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Organizations worldwide need to make fast and smart technology decisions to drive business continuity and accelerate disruption recovery. Gartner BuySmart™ supports the entire buying life cycle to enable the best possible business outcomes:

Determine what you really need to meet business outcomes

We help assess your strategic, financial and technical requirements for achieving your goals.

Pick the right provider with confidence

Our army of experts understand the market. We work with you to select the best-fit provider to avoid the costly repercussions of a poor decision.

Align deal structures with business needs

Vendor offerings include options that can feel overwhelming. We advise you on the optimal delivery approach, contracting vehicles and pricing models.

Optimize spend 

Our team is here to protect your organization. We help you avoid unnecessary charges, rightsize support and service levels, and benchmark pricing against the market. 

Reduce complexity & risk 

Finally, we critically analyze contract terms and conditions to protect against future price increases and unanticipated costs, and provide risk mitigation. 

We enable our clients to buy better and invest with confidence

Anne Cooper, SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer for Sammons Financial, discusses how the Gartner BuySmart™ proposal review process helped her confidently select new human capital management (HCM) software, providing assurance that she was selecting the right vendor for the organization's needs at the right price point.

Why BuySmart?

16,000+
Clients rely on us for technology investment decisions
11,000+
Vendor proposals reviewed by our experts annually
96%
Clients share they would use BuySmart services again

Gartner helped us to validate the multivendor model approach to mitigate risk, understand best practices and figure out the right providers for our integration. This approach will result in savings of more than $750K and a significant reduction on our cloud consumption.

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