Sponsor MDRCost.com

What the sponsor gets

• A single labelled strip across the site: “Independent research, supported by X”. Plain language, clearly marked as sponsorship, with rel="sponsored" on every sponsor link.
• Category exclusivity. While the sponsorship runs, no other company in the sponsor's category appears in the strip.
• A monthly performance report covering how the strip performed, sent directly by the operator.
• A founding rate. Early sponsors lock their rate for as long as they hold the slot. Pricing is discussed by email, not published.

Never for sale

The sponsorship buys the strip and nothing else. These are off the table permanently:

• Rankings. Where a vendor sits in any table or list is set by the data.
• Comparison outcomes. Head-to-head verdicts are written from the evidence, never from a contract.
• Calculator placement. No vendor can buy their way into or out of the cost calculator.
• Verification stamps. Pricing verification is free for every vendor, sponsor or not. It cannot be bought.
• Editorial influence. The sponsor sees the monthly report. They never see a draft.

Who this suits

The readership is security leaders pricing MDR: CISOs, SOC and detection leads, and the IT buyers building the business case. A sponsor from an adjacent category, one whose products this site does not evaluate, gets its name attached to independent research those buyers already trust. Because there is exactly one slot, the association is scarce by design.