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Cognizant

Cognizant was named in 9 of the 35 managed IT service providers and Salesforce and CRM implementation partners and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 509 of the 1762 AI responses sampled across those questions (28.9%).

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9 / 35Questions named in
509Responses naming it
29%Of 1762 sampled
2Best tier reached

Cognizant is strongest on Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?, where it was named in 100 of 202 responses (49.5%), placing it in tier 2 of that report.

What Cognizant is surfaced for in managed IT service providers

Based on the measured answers, Cognizant is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?”, “What are the best managed IT service providers?” and “Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?”.

How the answers describe the firmOffers application management, cloud modernization, data, AI, and managed services to mid-sized and enterprise organizations.

In this sample, Cognizant was named on 3 of the 14 managed IT service providers ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

What Cognizant is surfaced for in Salesforce and CRM implementation partners

Based on the measured answers, Cognizant is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Who implements Salesforce Service Cloud and support operations?”, “Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?” and “Which firms provide ongoing Salesforce managed services?”.

How the answers describe the firmLarge-scale Salesforce implementations and managed services with global delivery capacity.

In this sample, Cognizant was named on 4 of the 10 Salesforce and CRM implementation partners ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

What Cognizant is surfaced for in NetSuite and ERP implementation partners

Based on the measured answers, Cognizant is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?” and “Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?”.

How the answers describe the firmImplements Oracle, SAP, Dynamics, and other ERPs for large enterprises; integrates Salesforce with ERP systems.

In this sample, Cognizant was named on 2 of the 8 NetSuite and ERP implementation partners ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in managed IT service providers

Cognizant was named on 3 of these 14 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Cognizant placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderCognizant
What are the best managed IT service providers?250 answersAccenture63%36% · tier 4
What is the best IT company for a small business?210 answersNtiva46%
Which providers offer co-managed IT alongside an in-house team?210 answersNetSys27%
Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?210 answersDataprise33%
Which MSPs can support offices in multiple states?210 answersmWave25%
Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?210 answersRackspace46%18% · tier 3
Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?210 answersBuchanan Technologies21%
Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?209 answersArctic Wolf47%
Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?205 answersTeamLogic IT9%
Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?202 answersAccenture64%50% · tier 2
Who handles backup, disaster recovery and ransomware response?175 answersSourcepass13%
Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?175 answersVEnterprise13%
Who provides IT leadership rather than just IT support?175 answersFramework IT17%
Who are the best managed IT providers in my city?175 answersIntegris51%
How much does a managed service provider cost per user?pricing · 200 answerswhat firms charge

Who leads managed IT service providers overall: Accenture tops 2 of 14 · Arctic Wolf tops 1 of 14 · Buchanan Technologies tops 1 of 14 · Dataprise tops 1 of 14 · Framework IT tops 1 of 14 · Integris tops 1 of 14. See all reports.

Every question in Salesforce and CRM implementation partners

Cognizant was named on 4 of these 10 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Cognizant placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderCognizant
Which Salesforce partners work with small businesses?200 answersSlalom21%
Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?200 answersAccenture75%
Who can migrate us from another CRM to Salesforce?200 answersColby's Data Movers23%
Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?200 answersAccenture44%23% · tier 3
Which firms provide ongoing Salesforce managed services?200 answersSystep48%23% · tier 3
Our Salesforce implementation failed. Who can fix it?200 answersCoalescence17%
Which partners implement Salesforce Marketing Cloud?175 answersSlalom31%20% · tier 2
Who implements Salesforce Service Cloud and support operations?175 answersAccenture53%26% · tier 3
Who builds Salesforce reporting, dashboards and data governance?175 answersSlalom30%
Who improves Salesforce adoption and trains users?175 answersJPW Consulting18%
How much does a Salesforce implementation cost?pricing · 200 answerswhat firms charge

Who leads Salesforce and CRM implementation partners overall: Accenture tops 3 of 10 · Slalom tops 3 of 10 · Coalescence tops 1 of 10 · Colby's Data Movers tops 1 of 10 · JPW Consulting tops 1 of 10 · Systep tops 1 of 10. See all reports.

