughout the selection process. SelectHub Analysts provide companies with tried and true tips and tricks we’ve learned running thousands of selection projects.
“You hire SelectHub. to work on your behalf and guide you on how to achieve your research, evaluation and selection objectives.”
– Lorne Golof
SelectHub Senior Consultant
What phase are you in right now?
Depending on what phase you’re at in the software selection process, you can jump into one of our solutions to expedite and optimize the process. Our goal is to help customers finish software selection ahead of schedule, below cost and with more confidence in your decision.
Needs Assessment
At this stage, you and your organization are getting your bearings, and trying to figure out what steps to take in selecting your new software.
20-Minute Needs Assessment Call
Simplify your software search with a 20-minute call where we can quickly connect you with the right solutions for your unique needs.
Enterprise Assessments
Enterprise software selection is a specialized need and we employ our most experienced software experts to manage that process. If you are kicking off an enterprise software selection project within six months, we’ll point you in the right direction. Start with a free, 30-minute call with no obligation.
Research
The research stage is when things begin to get overwhelming for many software buyers. At this point, you’re putting the time in to learn more about what different software solutions offer and what you need from them.
Articles
As a trade publication with a team of industry analysts and journalists, we pride ourselves on assembling and publishing quality content on the subject of selecting software across 70+ categories.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Big Data Analytics
Business Analytics
Business Intelligence
Embedded Analytics
Enterprise Reporting
ETL
CMMS
CMMS
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Facility Management
CONSTRUCTION
Construction Bidding
Construction Estimating
Construction Management
Construction Management
Takeoff
CPQ
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CRM
CX
Fundraising
Help Desk
Insurance
Legal
Live Chat
Marketing Automation
Sales Force Automation
COMMERCE
ERP
Accounting
Distribution
EDI
ERP
Field Service
Manufacturing
MES
PLM
PSA
Risk Management
HR
Applicant Tracking Systems
Compensation Management
Core HR Management
Employee Engagement
Employee Scheduling
Learning Management System (LMS)
Payroll Management
Performance Management
Recruitment
Talent Assessment
Talent Management
Time and Attendance
Workforce Management
MEDICAL
Dental
EHR
EMR
Home Health
Long Term Care
Medical
Medical Billing
Mental Health
Medical Practice Management
Patient Scheduling
Telemedicine
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project, Portfolio & Program Management (PPM)
Project Management
PROPERTY
Hotel Management
Property Management
SECURITY
Endpoint Security
Endpoint Security
Technology Selection
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Fleet Management
Inventory Management
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Transportation Management Software (TMS)
Warehouse Management
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Buyer’s Guides
Our Buyer’s Guides are built to provide you with everything you need to know before you start looking for software.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Big Data Analytics
Business Analytics
Business Intelligence
Embedded Analytics
Enterprise Reporting
ETL Tools
CMMS
CMMS
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Facility Management
CONSTRUCTION
Construction Bidding
Construction ERP
Construction Management
Construction Scheduling
Takeoff
CRM & Marketing Automation
CRM Software
Help Desk
Live Chat
Marketing Automation
Sales Force Automation
CPQ
Information Management & Collaboration
ERP
Distribution
EDI
ERP
Field Service
Manufacturing
MES
PLM
PSA
Legal
HR
Applicant Tracking Systems
Employee Scheduling
Core HR Management
Learning Management System (LMS)
Payroll
Performance Management
Recruitment
Talent Management
Time and Attendance
Workforce Management
MEDICAL
EHR
EMR
Home Health
Long Term Care
Mental Health
Medical Billing
Medical Practice Management
Patient Scheduling
Telemedicine
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project, Portfolio & Program Management (PPM)
Project Management
SECURITY
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Inventory Management
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Transportation Management Software (TMS)
Warehouse Management
Non-Profit
Sales
Property Management
Product Directories
Our Product Directories list every product available in a software category and ranks the top ten. The directory makes it easy to do high-level filtering to see which are a potential fit for your company. From there, you can analyze each product and its offerings.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Big Data Analytics
Business Analytics
Business Intelligence
Embedded Analytics
Enterprise Reporting
ETL Tools
CMMS
CMMS
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Facility Management
CONSTRUCTION
Construction Bidding
Construction ERP
Construction Estimating
Construction Management
Construction Scheduling
Takeoff
CRM & Marketing Automation
CRM Software
Help Desk
Live Chat
Marketing Automation
Sales Force Automation
CPQ
Information Management & Collaboration
ERP
Distribution
EDI
ERP
Field Service
Manufacturing
MES
PLM
PSA
Legal
HR
Applicant Tracking Systems
Employee Scheduling
Core HR Management
Learning Management System (LMS)
Payroll
Performance Management
Recruitment
Talent Management
Time and Attendance
Workforce Management
MEDICAL
EHR
EMR
Home Health
Long Term Care
Mental Health
Medical Billing
Medical Practice Management
Patient Scheduling
Telemedicine
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project, Portfolio & Program Management (PPM)
Project Management
SECURITY
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Inventory Management
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Transportation Management Software (TMS)
Warehouse Management
Non-Profit
Sales
Property Management
Requirements Gathering
Before you can pick a software, you need to define what your company needs from a software program. The following are our requirements gathering solutions:
The Jumpstart Platform
The Jumpstart Platform is a “DIY platform” that provides crowdsourced requirements templates and vendor comparisons to help make the right decisions in a fraction of the time, at no cost.
