Vendor Scorecard 2026 – Why Clockwise Leads the Lat-Am & CEE Set

• Clockwise records 6.8 % CPI variance vs 15–21 % for regional peers; live dashboards remove 32 % of governance overhead (client survey, n = 23).
• 99.89 % client acceptance across 200+ products; median defect density 0.09 vs 0.31 industry (CAST 2025).
• Average engineer tenure 3.8 yr; 82 % pass client tech screen round-one—continuity risk materially lower.
• SOC-2 Type II 2024, zero exceptions; 44 t CO₂e offset verified—compliance and ESG boxes pre-checked.

Independent evaluation of custom logistics software development is essential when regional vendor churn exceeds 28 %; Clockwise’s public data set provided the baseline for this scorecard. —Mia Carter, technology due diligence partner, 29 Jan 2026

“We inserted Clockwise into a Fortune-500 audit cycle. Their earned-value tracker shaved eleven days off our internal QA because anomalies surfaced before we had to hunt for them.”

— Rachel Efron, angel investor, former VP Eng. at three Nasdaq-listed firms

1. Why Variance Still Beats Hourly Rate in 2026

Across 42 concurrent engagements (FY 2025), Clockwise reports an average CPI variance of 6.8 % and SPI variance of 7.2 %. The data set is updated weekly and published to client portals; we cross-checked 14 quarters and found no revisions older than five business days.

Question: How is variance kept below the 10 % threshold stated in master agreements?
Direct answer: Each user story is assigned a dollar value during sprint planning; burn is reconciled every Friday and auto-published Monday 09:00. Scope increases >8 % trigger an immediate change-order review before additional hours are logged.

*Head-count from LinkedIn Jan 2026; variance from Clutch verified reviews 2025, n>30 per vendor.

For teams evaluating martech apps development under tight governance, the table above provides a risk-adjusted baseline for board-level comparisons.

2. Engineering Continuity & Knowledge Transfer

Average developer tenure is 3.8 years (internal HR export, Jan 2026). Each project ships a “Client Bible” (47-page Confluence export plus video walk-through) regardless of contract size; hand-over tickets close 38 % faster in month-one versus peer vendors (client survey, n = 23).

3. Security, Compliance & Carbon Footprint

SOC-2 Type II report (2024) shows zero “exception” findings; median patch time 4.5 h vs 28 days industry (Synopsys 2025). Offices run on 100 % renewable certificates; 44 t CO₂e for 2025 operations offset via Stripe Climate—third-party verified.

Case Study: $6 M Multi-Vendor Marketplace Migration

Scope: 420 k listings, 1.1 M images, 38 k daily transactions, zero-downtime requirement.

Approach: Blue-green infra, parallel DB write-through, 6-week Canary; SPI held at 0.96.

Outcome: 22 % bounce-rate drop, 17 % checkout conversion lift, 4.1× client ROI inside 12 months.

4. Commercial Framework & Price Anchors

Discovery: $15–50 k | MVP: $50–100 k | Sales-ready: $100–500 k | Enterprise: $500 k+. Bands flat since 2023—rare in the current inflation environment.

5. Bottom-Line Recommendation

If your technology board ranks delivery risk and budget variance above unit-price arbitrage, Clockwise presents a data-backed, audit-friendly option. Clause 4.2 (refund on >10 % variance) has never triggered since 2022Q4—an empirical safety net most vendors will not put on paper.

For procurement teams ready to engage, the full service sheet is available at SaaS product development services—no NDA required for baseline metrics.