Frankie C.
Senior Market Researcher, Mindber
Tracks 500+ AI and SaaS tools through the Mindber Innovation Index and Mindber Functionality Score methodology.
About
Frankie C. is Mindber's senior market researcher, covering the economics of AI and SaaS tooling — pricing, total cost of ownership, adoption, and where buyer money actually goes versus where vendors say it does.
Every figure Frankie publishes is traced to a named source and dated. The work is AI-assisted editorial analysis of public pricing pages and third-party research, not hands-on product testing — and the disclosure is always on the page. Numbers that can't be confirmed against a live source are dropped, not guessed.
How Frankie works
- Scores tools on the Mindber Innovation Index and Functionality Score — with the underlying sources shown, not asserted.
- Every price and statistic is dated and linked to a named publisher; unconfirmable figures are dropped, not estimated.
- Read the data sources and editorial standards behind every report.
Latest by Frankie C.
The AI Shelfware Epidemic: Why 46% of Software Licenses Go Dark (2026 Data)
AI shelfware drains budgets: 46% of SaaS licenses sit unused monthly and 72% of enterprise AI initiatives destroy value. The 2026 data and a 30-minute audit.
Opus 4.8 Cost Calculator: When It Beats Sonnet & GPT-5.5
Opus 4.8 API cost calculator vs Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.5. Break-even workloads, smart-routing saves ~32%, per-model cache rates. Any currency.
PDPA & PDPC AI Agent Procurement Guide (2026)
PDPA and PDPC AI agent procurement guide for MY/SG teams: data residency, DPA clauses, vendor due diligence, breach notices, and rollout paths.
Manus vs Claude Cowork (2026): Cloud vs Desktop Agent
Compare Manus vs Claude Cowork for SEA teams: async cloud work, local file privacy, pricing, PDPA fit, and when to use both AI agents.