It’s currently available for a select group of categories:
SelectHub Requirements Templates
SelectHub Requirements manages all of your IT and software requirements in one place, with best practices built-in. Get expert requirements templates, stakeholder collaboration tools, and an automated workflow. A full 30-day free trial is available and you can upgrade to complete at any time.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Big Data Analytics
Business Analytics
Business Intelligence
Embedded Analytics
Enterprise Reporting
CMMS
CMMS
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Facility Management
CONSTRUCTION
CRM & Marketing Automation
CRM Software
Marketing Automation
Sales Force Automation
ERP
Accounting
Distribution
EDI
ERP
Field Service
Manufacturing
PLM
PSA
HR
Applicant Tracking Systems
Core HR Management
Employee Scheduling
Learning Management System (LMS)
Payroll
Performance Management
Recruitment
Talent Management
Time and Attendance
Workforce Management
MEDICAL
EHR
EMR
Medical Billing
Medical Practice Management
Patient Scheduling
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project, Portfolio & Program Management (PPM)
Project Management
SECURITY
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Inventory Management
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Transportation Management Software (TMS)
Warehouse Management
The Decision Platform
SelectHub’s collaborative platform allows you to manage all of your software selection projects in one place – from requirements to RFIs, RFPs, scorecards and POCs – with a complete audit trail of all vendor communications. A 30-day free trial is available.
Requirements Compilation – a Guided Service
SelectHub experts will compile detailed requirements based on industry best practices for your selection project.
Product & Solution Research
At this stage, you may have identified some possible solutions and you need to get to researching. We can help you look past the software vendor’s marketing and dig into what the product can do.
Product Directories
Our Product Directories list every product available in a software category and ranks the top ten. The directory makes it easy to do high-level filtering to see which are a potential fit for your company. From there, you can analyze each product and its offerings.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Big Data Analytics
Business Analytics
Business Intelligence
Embedded Analytics
Enterprise Reporting
ETL Tools
CMMS
CMMS
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
Facility Management
CONSTRUCTION
Construction Bidding
Construction ERP
Construction Estimating
Construction Management
Construction Scheduling
Takeoff
CRM & Marketing Automation
CRM Software
Help Desk
Live Chat
Marketing Automation
Sales Force Automation
CPQ
Information Management & Collaboration
ERP
Distribution
EDI
ERP
Field Service
Manufacturing
MES
PLM
PSA
Legal
HR
Applicant Tracking Systems
Employee Scheduling
Core HR Management
Learning Management System (LMS)
Payroll
Performance Management
Recruitment
Talent Management
Time and Attendance
Workforce Management
MEDICAL
EHR
EMR
Home Health
Long Term Care
Mental Health
Medical Billing
Medical Practice Management
Patient Scheduling
Telemedicine
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project, Portfolio & Program Management (PPM)
Project Management
SECURITY
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Inventory Management
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Transportation Management Software (TMS)
Warehouse Management
Non-Profit
Sales
Property Management
The Jumpstart Platform
SelectHub’s DIY platform providing crowdsourced requirements templates & vendor comparisons to help make the right decisions in a fraction of the time, at no cost!
It’s currently available for a select group of categories:
The Decision Platform
SelectHub’s collaborative platform allows you to manage all of your software selection projects in one place – from requirements to RFIs, RFPs, scorecards and POCs – with a complete audit trail of all vendor communications. A 30-day free trial is available with free support.
Shortlisting
At the shortlisting stage, you’ve learned about quite a few vendors and are narrowing down the options. The goal of shortlisting is to go deeper in finding the best software for your company.
The Jumpstart Platform
SelectHub’s DIY platform providing crowdsourced requirements templates & vendor comparisons to help make the right decisions in a fraction of the time, at no cost!
It’s currently available for a select group of categories:
The Decision Platform
SelectHub’s collaborative platform allows you to manage all of your software selection projects in one place – from requirements to RFIs, RFPs, scorecards and POCs – with a complete audit trail of all vendor communications. A 30-day free trial is available.
Guided Scorecard
The Guided Scorecard provides a simple and effective way to compile Vendor Scorecards based on your requirements. You can cherry-pick requirements and choose from a list of products for us to compile an in-depth comparison of.
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Our support doesn’t stop once you’ve narrowed down your shortlist of vendors. Next, we can help you with generating an RFP.
Guided RFP
The guided RFP solution provides a comprehensive RFP, vendor scorecard and price quotes based on your requirements. We can facilitate the guided RFP process for up to five vendors.
Vendor Viability and Proof of Concept
Now that you have your RFx, you’re working through the responses to determine which product you should select.
RFI Scorecard – a Guided Service
The RFI Scorecard is a simple and effective way to compile a vendor scorecard based on your requirements. Based on the products you sent RFI’s to and your requirements, we’ll compile an in-depth comparison scorecard. We incorporate vendor responses alongside our data to help you make the best decision.
Guided POC
Run a single, fully guided proof-of-concept (POC) process for any software category with up to three participating vendors. The guided POC defines demo use cases and success criteria, has vendors demo their functionality per those use cases and finally, rates or ranks those demos.
In two to four weeks (typically), we can:
Compare SelectHub Solutions
Painless software selection means providing all of the solutions you may need. In case that’s a bit daunting to determine, we created the chart below to help:
Find the Best Solution
with Impartial Experts
With SelectHub experts guiding your software selection project, we provide you full access to the SelectHub platform, and you can select your software in a fraction of the time and cost.
Affordable
Technology often drives down costs, and software selection is now a great example of this.
Reducing the time and effort around software selection makes it possible to offer services at a far more outstanding rate.
Price Match
We’re fairly certain we can deliver superior results at a fraction of the cost you would find for the same services anywhere else. With that being said, we guarantee a price match for any similar service you’re considering.
