Independent software research
The System Shelf publishes verified buyer’s maps for B2B software categories. We check every vendor against its own pricing page, so you can choose the right tool in an afternoon instead of a month.
What you actually get
Most “research” on a software category is a listicle covering the same eight famous names, with pricing that is months out of date. A System Shelf report is the opposite: complete, current, and checked against the source.
Every price, availability status, and limit is pulled from the vendor’s own site the week we publish, not from a listicle.
The long tail, not just the names you already know. We map every serious vendor and tell you which ones are quietly being shut down.
Seat minimums, enrichment overages, and the feature that is still on a waitlist. The things that turn a sticker price into four times the bill.
A designed PDF to read, a filterable CSV to build your own shortlist, and an EPUB for later. Yours to keep.
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The complete buyer’s map of 55 outbound sales-automation platforms. Real starting prices, GA versus waitlist status, funding as a trust signal, and the watch-outs that vendors leave off the pricing page. Including the names your shortlist should drop because they were just acquired or sunset.
The complete buyer’s map of 51 AI meeting assistants and conversation intelligence platforms, from enterprise revenue intelligence to SMB notetakers to the AI already bundled into Zoom, Teams, and Meet. Real pricing where it exists, who owns your call data, and which names on every list were just acquired or went dark.
Who it is for
Sales leaders, founders, and RevOps people who have been told to go pick a tool and do not want to sit through fifteen demos to find the four-figure gotcha. If you are comparing vendors this quarter, this is the shortlist tool built for that decision.
How it works
A one-time purchase, no subscription. Pay by card through Stripe, and the download unlocks immediately on the confirmation page as a single file containing the PDF, EPUB, and CSV. Reports are refreshed each quarter as a new edition.