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Complete buying research and decision platform

Complete buying research and decision platform

Complete buying research and decision platform

MercatIQ performs comprehensive live research across dozens of sources, structures scattered product and vendor information, and turns it into an

evidence-backed comparison your team can review, trust, and defend.

MercatIQ performs comprehensive live research across dozens of sources, structures scattered product and vendor information, and turns it into an evidence-backed comparison your team can review, trust, and defend.

Built for clear, consistent
buying decisions

Built for clear, consistent
buying decisions

Built for clear, consistent
buying decisions

AI agents do the research legwork across live sources. Your team controls the criteria, the weights, and sees the evidence behind every score.

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Live research foundation

Find relevant products, suppliers, features, pricing signals, and source evidence based on your needs.

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Live research foundation

Find relevant products, suppliers, features, pricing signals, and source evidence based on your needs.

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Defined criteria

Set clear evaluation factors so every option is judged against the same decision standards and priorities.

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Defined criteria

Set clear evaluation factors so every option is judged against the same decision standards and priorities.

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Weighted priorities

Make trade-offs visible by assigning importance to the factors that matter the most in your decision.

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Weighted priorities

Make trade-offs visible by assigning importance to the factors that matter the most in your decision.

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Evidence-backed scoring

Score every option with a repeatable method based on criteria, weights, and research evidence.

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Evidence-backed scoring

Score every option with a repeatable method based on criteria, weights, and research evidence.

One framework across the full buying decision

One framework across the full buying decision

One framework across the full buying decision

MercatIQ keeps research, source evidence, criteria, priorities, scoring, and recommendations connected in one structured decision process.


Instead of scattered notes, separate spreadsheets, and shifting opinions, every option is reviewed in context, every trade-off stays visible, and every final choice is easier to explain.

MercatIQ keeps research, source evidence, criteria, priorities, scoring, and recommendations connected in one structured decision process.


Instead of scattered notes, separate spreadsheets, and shifting opinions, every option is reviewed in context, every trade-off stays visible, and every final choice is easier to explain.

MercatIQ keeps research, source evidence, criteria, priorities, scoring, and recommendations connected in one structured decision process.


Instead of scattered notes, separate spreadsheets, and shifting opinions, every option is reviewed in context, every trade-off stays visible, and every final choice is easier to explain.

MercatIQ comparison view showing options scored against weighted criteria with source evidence
MercatIQ comparison view showing options scored against weighted criteria with source evidence

A better alternative to fragmented buying decisions

Scattered research

Research gets spread across tabs, vendor pages, reviews, documents, and spreadsheets.

MercatIQ cleans and structures live research into one evidence-backed decision process.

Subjective comparison

Subjective comparison

Options get judged differently when priorities shift or stakeholders disagree.

Options get judged differently when priorities shift or stakeholders disagree.

MercatIQ applies shared criteria, weighted priorities, and consistent scoring across every option.

Weak decision visibility

Weak decision visibility

Final choices are hard

to defend when the reasoning is incomplete

or buried.

Final choices are hard to defend when the reasoning is incomplete or buried.

MercatIQ keeps the decision logic visible, from source evidence to final recommendation.

What teams gain from evidence-backed buying decisions

What teams gain from evidence-backed buying decisions

No scattered research. No hidden assumptions. No subjective scoring.

No scattered research. No hidden assumptions. No subjective scoring.

No scattered research. No hidden assumptions. No subjective scoring.

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Faster evaluation with less back-and-forth

Faster evaluation with less

back-and-forth

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Clearer alignment across stakeholders

Clearer alignment across stakeholders

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More confidence in complex purchases

More confidence in complex purchases

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Better visibility into evidence, trade-offs, and priorities

Better visibility into evidence,

trade-offs, and priorities

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Decisions that are easier to explain, review, and defend

Decisions that are easier to explain, review, and defend

MercatIQ turns scattered research into a decision your team can trust.

MercatIQ turns scattered research into a decision your team can trust.

MercatIQ turns scattered research into a decision your team can trust.

Built for teams responsible for
important buying decisions

Built for teams responsible for
important buying decisions

Built for teams responsible for
important buying decisions

From software purchases to supplier selection, MercatIQ gives every team the same structured way to research, compare, and decide.

IT and technical teams

IT and technical teams

IT and technical teams

Evaluate software, hardware, vendors, and suppliers with clear requirements and evidence.

Evaluate software, hardware, vendors, and suppliers with clear requirements and evidence.

