| Pricing | ~ Free, but priced in your staff’s hours | ~ Often per vendor or per seat, and quoted | ✓ Per company, with public prices and no charge per seat |
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| Endorsement forms | ✕ Tracks dates, not forms | ~ Reviewed in their queue | ✓ Reads the pages behind the certificate, and names the form required beside the form shown |
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| First result | ✕ When someone gets to it | ~ When their queue gets to it | ✓ Compared as soon as the file is read; unclear values go to your own review list |
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| Chasing vendors | ✕ By hand, from your inbox | ✓ They chase for you, on their script | ✓ Automatic, in your organization’s name, on the days you choose |
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| Your requirements | ~ Whatever the sheet says | ~ Changes go through their team | ✓ Edit any limit or form, and every vendor on the profile is compared again |
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| Getting started | ✓ Nothing to set up | ✕ A sales process and onboarding | ✓ A live demo with no sign-up, then a 14-day trial with no card |
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| Learning the tool | ✕ Zero guidance | ✕ Often paid training and locked documentation | ✓ Free Open Academy (Interactive Video Course + Written Playbooks), open to everyone before sign-up |
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| Who decides | ✓ You | ~ Their reviewer flags, you decide | ✓ You. COI Pilot compares documents, and you decide what happens next |
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