NALQERIO – GEO TOOL BUYER CHECKLIST
No preset ratings. Not an independent ranking.

Use a separate checklist for each vendor and plan. “Evidenced” means you have verifiable support for a specific requirement; it is not a quality rating. A feature unavailable in the trial remains unknown until clarified another way.

Vendor / plan / review date: ______________________________
Planned scope: projects, questions, measurement schedule: ______________________________
Essential requirements before testing: ______________________________

1. Measurement system and search method
Which interface or API is measured? How is web search provided?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

2. Questions and versioning
Can I trace question wording, language, market and later changes?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

3. Original answers and sources
Can I inspect the answer and the URLs actually cited?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

4. Metrics and missing data
Are denominators, failed answers and unknown sources kept separate?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

5. Projects, question slots and measurement rounds
Which allowances are account-wide or per project? Does the first round count?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

6. Actions and evidence
Are the target page, task and evidence clear? Who publishes an edit?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

7. Reports, collaboration and access
Which reports and sharing features are included? Who has access?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

8. Data handling and exit
Which data is stored for how long? How can I export or delete it?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

9. Total cost and contract scope
What does my actual scope cost? How do the trial and contract end?
Status: evidenced / partly clarified / unknown
Evidence / URL / date: ____________________________________
Follow-up question: _______________________________________
Essential requirement met: yes / no / unknown

Decision, unresolved essential requirements and next step:
____________________________________________________________
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