About the publication
Research published by the index itself
PQC Discovery Index Research authors and publishes the report from its canonical website. The originating sponsorship and product conflict remain explicit.
Why publish it separately?
A standalone index can organize the evidence around buyer questions rather than a vendor funnel. Stable pages for each product, criterion, finding and source make the work easier to search, cite, challenge and update.
Its job is to make the originating sponsorship legible, not invisible. The relationship appears in page copy and machine-readable metadata.
Corrections and challenges
If a cell is wrong, the preferred outcome is correction rather than defense. Evidence resolving to an admissible public source should be tested against the same standard and logged in the next edition whether it raises a competitor, lowers QScout or changes neither rank.
Known edition discrepancy
The cover summary says 11 corrections are carried. The methodology says 13. This site preserves and discloses the discrepancy rather than selecting a number without an authoritative correction.
What this index is - and is not
- A disclosed scoring instrument based on public evidence.
- A point-in-time analyst reading bound to named edition and build identifiers.
- Not a controlled laboratory head-to-head benchmark of all products.
- Not a procurement ranking of certifications, install base or company size.
- Not proof that an undocumented capability is absent.
Read the full methodology or download the supplied report PDF.