Evidence
Show one consequential claim and the source material supporting it.
HOW WE COMPARE / A BUYER’S GUIDE
Choose the approach.
Agree what must remain.
Start with the problem, the people available to own the work and the evidence you need afterward. An assistant, an internal build, a consulting team and MCOS can serve different parts of the same requirement.
Buying questions, not a product ranking. Capabilities and rights vary with the selected implementation.
BEFORE YOU CHOOSE
01
What needs to get done?
A bounded task, a custom workflow, specialist judgment or a structured engagement.
02
Who will own the continuing work?
Review, operation, maintenance and change authority.
03
What must remain inspectable?
The answer, its basis, open questions and permission for the next use.
THE SAME QUESTIONS / FOUR DELIVERY MODELS
Inspect the fit.
Make the responsibilities visible.
Select an approach to explore its useful role, the record to agree and the work your team still needs to own.
AI assistant
When the immediate task is to explore or draft.
An assistant can help interrogate documents, develop ideas and produce a first analysis. Some products provide citations, tools and controls; inspect the actual configuration rather than treating all assistants as the same.
A person is directing a bounded task and can review the output.
- What to retain
- Agree how to save the answer, source references, prompts and any tool results you need later.
- Who carries the work forward
- Your team supplies the review process, validates consequential claims and confirms the product’s retention and access settings.
ASK BEFORE YOU CHOOSE
- Can a later reviewer inspect the exact source support?
- Which checks are automatic, and which rely on the user?
- What can be exported without the original session?
COMPARE WHAT YOU CAN INSPECT
Ask for a demonstration.
Keep the scope attached.
Use the same acceptance questions for every proposed solution, including ours.
Composition
Show the operands, periods, assumptions and amounts left out.
Authority
Show who can approve the intended action and what stops it.
Continuity
Show what another reviewer can inspect after the original run ends.
Rights & access
Show what the contract permits your team to keep and use.
Change
Show what must be retested when the model, source or workflow changes.
DEEPER READING / EARLIER MARKET NOTES
Keep the research.
Separate it from the buying decision.
The historical firm inventory remains available for background. Its dates and verification gaps stay visible; it does not determine the fit of a current engagement.
Earlier firm research · 21 firms · dated inventory
The earlier inventory was reviewed on 12 July 2026, with Genpact and Slalom added on 7 August 2026. It is historical background, not a refreshed vendor assessment or a ranking. Tool names and classifications below reflect those notes.
A missing item is not evidence that a firm lacks the capability. Confirm current offerings, evidence, scope and commercial rights directly before procurement.
BCG
7 recorded items- AgentKitOpen-source · MITPreviously marked archived
- ARTKITOpen-source · Apache-2.0Recorded in earlier review
- GenAI EvaluatorProductized acceleratorRecorded in earlier review
- FacetOpen-sourceRecorded in earlier review
- FAST + RAI 5-pillar + 4-tier autonomyGovernance frameworksRecorded in earlier review
- Vertical platformsProduct + servicePreviously marked vendor-stated
- AI @ Scale / 10-20-70Transformation frameRecorded in earlier review
The retained inventory does not attach a source URL to every item. Treat it as a research starting point, not evidence of current capability or a basis for absence claims. The four-approach guide above is a set of buying questions, not a comparative product benchmark.
FROM EXPLANATION TO YOUR WORK
Start with your requirement.
Compare against that.
Agree the evidence, deliverable, responsible reviewer and acceptance checks for a scoped engagement.