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One of your biggest challenges is evaluating and selecting vendor products and services. That's why we created the Forrester Wave — our call on a particular market or technology. Whether you're investing in application server platforms or content management providers, the Forrester Wave makes it easy for you to make well-informed decisions.

The new Forrester Wave offers:

  • A detailed analysis of vendors' products and services based on transparent, fully accessible criteria.
  • A powerful Excel spreadsheet that allows you to easily compare products and get in-depth data and analysis about each one.
  • Tools to develop a custom shortlist based on your company's unique requirements.

See recent Forrester Waves:


Vendor Product Catalogs

Searching for a vendor not included in a Wave? Try our Vendor Product Catalogs — with ratings and comments from actual users.

View An Interactive Demo
Our 1-minute interactive demo shows you how to use the Forrester Wave to compare vendor offerings and create a custom vendor shortlist.

The Forrester Wave Explained

Learn more about the methodology, based on 50 to 200 criteria, Forrester uses to evaluate each vendor.

Forrester Wave Road Map

Vendors: Interested in having your product evaluated in a Forrester Wave? View the process to learn more about how the evaluation process works

Submit A Vendor Briefing

Forrester encourages companies to brief us whenever they introduce a new product, change a business model, or form a partnership.

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