Your peers' vendor demos shouldn't drive your IT budget.
A pile of free tools for the procurement-skeptical. Spot the buzzwords, score your FOMO, and translate the pitch — before the pitch translates your budget.
Vendor Demo Bingo
Mark the buzzwords as the SE says them. First to five in a row asks about contract terms.
Fake Pitch Generator
Generate a flawless, meaningless vendor pitch. Useful for spotting the real ones.
FOMO Self-Assessment
Six honest questions. Find out how much envy is driving your next purchase order.
Anti-FOMO Decision Framework
Turn gut feeling into a defensible Proceed / Pilot / Park verdict you can show your CFO.
Pitch Translator
Paste marketing copy, get plain English: what it does, what it overlaps, and what to ask the SE.
What is FOMO-driven IT procurement?
FOMO-driven — or envy-driven — IT procurement is buying software because competitors or peers appear to have it, or because a demo was impressive, rather than because of a documented, quantified problem. It usually starts with a slick vendor demo and the quiet fear that everyone else already bought it, and it ends in overlapping tools and wasted budget. These tools make the pattern visible — and give you language to push back. Four of them never leave your browser. One (the Translator) uses a metered, cost-capped AI endpoint. None of them are trying to sell you anything.