Lionfish Tech Advisors Launches Periscope, Delivering Gartner-Grade Technology Buying Advice in 30 Seconds for Free
Built by over 30 former Gartner analysts, the self-service decision tool gives technology buyers the same vendor-purchase recommendation that legacy analyst firms charge over $75,000 a year for, with the first report free every month.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 10, 2026 /Lionfish Tech Advisors, a research and advisory firm founded in 2021 and staffed entirely by former Gartner analysts, today launched Periscope, a self-service tool that gives technology buyers an enterprise-grade vendor recommendation in about 30 seconds. Periscope is available now at periscope.fish, and the first report each month is free.
Periscope is a decision-support tool for technology purchases. A buyer signs up, enters their company characteristics and current solution, and within 30 seconds receives a roughly 10-page, watermarked, and timestamped report that names the top vendor choices for their specific situation, the alternatives considered, and the reason each option was ranked the way it was. Additional reports are available for a fee, and a live 30-minute call with a human analyst can be booked for a one-time fee.
The launch targets a clear gap in how technology is bought today. Legacy analyst firms typically charge $75,000 a year for purchase-verification advice and make buyers wait roughly 20 days for an answer, sometimes up to two months for fast-moving topics such as agentic AI. Periscope delivers comparable guidance in seconds, at no cost for the first report each month.
Periscope is powered by the Lionfish Aquarium, a competitive-intelligence system that collects market data with AI and then human-verifies every data point, and by THE PYRAMID, a real-time vendor rating system that refreshes as often as every 15 minutes. By contrast, a traditional analyst Magic Quadrant can be three to six months out of date the day it publishes because of legal review. Periscope 's underlying data updates daily, and several times a day for the fastest-moving markets.
Lionfish describes the approach as AI-sourced and human-verified. AI performs the data collection at scale, and 32 former Gartner analysts verify each data point and keep it current. Unlike a Magic Quadrant that rewards the highest-priced leaders, Periscope factors in budget, company size, global versus local need, privacy, and regulatory context, and can surface regional or niche vendors that are a better fit for a specific buyer.
"We 're the nuclear option for the analyst industry, " said Rob Smith, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Lionfish Tech Advisors. "For decades, the best buying advice in technology sat behind a six-figure contract and a 20-day wait, and often the data was already months out of date when it shipped. We believe in AI, but only AI built on good, trusted source data. Nobody has our data, because nobody has our people. Periscope gives buyers the power of AI with the judgment of an analyst who waited months, instantly and for free. "
"Purchase verification, the question of whether to stay with a vendor or switch when a contract is up, is the single most common question buyers bring to an analyst, " said Brad LaPorte, Advisor to Lionfish Tech Advisors and a former Gartner analyst. "Periscope automates exactly that, with one-touch decision analysis, immediate actionability, and quantified justification for every decision. It opens up intelligence that used to be locked away from anyone without an enterprise budget. "
Lionfish already advises much of the Fortune 500 and between a third and half of the top 20 cybersecurity and technology companies, including SentinelOne, Proofpoint, Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Fortinet, Okta, and Tenable. In one public case study, Veracode completed a Magic Quadrant survey in a single day using the Aquarium, compared with the usual two to three weeks.
About Lionfish Tech Advisors
Founded in 2021, Lionfish Tech Advisors is a research and advisory firm staffed entirely by former Gartner analysts. The firm provides AI-sourced, human-verified competitive and market intelligence to technology buyers and vendors. Its new product, Periscope, brings enterprise-grade purchase-decision intelligence to any buyer in about 30 seconds. Learn more at lionfishtechadvisors.com and periscope.fish.
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