30 Minutes Per Vendor You Get Back
An AI agent reviews every questionnaire response, checks previous submissions for consistency, weighs vendor criticality, and writes evaluation reports — so you don't have to.
TL;DR
Reviewing vendor questionnaires manually takes 30-45 minutes per vendor. Orbiq's AI evaluates responses against your criteria, checks for consistency with previous submissions, considers vendor criticality, and generates evaluation reports with scores and recommendations. You review and approve — same rigor, fraction of the time.
The Math Is Simple
saved per vendor per questionnaire
If you assess 50 vendors quarterly, that's 100+ hours back every year. Same rigor applied to every vendor, every time — without the reviewer fatigue that creeps into manual evaluation.
Where the 30 Minutes Come From
| Task | Manual | With AI |
|---|---|---|
Reading through responses AI summarizes key points and flags concerns | 10-15 min | Instant |
Cross-referencing previous submissions AI automatically compares to historical data | 5-10 min | Instant |
Checking against scoring criteria AI scores each answer against your defined requirements | 8-12 min | Instant |
Writing evaluation notes AI generates structured report with rationale | 7-10 min | Instant |
Your role shifts from doing the evaluation to reviewing and approving it. 2-5 minutes to validate what took 30-45 minutes to produce manually.
Annual Impact by Vendor Count
Based on 30-45 min manual review reduced to 2-5 min AI-assisted review per vendor assessment.
Context-Aware Scoring
Intelligent Evaluation, Not Just Pattern Matching
AI considers the full context: the vendor's criticality tier, the questionnaire's intent, your scoring criteria, and how answers compare to industry standards.
- Criticality weighting — Higher-risk vendors are held to stricter standards automatically
- Intent-aware evaluation — AI understands what each question is really asking and evaluates accordingly
- Criteria-based scoring — Scores are generated against your defined requirements, not arbitrary benchmarks
- Industry context — AI knows what good answers look like based on security frameworks
Historical Consistency
Catch What Manual Review Misses
AI compares current responses to previous submissions. Flags contradictions, identifies improvements, and catches vendors who gave different answers to the same questions.
- Cross-assessment comparison — Automatically flags changes from previous submissions
- Contradiction detection — Catches conflicting answers within the same questionnaire
- Improvement tracking — Identifies where vendors have addressed previously flagged issues
- Regression alerts — Flags when a vendor's responses indicate degraded practices
Why AI-Powered Evaluations Matter
Consistency: Human reviewers have good days and bad days. AI applies the same standards to vendor #50 as vendor #1.
Speed: 30 minutes of manual review becomes 2-5 minutes of AI review + human approval.
You're not removing human judgment — you're focusing it where it matters. AI handles the systematic evaluation; you handle the edge cases and final decisions.
Who Uses AI-Powered Evaluations
Security & Compliance
Review vendor assessments in minutes instead of hours. Focus your attention on flagged issues rather than reading every response.
Procurement
Get structured, comparable evaluations across vendors. Make selection decisions based on consistent scoring.
GRC Teams
Scale your vendor assessment program without scaling headcount. Maintain rigor as your vendor base grows.
Auditors
Every evaluation is documented, timestamped, and exportable. Clear audit trail of how vendors were assessed.
Manual Review vs. AI-Powered Evaluation
| Time per vendor | 30-45 minutes vs. 2-5 minutes review |
| Consistency | Varies by reviewer and fatigue vs. same criteria every time |
| Historical context | Requires digging through files vs. automatic comparison |
| Scalability | Linear with headcount vs. handles volume without fatigue |
| Documentation | Manual notes in spreadsheets vs. structured reports with rationale |
| Contradiction detection | Easy to miss vs. systematically flagged |
Frequently Asked Questions
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See how Orbiq's AI-Powered Evaluations give you consistent, documented vendor assessments — in a fraction of the time.