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What are the most common pitfalls when evaluating trade surveillance tools?

Category: General Buy-Cycle

Avoid these common mistakes that can lead to cost overruns, compliance gaps, or tech debt:

  • Choosing based on brand alone (e.g., “Regulators use this, so it must be best”)

  • Focusing on sticker price instead of long-term cost, flexibility, and ROI

  • Underestimating false positive volume — a platform that floods you with noise kills efficiency

  • Neglecting configurability — rigid systems create vendor dependence and slow response to new risks

  • Overlooking onboarding complexity — long timelines and high disruption cost real money

  • Assuming all AI is equal — opaque models may fail audits or miss key patterns

  • Failing to ask about audit logs and evidence tracking — critical in regulatory exams