What is Sidescope?
With Sidescope, you can create a comparison to compare anything or anyone side by side and invite other users to help you compare them. You can invite people you trust or whose opinion you value to help you compare choices and make decisions in business or personal life. Users can help you compare products, services, companies, colleges, celebrities, politicians, etc., against features you choose, or you can have them help you pick what features to compare. Users vote, comment and provide information, picture or video to help you compile a comparison.
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What can I use Sidescope for?
Sidescope can be used for gathering opinions and information in making business or personal decisions. 

Business Decisions: Invite stakeholders to compare and help you decide what product to develop, which candidate to hire, which project to do, which marketing campaign to run, which ad agency to use, which consultant to hire, which lawyer to hire, which plant to shut down, where to open the next office or store, which company to partner with, and so on.

Personal Decisions: Invite friends to compare and help you decide which product or service to buy, who to take to the party, which college to go to, how and where to spend the summer, which job to accept,  who to vote for, which car to buy, which diet or fitness programs to follow, which medical treatment is best, and so on.
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What is a private comparison and why do I need a private comparison?
A private comparison is accessible only by people you invite. It is not listed and cannot be found by search.  You should use a private comparison to compare sensitive, confidential subjects, or if you want the comparison results to be shaped only by opinions of people you invite.
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What is a public comparison?
A public comparison is accessible to all users. All users can vote, comment and contribute information. You should use a public comparison if the subject is not sensitive or confidential, and you want the comparison results to influence and to be influenced by as many people as possible. With a public comparison, the wisdom of the Internet crowd help you compile the comparison result.
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What is a semi-private comparison?
A semi-private comparison is accessible to all users, but only users you invite can vote, comment and contribute information. You should use a semi-private comparison if the subject is not sensitive or confidential, you want the comparison results to be shaped only by opinions of people you invite, but you want the comparison results to influence as many people as possible.
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Should I get a paid account?
When you get a paid account (Standard, Premium or Professional), you get to run more private comparisons, have more controls on the contents and the importance of each feature, have more users participate in your private comparisons, get customized domain and logo (Professional only), etc. For details, please see the side by side comparison of all account types.
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How do I get an on-premise installation of Sidescope?
If you are interested in an on-premise installation, please contact us at sales at sidescope . com and we will call you back to discuss your requirements and provide a quote.
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