Every question in NetSuite and ERP implementation partners

Cognizant was named on 2 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Cognizant placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderCognizant
What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?175 answersDeloitte94%41% · tier 6
Who helps choose between ERP systems?175 answersPanorama Consulting Group58%
Who migrates a company off QuickBooks onto a real ERP?175 answersScaleNorth17%
Which partners implement ERP for inventory-heavy businesses?175 answersAnchor Group30%
Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?175 answersAccenture34%22% · tier 2
Who supports an ERP after go-live?175 answersRSM33%
Our ERP project failed. Who can rescue it?175 answersUltra Consultants17%
Which ERP partners fit our company size?175 answersDeloitte42%
How much does a NetSuite implementation cost?pricing · 175 answerswhat firms charge

Who leads NetSuite and ERP implementation partners overall: Deloitte tops 2 of 8 · Accenture tops 1 of 8 · Anchor Group tops 1 of 8 · Panorama Consulting Group tops 1 of 8 · RSM tops 1 of 8 · ScaleNorth tops 1 of 8. See all reports.

Where Cognizant was named

One row per report in which Cognizant cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?2100 of 20249.5%
What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?671 of 17540.6%
What are the best managed IT service providers?490 of 25036.0%
Who implements Salesforce Service Cloud and support operations?345 of 17525.7%
Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?346 of 20023.0%
Which firms provide ongoing Salesforce managed services?346 of 20023.0%
Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?238 of 17521.7%
Which partners implement Salesforce Marketing Cloud?235 of 17520.0%
Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?338 of 21018.1%

What Cognizant gets named for

Across the 35 managed IT service providers and Salesforce and CRM implementation partners and NetSuite and ERP implementation partners questions measured, Cognizant is named most often on Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies? — it appears in 100 of the 202 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 49.5% of them. Its next strongest question is “What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?”, where it appears in 71 of 175 responses (40.6%).

Cognizant clears the reporting threshold on 9 of the 35 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.

What Cognizant’s tier placings mean

On Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?, Cognizant sits in tier 2 of 5, named in 100 of 202 responses (49.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 63.9% of responses against Cognizant’s 49.5%. It shares tier 2 with Kyndryl and NTT, which the sample cannot separate from it. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Cognizant from them.

On What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?, Cognizant sits in tier 6 of 7, named in 71 of 175 responses (40.6%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 93.7% of responses against Cognizant’s 40.6%. It shares tier 6 with Wipro and Myers-Holum, which the sample cannot separate from it. 2 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Cognizant from them.

On What are the best managed IT service providers?, Cognizant sits in tier 4 of 5, named in 90 of 250 responses (36.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 63.2% of responses against Cognizant’s 36.0%. It shares tier 4 with IBM, SHI, Rackspace, Dataprise and HCLTech, which the sample cannot separate from it. 3 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Cognizant from them.

On Who implements Salesforce Service Cloud and support operations?, Cognizant sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 45 of 175 responses (25.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 52.6% of responses against Cognizant’s 25.7%. It shares tier 3 with VRP Consulting, PwC and MK Partners, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?, Cognizant sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 46 of 200 responses (23.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 43.5% of responses against Cognizant’s 23.0%. It shares tier 3 with IBM, Wipro, Capgemini, PwC, Celigo and Boomi, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On Which firms provide ongoing Salesforce managed services?, Cognizant sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 46 of 200 responses (23.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 48.0% of responses against Cognizant’s 23.0%. It shares tier 3 with Accenture, CRM Assist, Persistent, Deloitte, RevenuePoint and ConsultTech CRM, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?, Cognizant sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 38 of 175 responses (21.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 34.3% of responses against Cognizant’s 21.7%. It shares tier 2 with PwC, FreedomDev and Lightbridge ERP, which the sample cannot separate from it. 4 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Cognizant from them.

On Which partners implement Salesforce Marketing Cloud?, Cognizant sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 35 of 175 responses (20.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 31.4% of responses against Cognizant’s 20.0%. It shares tier 2 with Merkle, IBM, Capgemini, Coastal Consulting and MK Partners, which the sample cannot separate from it. 1 further firm was named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Cognizant from it.

On Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?, Cognizant sits in tier 3 of 4, named in 38 of 210 responses (18.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 46.2% of responses against Cognizant’s 18.1%. It shares tier 3 with Insight, Avanade, Deloitte and Kyndryl, which the sample cannot separate from it. 1 further firm was named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Cognizant from it.

Firms named alongside Cognizant

When ChatGPT names Cognizant, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Accenture (9 shared questions), Deloitte (7 shared questions), IBM (7 shared questions), Capgemini (6 shared questions), PwC (5 shared questions), Slalom (4 shared questions), Wipro (4 shared questions) and CDW (3 shared questions).

That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside Cognizant. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Accenture · Deloitte · IBM · Capgemini · PwC · Slalom · Wipro · CDW

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