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Choose what you need to compare before collecting public sources. Record each URL, access date, version, region and billing period. Keep private customer research out. Missing information means unknown, not unavailable.
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Prepare a research brief for one decision: which product should a fictional five-person team investigate next if CSV export matters? This is not a recommendation to buy. Use the supplied fictional excerpts to learn the method, then replace them with permitted public sources for real work. Keep private customer research out. An empty cell is a research question, not a licence to invent a feature.
Prepare a research brief for one decision: which product should a fictional five-person team investigate next if CSV export matters? This is not a recommendation to buy. Use the supplied fictional excerpts to learn the method, then replace them with permitted public sources for real work. Keep private customer research out. An empty cell is a research question, not a licence to invent a feature.
Fictional source bundle — Cedar and Elm are invented vendors, not researched products. [S1] Cedar pricing excerpt: “USD 12 per user, billed monthly”. Minimum seats, taxes, region, product version and plan restrictions are not stated. CSV export is not mentioned in this excerpt. [S2] Elm pricing excerpt: “contact sales”. A separate Elm help excerpt describes CSV export, but does not identify eligible plans, export limits or availability in a specific region/version. [S3] Fictional team requirement: five users need CSV export. Compare price terms and CSV export only. No budget, purchase approval or tested product access is supplied. [S4] Evidence limits: no real URLs, access dates, screenshots, quotes from sales or hands-on test results. Do not create them. Keep source claims S1–S2 separate from requirement S3. Missing export wording is not evidence that export is impossible. For real research, capture official URL, exact quote, access date, applicable plan/version, region and billing terms; write unknown where a page does not say.
Use only the supplied vendor sources and comparison needs; preserve their names and labels. Compare the products actually named on relevant criteria, with a source label or unknown in the supplied bundle for every cell. Keep vendor claims separate from tested capabilities. Where prices exist, preserve amount, currency, billing unit/period, date, taxes, minimum seats and plan/region/version limits; leave missing details unknown. Compute an illustration only from explicitly supplied numbers and label assumptions, excluding unquoted charges rather than calling it total cost. In the fictional S1–S4 Cedar/Elm example, 5 × 12 is conditional and Elm has no numeric price; other sources must keep their own vendors, seat counts and quoted prices. Do not invent a CSV requirement or price gap. End with supported conclusions, limits and the next exact question/source needed. Do not rank, score, buy or treat missing wording as proof a capability is absent. Sources:
Draft research brief — fictional, not buying advice Price amount and currency Cedar: USD 12 per user, billed monthly [S1]. Elm: “contact sales”; amount and currency unknown [S2]. Billing conditions Cedar: per-user unit and monthly billing stated; minimum seats, region and taxes unknown [S1]. Elm: billing unit, period, minimum seats, region and taxes unknown [S2]. Five-user illustration Cedar: if exactly five billable seats can use this price, 5 × USD 12 = USD 60 for one month, before tax and any unquoted charges [S1 + S3]. Minimums and required-plan eligibility are not established, so this is not a quote or total cost. Elm: no numeric estimate is supported; request a five-user quote on comparable terms [S2 + S3]. CSV export Cedar: not mentioned in the supplied excerpt; support remains unknown [S1]. Elm: the help excerpt describes CSV export; eligible plans, limits, region/version and hands-on behavior remain unknown [S2]. This is a source claim, not a passed test. What this supports Both require follow-up. Elm has an explicit export claim to investigate; Cedar’s supplied excerpt does not answer that question. Neither is established as meeting the team’s requirement. We cannot say which is cheaper or recommend a purchase [S1–S4]. Next research actions — proposed, not performed 1. Cedar official help/plan comparison: does CSV export exist on the relevant plan, and what can it export? 2. Elm official help/plan comparison: which plan supports CSV export and what limits apply? 3. Each vendor’s pricing page or written quote: exact five-user monthly cost, currency, taxes, minimum seats, required plan and regional terms. Preserve quote validity dates when supplied. 4. If permitted trial access is later available, export a small non-sensitive sample. Open the CSV and check expected rows, headers, character encoding and any excluded fields. Record product version/plan, test date, source and observed result. A downloaded file alone does not prove a complete usable export. Repair exercise Wrong: “Cedar costs only USD 60 total and is cheaper, but cannot export.” Replace with: “USD 60 is a conditional five-seat arithmetic illustration, not a total quote. Elm has no numeric price here, and Cedar export support is unknown.” Before sharing a real brief, replace fictional sources with traceable evidence. Never relabel S1–S4 as a real vendor investigation.
Trace each number, feature statement and condition to S1–S4. Does the USD 60 illustration still state all its assumptions? Are unknown taxes and required plans still unknown? Is Elm export a documented claim rather than a tested result? Does Cedar export remain unknown rather than unsupported? Rewrite the wrong comparison in your own draft. Then choose the next missing fact to investigate and explain why it would change the decision. If evidence uses different billing periods, currencies or plans, record the mismatch before comparing. Do not fill a gap with a confidence score. The checks below record worksheet review, not procurement approval or completed research.
Copy the reviewed comparison and next questions before leaving; edited worksheet text is not saved here. For real research, use the competitor-scan Task to choose a permitted workflow, then replace each fictional excerpt with a dated, applicable source. Update only supported cells and retain unresolved gaps. Share through your normal approved channel if authorised; AhaDo does not contact vendors or make purchases. Completion means a research template is ready, not that a vendor was tested or selected.
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