Procurement, with the lights on

Your peers' vendor demos shouldn't drive your IT budget.

A pile of (mostly) free tools for the procurement-skeptical. Spot the buzzwords, score your FOMO, and translate the pitch — before the pitch translates your budget.

Why this exists

Too many IT purchases start with a slick demo and the quiet fear that everyone else already bought it. That's envy-driven procurement, and it's expensive. These tools make the pattern visible — and give you language to push back. Four of them never leave your browser. One (the Translator) uses a metered, cost-capped AI endpoint. None of them are trying to sell you anything.