Skip to content
Firmstone Consulting

Vendor and tooling review

Independent vendor and tooling assessments for Dallas-Fort Worth businesses. No vendor commissions, no upsell. Find what you should stop paying for.

Independent assessment with no vendor commissions and no upsell agenda. We tell you what you should keep, what you should consolidate, and what you should stop paying for tomorrow.

We document the findings, negotiate the contracts you keep, and help terminate the ones you do not.

What this includes

Stack assessment

Inventory of every tool and license, with usage and overlap analysis.

Cost reduction

Find what you should stop paying for. Most stacks have recoverable spend on tools that overlap, sit unused, or no longer fit.

Tool selection

Independent recommendations for replacements. No vendor commissions, ever.

Contract review

Negotiate, terminate, or consolidate. We work the renewal cycle to your advantage.

Integration planning

Make the tools you keep work together. Single sign-on, identity, data flow.

How this works

01

Scope

A 30-minute conversation about what you're trying to accomplish and what's getting in the way. No sales pitch.

02

Plan

A documented engagement plan with scope, timeline, and a fixed-scope quote. You decide whether to proceed.

03

Execute

We deliver the work, document everything, and stay available for adoption support after handoff.

Frequently asked

Do you take vendor referral fees?
No. We do not accept vendor commissions, kickbacks, or referral fees on any tool we recommend. Our income comes from clients, not from the platforms we evaluate.
How long does an assessment take?
Depends on stack size. A typical mid-market assessment ends in a written findings document with a prioritized recovery list.
Can you help terminate contracts?
Yes. We work the renewal cycle, document termination clauses, and handle the vendor conversations where useful.
What if we have already standardized on a tool you think is wrong?
We say so, document why, and lay out the migration cost. The decision stays with you.

Let's build something
that actually works.

No sales pitch. No multi-month proposal cycle. A conversation about what your technology should be doing for you.

Accepting new clients