One platform isn't a vertical play. 7 dedicated surfaces is.
The pitch from a horizontal platform vendor is always the same: "we work across industries." The first sales call goes well. The second one falls apart when the SE doesn't know what 17a-4 means, what TMF inspection-readiness requires, what an AHJ permit package looks like, or why subsurface knowledge walking out the door is a nine-figure problem.
TeamSync's answer is structural. One platform platform, one audit chain, one identity model — and 7 dedicated industry surfaces. Each surface carries its own regulator map, its own vocabulary, its own role pages, its own use-case library, its own ROI calculator. The SE who walks in the door already knows your industry's pattern.
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Why "horizontal vs vertical" is the wrong frame.
The traditional choice presented to regulated customer is horizontal-platform-with-skins versus vertical-specialist-with-narrow-coverage. Both are wrong answers.
| Pattern | What's missing |
|---|---|
| Horizontal with industry skins | The vocabulary is right but the regulator-specific depth isn't there; the SE doesn't speak your dialect |
| Vertical specialist with narrow coverage | The depth is there but the platform doesn't extend to adjacent workflows; you end up with the integration problem you started with |
| Horizontal platform with vertical surfaces | The platform gives you the depth-3 consolidation; the vertical surfaces give you the industry-specific depth |
TeamSync is the third pattern. The platform is one. The surfaces are seven.
The 7 industry surfaces.
| Industry | The opening question | The regulator constellation |
|---|---|---|
| Financial services | "Will the regulator accept this evidence inside our SLA?" | FCA, Fed, OCC, BaFin, MAS, FINRA, SEC |
| Healthcare and life sciences | "Is the TMF actually inspection-ready every day?" | FDA, EMA, MHRA, PMDA, HHS-OCR |
| Public sector | "Can we answer the FOIA inside the statutory window?" | FedRAMP, NARA, CJIS, FERPA |
| Legal and professional services | "Where is the matter file federated and audit-clean?" | ABA Model Rules, SRA |
| Energy and oil & gas | "Is the permit-to-work integrity defensible in the field?" | BSEE, PHMSA, EPA, OGUK, API 1163, ISO 55000 |
| Manufacturing and supply chain | "Where do ECO, BOM, supplier quality, and trade compliance live so audit is one query?" | IATF 16949, AS9100, REACH, RoHS, CMRT, CBAM |
| Architecture, engineering, construction | "How do we keep RFI/submittal/CO/closeout discipline at scale?" | AIA, OSHA, state sunshine laws |
Each surface carries the same architecture — hub, use cases, role pages, customer references, events, regulators, ROI — so a customer arriving on the energy hub finds the same shape as a customer arriving on the legal hub.
What "industry-specific surface" actually contains.
The depth that matters is the depth that the regulated customer's evaluation actually tests. The surfaces are structured to that test.
| Surface element | What's actually there |
|---|---|
| Industry vocabulary | The SE conversation uses the industry's terms — TMF not "trial folder", MoC not "change ticket", AHJ not "permit office" |
| Industry-specific use cases | 6 to 9 workflows per industry — the ones that prompt the call |
| Industry-specific role pages | One page per industry-specific role with the actual question on that desk |
| Regulator map | The constellation of regulators that shape the industry's brief |
| Customer references | Anonymised outcomes from organisations of similar shape |
| ROI calculator | TCO model with industry-specific cost benchmarks |
| Events calendar | Where TeamSync shows up in your industry — SIFMA, HIMSS, ACT-IAC, ILTA, OTC, IMTS, AIA |
The cross-industry case.
Some organisations span industries — holding companies, large insurers with both healthcare and financial-services exposure, conglomerates with both manufacturing and energy. For them, the industry-specific surfaces compose without forcing one industry's frame on another.
| If your work spans | Read |
|---|---|
| Multiple industries | Roles across industries |
| Multiple regulators | The 12 compliance overlays |
| The shared problems regardless of industry | Cross-industry roles |
Read further.
- Industries hub — the full surface map
- The other 6 pillars — what's true regardless of industry
- Capabilities — the 16 capabilities composed onto the platform
- Compliance overlays — the 12 regulator-specific overlays