See the assistant in use: a short recorded session, three questions asked, three answers traced back to their sources.
From tech noise to clear decisions.
Ask a question in plain language and get a sourced answer in seconds — drawn from a database of performance technology verified with the vendors, not vendor decks, and from Upside Chat, our podcast with the people who use it.
Collected and verified with vendors, not scraped.
One question. A sourced answer.
This is the assistant's real output format: a side-by-side comparison, the evidence behind it, and a link back to every source.
“Which hydration assessment tools are available, what do they measure, and what do they cost?”
Three tools in the category match the question. They are set out below on what each one actually measures and on what it costs, with the vendor documents behind both listed underneath. [1][2]
Form factor, integrations and pilot terms differ across the three. Every line is dated and links back to the document it came from. [3]
Heard on Upside Chat. Down to the minute.
Upside Chat is our podcast and video series with performance staff and the companies building their tools. Ask what was said, and each answer takes you to the moment in the episode.
“What have MLS performance staff said about hydration in the heat?”
Upside Chat covered it with performance staff from four MLS clubs, in three moments:
Sweat varies widely from one player to the next, in volume and in sodium, so each athlete’s sodium loss is measured before recommending what to replace.
Listen at 7:27Players are tested at different temperatures — the same athlete loses fluid and electrolytes differently in cold, humid or dry heat — and each gets an individual hydration plan.
Listen at 8:10In-game hydration breaks let players recharge, but they can also break the momentum of the side that was on top.
Listen at 17:02
7:27Upside Video Chat with Karam Al Hamdani (CF Montréal), Darcy Norman (Chicago Fire FC), Felix Proessl (Colorado Rapids) and Michael Messer (Nashville SC) · 29 Jul 2026Tech scouting shouldn’t slow teams down.
The market is moving faster than traditional due diligence can keep up. Teams need a clearer, faster way to make sense of it.
Time-consuming due diligence
Practitioners spend hours comparing products in spreadsheets, calling peers, and verifying claims.
Limited time & expertise
Busy performance staff rarely have the time to deeply research, compare, and vet every new technology.
A rapidly evolving landscape
New companies, product updates, evidence, and pricing changes make it difficult to stay current.
Vendor bias & marketing noise
Credible performance data can be difficult to separate from exaggerated marketing claims.
The high cost of a wrong choice
A poor technology decision can lock a team into long-term contracts, low adoption, and sunk costs.
Unclear ROI & budget justification
When impact on performance or recovery is hard to quantify, investment decisions slow down.
Seven questions, seven kinds of clarity.
From vendor background to pricing, pilots, published research and Upside Chat. Tap a question to see what comes back.
Funding history by round with named investors, headcount trend, product lines, and the vendors it competes with most often. Drawn from filings, press releases and the vendor database, each with a date stamp.
A side-by-side table of features, integrations, form factor and documented limitations — each line dated and traced back to the vendor document it came from.
Every tool in the category side by side: the metrics each one actually measures, its list price or quote terms, and whether a pilot is paid or free. This is the answer shown above.
The catalogue filtered on one capability, showing which vendors document it, how it is implemented, and what evidence exists behind the claim.
Vendors that run structured pilots, with typical length, what is included, what the team is expected to provide, and how the pilot converts into a contract.
A web search run for you and read back with its sources: journal, year and study design shown for each result, so you can weigh a claim before it reaches a budget meeting.
The moments in Upside Chat episodes where it came up, each summarised in a sentence with a link that plays the episode from that minute — in audio, or on video when the episode has one. When a vendor’s own people speak about their product, the answer says so.
Every technology decision, traced back to a source.
Access is opening to performance directors and S&C staff at clubs and federations. Tell us where you work and we will send an invitation.