Positioning
Between Market Research and Strategy Consulting
Syndicated reports deliver numbers without strategic context. Strategy firms charge six figures. Vertumen bridges this gap.
Syndicated market reports
inexpensive · shallow · no strategy
Vertumen
consulting depth at report prices · sourced
Strategy consulting
deep · but six-figure & slow
← less depth · lower pricemore depth · higher price →
Why now
Three developments that mattered little on their own — and now coincide
Geopolitics can no longer be kept separate
A company of 200 people could once leave trade policy to the large corporations. Export controls, anti-dumping tariffs and subsidy programmes now reach directly into the sourcing and sales of mid-sized manufacturers — whether or not they ship into the markets concerned.
A deadline is set
AI-assisted process monitoring counts as a safety component of machinery and therefore falls under Annex I of the AI Act. From August 2028 it requires a conformity assessment. Anyone who has to provide one should know beforehand where they stand technologically against competitors.
Evidence-based analysis has become affordable
Consulting depth at the price of a market report is not a pricing decision but a question of how it is produced — a sourced, field-level database and an end-to-end build process. Neither was feasible in this form a few years ago.
The chart shows the current contents of our own policy database. It is also the instrument: combined with each company's site footprint, a measure becomes a company-specific exposure value.
What you get here
Four things you would otherwise buy separately — or not at all
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Your position
Your company is the anchor, not the market average
You register your company once. From then on, opportunities, threats and your distance to the competitive field are calculated from where you stand — and every seat picks its own role view.
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Geopolitics
Regulation becomes a number for your sites
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One dataset
Market, patents and research in one product
Patent landscape and academic R&D run alongside the market analysis — you work from one consistent dataset instead of four tools that contradict each other.
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AI analyst
Answers only from what you have unlocked
Ask in plain language — the answer comes solely from your unlocked report content, with its source. You choose the language-model provider if you are bound to one.
In comparison
Four analyses that usually come from four different sources
Market overview, patents, research and geopolitical context normally live in separate tools — one per question, each with its own price and delivery cycle, without a shared data basis. Vertumen brings them together in one evidenced product.
Market overview & competition
The usual route
usually covered
Vertumen
✓ included
Patent landscape
The usual route
separate tool required
Vertumen
✓ integrated (BigQuery)
Research & R&D landscape
The usual route
rarely included
Vertumen
✓ integrated
Geopolitics & regulation
The usual route
barely covered
Vertumen
✓ in every report
Consistent, sourced dataset
The usual route
spread across sources
Vertumen
✓ one database · every figure sourced
Deeper than a pure market report, broader than a pure patent tool, more accessible than a classic consulting project.