What’s the number-1 factor you consider when deciding whether a new tool is worth purchasing?

Budget allocation19%

Potential process improvements59%

Onboarding & training bandwidth10%

Security & compliance10%

Reviewing prior purchase overlap2%


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CIO / Managing Partner in Manufacturing, 2 - 10 employees
PI is one way of putting it, a better way might be “is it solving a major business problem that we do not have a tool to solve at the moment”.
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Managing Partner, Partnerships & Strategy in Software, 1,001 - 5,000 employees
I’d consider how much the benefits outweigh the costs, and whether the tool adds or improves capabilities.

For example: We recently passed on implementing a new market automation platform. While it added new capability with its many features, the cost to purchase, implement and maintain wasn’t worth it.
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Director of Network Transformation, Self-employed
In this day and age?  Can I consolidate tools. The rule I had was if I could remove two tools for one, then yes! 
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Physical Access Control29%

Regulatory & Compliance60%

Maintenance & Updates10%

Other1%


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Cyber Security36%

Cloud Computing/Cloud Migration49%

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)71%

IoT (Internet of Things)30%

Digital Transformation:31%

WFH/Remote Work16%

Legacy Systems Modernization11%

Data Management9%


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