How we choose providers without selling them
The provider-neutral selection method behind every route recommendation.
Most China-entry vendors sell you their tool. We do not resell infrastructure, which means our route recommendation can name the provider that actually fits — even when that is not the most expensive option, and even when the honest answer is “you do not need to move at all.”
Here is the method we apply to every engagement.
1. Measure before recommending
We start from evidence: what fails for your product from mainland China today. No recommendation is made before the failure set is known.
2. Score against fixed criteria
Each candidate provider — domestic cloud, CDN, IDC bare-metal, edge — is scored on the same axes: reachability, filing fit, operational burden, and cost. The criteria are written down before the candidates are.
3. Recommend the smallest change that works
We prefer the narrowest intervention that resolves the measured failures. Often that is replacing two or three dependencies, not re-platforming.
4. Stay provider-neutral
Because we have no resale incentive, the recommendation is the one we would choose for ourselves. That neutrality is the whole point.
