F.A.I.R. Evaluation Scorecard

Module 3.8

Score and compare up to 3 AI tools on Functionality, Accessibility, Integration and Risk — weighted, with an automatic winner.

FAIR weights

Defaults: Functionality 40% · Accessibility 25% · Integration 20% · Risk 15%. Adjust for your context, must total 100%.

F — Functionality

A — Accessibility

I — Integration

R — Risk

Tool name

Est. annual cost

F — Functionality

Core AI capability (NLP quality, accuracy, speed)Handling of finance-specific tasksCustomisation & control (prompting, output format)

A — Accessibility

Ease of use for non-technical staffTraining materials & vendor supportMobile access & multi-user collaboration

I — Integration

ERP integration (D365, SAP, Xero, ...)API availability & data import/exportImplementation complexity (5 = easy)

R — Risk

Data encryption & UK/EU data residencyGDPR compliance & audit trailVendor stability & exit strategy / data portability

Tool name

Est. annual cost

F — Functionality

Core AI capability (NLP quality, accuracy, speed)Handling of finance-specific tasksCustomisation & control (prompting, output format)

A — Accessibility

Ease of use for non-technical staffTraining materials & vendor supportMobile access & multi-user collaboration

I — Integration

ERP integration (D365, SAP, Xero, ...)API availability & data import/exportImplementation complexity (5 = easy)

R — Risk

Data encryption & UK/EU data residencyGDPR compliance & audit trailVendor stability & exit strategy / data portability

Comparison

Tool	F	A	I	R	Weighted total	£ / point
Tool 1Winner	60	60	60	60	60.0/100	£0
Tool 2	60	60	60	60	60.0/100	£0

Recommended: Tool 1 — highest weighted FAIR score at these weights. If scores are within 5 points of each other, use cost-per-point and risk score as tiebreakers.