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Editor’s Note: The following interactive calculator implements the Total Success Predictor Rating (TSPR) and Success Predictor Rating (SPR) framework introduced in “Making the Subjective Objective: A Scoring Framework for Evaluating eDiscovery Vendor Viability in 2026.” That article presents the complete methodology, market context, and worked examples behind the four-category evaluation model used here. The calculator translates that framework into a hands-on tool for comparing up to five vendors across configurable time periods, producing structured scores that move vendor evaluation beyond feature checklists and pricing proposals.

In an eDiscovery market projected to reach $25 billion by 2029 — where AI adoption among legal teams nearly doubled in a single year and consolidation continues to reshape the competitive landscape — the question is no longer just whether a vendor can perform the work. It is whether that vendor will still be standing and able to perform when the next complex matter arises. This calculator helps decision-makers answer that question with data rather than intuition.

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eDiscovery Vendor Viability Scoring Tool: Making the Subjective Objective

ComplexDiscovery Staff

Most eDiscovery vendor evaluations focus on two dimensions: capability and price. This calculator addresses the rest — the organizational health, financial sustainability, messaging integrity, and leadership authenticity that determine whether a vendor will remain a viable partner beyond the current engagement.

The tool implements the Total Success Predictor Rating (TSPR) framework, scoring vendors across four categories — Capability, Communication, Commerce, and Authenticity — with 11 measurable dimensions. Each dimension uses a defined scale with specific evidence criteria to translate subjective assessments into comparable, defensible scores.

Getting started: Name your vendors, select evaluation periods, and rate each dimension based on documented evidence. The calculator computes Success Predictor Ratings (SPR) per period and a Total Success Predictor Rating (TSPR) across all periods, generating side-by-side comparisons with viability assessments. Use Load Sample Data to explore a hypothetical five-vendor example or start fresh with your own vendors.

Export results as a PDF report, CSV for spreadsheet analysis, JSON for saving and reloading, or copy a plain-text summary for email. For the full methodology, market context, and worked examples behind this framework, read Making the Subjective Objective: A Scoring Framework for Evaluating eDiscovery Vendor Viability in 2026.

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Alan N. Sutin is Chair of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice and Senior Chair of the Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. An experienced business lawyer with a principal focus on commercial transactions with intellectual property and technology issues and privacy

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Alan N. Sutin is Chair of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice and Senior Chair of the Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. An experienced business lawyer with a principal focus on commercial transactions with intellectual property and technology issues and privacy and cybersecurity matters, he advises clients in connection with transactions involving the development, acquisition, disposition and commercial exploitation of intellectual property with an emphasis on technology-related products and services, and counsels companies on a wide range of issues relating to privacy and cybersecurity. Alan holds the CIPP/US certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Alan also represents a wide variety of companies in connection with IT and business process outsourcing arrangements, strategic alliance agreements, commercial joint ventures and licensing matters. He has particular experience in Internet and electronic commerce issues and has been involved in many of the major policy issues surrounding the commercial development of the Internet. Alan has advised foreign governments and multinational corporations in connection with these issues and is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences and events around the world.

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