Free decision worksheet
Make the tool prove its value before the subscription renews.
A one-page, vendor-neutral checklist for testing real work, total cost, permissions, human review, and a safe exit.
Eight gates
AI tool buyer checklist
- 01
Outcome
Name one repeated job and the measurable result that must improve.
- 02
Baseline
Record current time, cost, error rate, and accepted-output rate.
- 03
Evidence
Test the tool on 10–20 representative tasks, including hard cases.
- 04
Review
Measure correction time and define who approves consequential output.
- 05
Access
List what the tool can read, write, retain, share, and trigger.
- 06
Economics
Count seats, credits, overages, setup, review, and switching costs.
- 07
Ownership
Verify output rights, training-data terms, deletion, and export paths.
- 08
Fallback
Document the manual path and test revocation before rollout.
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