The one-sheeter

The intelligence stack, compared honestly.

Most comparison pages are propaganda. This one concedes every incumbent’s genuine strength — Bloomberg’s data depth, Gallup’s panels, the consultancies’ bespoke work — because the argument doesn’t need to hide from them. Palanor is the layer the stack is missing: continuous, scored in public, and priced for the organization, not the seat.

Capability	Palanor	Gartner	Forrester	Bloomberg	AlphaSense	Gallup	Big-3 Consulting
Continuous watch Signals, scenarios, and news monitored around the clock — not a quarterly research cycle.	● Lattice ticks daily; Council agents publish continuously	— Research cycles in quarters	— Research cycles in quarters	● Real-time market data	◐ Alerts on documents	— Survey waves	— Episodic engagements
Scenario probability math Live, signal-weighted probabilities on named futures, with profit-impact mapping.	● Probability moves as signals move; likelihood × impact quadrant	— Narrative predictions, unscored	— Narrative predictions, unscored	— Data, not scenarios	— Search, not scenarios	— —	◐ Bespoke scenario decks, static
Public accuracy record Claims stated with probabilities and pre-fixed criteria, Brier-scored in public — misses included.	● palanor.com/track-record — the ledger never edits a claim	— No public scoring	— No public scoring	— n/a — data vendor	— No public scoring	— No public scoring	— Never accountable post-engagement
Analyst inquiry Ask the question you actually have, get a sourced answer.	● Convene — minutes, against YOUR scenarios + watchlist; transcript + edition delivered	◐ 30-min calls, rationed, scheduled weeks out	◐ Same model as Gartner	◐ Help desk, not analysis	◐ Expert-call marketplace, per-call cost	— —	● Deep but engagement-priced
Calibrated to your business Reads the world through your strategy, risk surface, and watchlist — not a generic industry lens.	● Org profile drives ranking, scenarios, briefs, every report	◐ Industry-generic; inquiry adds some context	◐ Industry-generic	◐ Your portfolio, not your strategy	◐ Your search terms	◐ Your panel, their instrument	● Fully bespoke — at bespoke prices
Board-ready artifacts Branded, exportable editions — slides, PowerPoint, PDF — generated in minutes.	● Ten report types in your brand; share links; PPT/PDF	◐ Reprints + licensed charts	◐ Reprints	◐ Charts you screenshot	◐ Search exports	◐ Topline decks per wave	● The deck is the deliverable — in 8 weeks
Real-time market data depth Tick-level instruments, exchange feeds, terminals.	◐ 740+ curated signals — the interpretation layer, not tick data. Keep your terminal.	— —	— —	● Unmatched. This is their moat and we say so.	◐ Filings + transcripts depth	— —	— —
Survey & panel measurement Primary measurement of people — sentiment, readiness, engagement.	◐ Survey Signals + the EII — surveys that flow into scenarios. Panel scale is young.	◐ Peer Insights reviews	◐ CX panels	— —	— —	● Panel scale and polling brand are real. Conceded.	◐ Commissioned studies
Vendor rankings Magic Quadrants, Waves — static vendor-position artifacts.	— By design. We score claims, not vendors — paste an MQ position into Second Opinion and we’ll put a counter-read on the record.	● The MQ — the franchise	● The Wave	— —	— —	— —	— —
Tripwires & decision memory When a signal crosses a line, an action fires — and the decision is on the record.	● Leading actions, alerts, scored claims; decision records on the roadmap	— —	— —	◐ Price alerts	◐ Keyword alerts	— —	— Walks out the door with the partners
Methodology shown in full Component weights, transforms, and scoring logic published — not a black box.	● Every index and schema carries a public methodology page	◐ Methodology summaries; criteria opaque	◐ Same	◐ Index methodologies published	— Relevance ranking opaque	◐ Instruments published, models not	— Proprietary frameworks
Price anchor What a mid-market strategy office actually pays per year.	● $54k/yr org-wide (Watcher) — not per seat	◐ ~$35–60k per advisory seat	◐ ~$30–45k per seat	◐ ~$31k per terminal	◐ ~$12–25k per seat	◐ Six-figure engagements	— $500k+ per engagement

● full · ◐ partial · — not offered. Incumbent pricing = public-reporting estimates, list terms vary. Corrections welcome: hello@palanor.com.

Continuous.

The watch never closes. Research cycles in quarters are answered by a lattice that ticks daily and a Council that publishes around the clock.

Scored.

Every claim carries a probability and pre-fixed criteria, resolved in public on the Accuracy Ledger. Ask any incumbent for their Brier score.

Elastic.

Robo-analysts on your watch today; certified human analysts joining the network next. Access scales with the question, not the contract.

Don’t take the table’s word for it. Run us alongside whatever you have — and let the record decide.

The side-by-side →Our track record