Evaluate software, hardware, vendors, and suppliers with clear requirements and evidence.

Operations and recurring buyers

Operations and recurring buyers

Operations and recurring buyers

Standardize how your team evaluates suppliers, tools, and vendors across repeated buying decisions, with shared criteria and a defensible record.

Standardize how your team evaluates suppliers, tools, and vendors across repeated buying decisions, with shared criteria and a defensible record.

Standardize how your team evaluates suppliers, tools, and vendors across repeated buying decisions, with shared criteria and a defensible record.

MercatIQ evaluation showing weighted criteria scored: Total Cost 92, Implementation 84, Vendor support 72.
MercatIQ evaluation showing weighted criteria scored: Total Cost 92, Implementation 84, Vendor support 72.
MercatIQ evaluation showing weighted criteria scored: Total Cost 92, Implementation 84, Vendor support 72.

Business and cross-functional teams

Business and
cross-functional teams

Business and
cross-functional teams

Align stakeholders around shared criteria, visible trade-offs,

and one defensible decision.

Align stakeholders around shared criteria, visible trade-offs,

and one defensible decision.

Align stakeholders around shared criteria, visible trade-offs, and one defensible decision.

A buying decision your team can stand behind

A buying decision your team can stand behind

A buying decision your team can
stand behind

Strong buying decisions do not come from more tabs, louder opinions, or generic AI answers. They come from comprehensive research, accurate information, clear criteria, consistent evaluation, and visible evidence.


MercatIQ connects the full process, from live research and source evidence to scoring, trade-offs, and final recommendation, so your team can review the logic, explain the choice, and move forward with confidence.

Strong buying decisions do not come from more tabs, louder opinions, or generic AI answers. They come from comprehensive research, accurate information, clear criteria, consistent evaluation, and visible evidence.


MercatIQ connects the full process, from live research and source evidence to scoring, trade-offs, and final recommendation, so your team can review the logic, explain the choice, and move forward with confidence.

Strong buying decisions do not come from more tabs, louder opinions, or generic AI answers. They come from comprehensive research, accurate information, clear criteria, consistent evaluation, and visible evidence.


MercatIQ connects the full process, from live research and source evidence to scoring, trade-offs, and final recommendation, so your team can review the logic, explain the choice, and move forward with confidence.

MercatIQ research view comparing Option A, B and C with evidence-backed scores of 92, 84 and 62.
MercatIQ research view comparing Option A, B and C with evidence-backed scores of 92, 84 and 62.

Make your next buying decision
easier to defend

Make your next buying decision
easier to defend

Make your next buying decision easier to defend

Use MercatIQ to research products and vendors, compare options with evidence-backed criteria, and move forward with a recommendation your team can trust.

Use MercatIQ to research products and vendors, compare options with evidence-backed criteria, and move forward with a recommendation your team can trust.

Questions about how it works

Questions about how it works

How MercatIQ researches, scores, and gets set up for your team.

How MercatIQ researches, scores, and gets set up for your team.

What sources does MercatIQ research?

MercatIQ runs live research across vendor websites, product documentation, reviews, and pricing signals. Every data point is stored as source evidence linked to the option it describes, so your team can check where each finding came from.

Who defines the criteria and weights?

Your team does. MercatIQ builds a starting criteria structure from your buying context, and you edit, add, remove, and weight every criterion before anything is scored. The scoring follows your priorities, not a preset formula.

Does MercatIQ work for suppliers and physical products, or only software?

Both. Teams use MercatIQ to evaluate software, hardware, vendors, and suppliers. The method stays the same across categories: defined criteria, weighted priorities, and evidence-backed scoring.

How is MercatIQ different from asking ChatGPT?

MercatIQ is built for one job: comparing real options against your criteria. That is not what a general assistant is set up to do. Ask ChatGPT to compare products and it often answers from a single source or from memory, which is how it can attribute a feature to the wrong product or miss one entirely. MercatIQ researches each option across multiple live sources and cross-checks them, so features are verified against evidence instead of taken from one page. It then scores every option with the same criteria and the same method, and shows the sources behind each score. The result is a comparison that is consistent across every option, repeatable, and something your team can check rather than take on trust.

Can we share the results with our team?

Yes. Evaluations can be shared and exported, so stakeholders can review the comparison, the scores, and the evidence without needing access to the tool. That is what makes the final decision easy to explain and defend.

How do we start using MercatIQ?

Through a direct conversation, not self-serve signup. Book a demo, bring a real buying decision your team is facing, and we set up your account from there.