Vendor Intelligence

Your MSP stack is a liability until proven otherwise.

MSP Vendor Watch is an independent weekly intelligence briefing that rates the security posture, business stability, and supply chain risk of every vendor in the MSP ecosystem. No sponsors. No ads. Just analysis.

100+ Vendors tracked
6 Risk criteria
Weekly Briefing cadence
Weekly Briefing

Every Tuesday. Sourced. Structured.

MSP Vendor Watch Issue #001
Week of Mar 10, 2026
ConnectWise RMM / Remote Access High Risk
ScreenConnect auth bypass retrospective: 14 months later, what changed?
Patch adoption, architectural changes, and whether the underlying trust model was actually fixed.
Kaseya PSA / RMM Medium Risk
Kaseya surpasses ConnectWise in RMM market share. What the consolidation means for your contracts.
Bundling strategy is working. But bundled dependencies increase your blast radius.
Huntress MDR
Vendor spotlight: Huntress MDR scored across all six criteria.
Founder-led, transparent incident response, growing fast. Full scorecard inside.
Vendor Scorecards

Ratings that mean something.

Every tracked vendor scored on breach history, supply chain risk, financial stability, compliance, pricing transparency, and community sentiment.

A

Huntress

MDR
Founder-led. Clean incident history. SOC 2 current. Published pricing.
B

NinjaOne

RMM
Strong growth. Modern architecture. PE-backed but transparent roadmap.
C

ConnectWise

RMM / PSA
Market leader. Auth bypass history. Losing share. Thoma Bravo-backed.
D

Datto (Kaseya)

BCDR / RMM
Post-acquisition pricing hikes. Key talent departures. Integration ongoing.
What Subscribers Get

Intelligence, not information.

[01]

Weekly Briefing

3-5 vendor stories with analysis, rating changes, CVE roundup, acquisition tracker, and one deep-dive spotlight. Every Tuesday, 7:00 AM ET.

[02]

Vendor Scorecards

Searchable database of every MSP-stack vendor rated on six criteria. Updated quarterly on a rolling basis. A through F, no ambiguity.

[03]

Flash Alerts

Within 4 hours of critical vendor incidents. Email + SMS for Pro tier. Because you shouldn't learn about a breach from Reddit.

[04]

Quarterly Deep Dives

8-15 page PDF reports covering systemic risks, market shifts, and cross-vendor analysis. January, April, July, October.

Independence is the product

What this is not.

Your vendors won't tell you the truth. We will.

MSP Vendor Watch exists because 40,000 MSPs deserve better than Reddit threads and vendor marketing when making decisions that affect their entire client base.