KuppingerCole as an analyst company regularly does evaluations of products and vendors. The results are, amongst other types of publications and services, published in the KuppingerCole Product Reports and KuppingerCole Vendor Reports.
KuppingerCole uses a star rating to provide a quick overview on our perception of the products or vendors. The categories of this rating and the reasons for deciding for a specific number of stars are explained later in this document.