ForzaDash MSPInfluencer Vendor Excellence Awards 2026 Winners
Celebrating Vendors That Put MSP Success First
The ForzaDash MSPInfluencer Vendor Excellence Awards recognize technology and service providers that deliver exceptional value to the managed service provider community.
Great MSP vendors do more than sell products. They understand how MSPs operate, support recurring-revenue business models, reduce operational complexity, and give partners the resources needed to grow.
The 2026 winners demonstrate a meaningful commitment to MSP enablement, education, integration, communication, profitability, and long-term partnership.
What Do the Vendor Excellence Awards Recognize?
The Vendor Excellence Awards celebrate companies that actively help MSP partners build stronger, more scalable businesses.
Winning vendors demonstrate excellence across the complete partner experience—from initial onboarding and training to co-selling, technical integration, billing, marketing, and post-sale support.
The awards recognize strength in areas including:
MSP-focused partner relationships
Seamless partner onboarding
Education, training, and certification
Sales and technical enablement
Co-selling and pipeline support
Co-marketing resources and MDF
Partner incentives and profitability
Integration with MSP platforms
Predictable, MSP-friendly billing
Post-sale and technical support
Partner communication
Feedback and continuous improvement
The focus is not simply on what a vendor offers, but on how effectively it helps MSP partners deliver services, support clients, and achieve sustainable growth.
How Are the Winners Selected?
Applicants complete a detailed assessment of their MSP partner programs, resources, business practices, and investments.
The review considers the full vendor-MSP relationship:
Partnership and Alignment
How closely the vendor works with MSPs, understands their business models, aligns objectives, and supports mutually beneficial growth.
Onboarding and Education
How easily new partners can begin working with the vendor and whether they receive useful training, certifications, documentation, and continuing education.
Sales and Marketing Enablement
The availability of sales resources, technical guidance, co-selling assistance, co-branded materials, marketing programs, MDF, and partner incentives.
MSP-Friendly Operations
How well the vendor supports MSP workflows through integrations, automation, multi-tenant capabilities, predictable billing, customization, and scalable service delivery.
Support and Communication
The quality of post-sale assistance, account management, technical support, partner portals, updates, and ongoing engagement.
Investment and Improvement
The vendor’s financial and organizational investment in the MSP channel, along with its process for gathering feedback and translating partner input into meaningful improvements.
This comprehensive approach recognizes vendors that treat MSPs as strategic partners—not simply another route to market.
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Meet the 2026 Vendor Excellence Award Winners
We are proud to recognize the following companies as 2026 ForzaDash MSPInfluencer Vendor Excellence Award winners:
Check Point Software
Check Point Software is recognized for its MSP-focused cybersecurity strategy, automated onboarding, partner enablement, integrations, flexible consumption models, and continued investment in MSP profitability.
Its cloud-delivered, multi-tenant security platform helps MSPs deliver services spanning email, endpoint, SaaS, network, AI security, and managed detection and response while reducing operational complexity.
ESET
ESET is recognized for its channel commitment, structured education, MSP enablement, predictable billing, technical integrations, and security services designed to help partners meet increasingly complex client requirements.
Its MSP-focused cybersecurity capabilities include EDR, MDR, continuous threat monitoring, cyber-risk support, and scalable protection designed to help partners expand their managed-security services.
Kipling Secure
Kipling Secure is recognized for building AI security and governance capabilities specifically around MSP workflows.
Its partner approach combines technical onboarding, enablement, co-selling, service packaging, feedback programs, and MSP-friendly billing. This helps partners turn emerging AI risks into practical assessment, monitoring, and AI guardrail services for their clients.
Proofpoint 365 Total Protection
Proofpoint 365 Total Protection is recognized for helping MSPs reduce tool sprawl and deliver integrated security, backup, compliance, and security-awareness services through a unified platform.
Its MSP strategy emphasizes partner enablement, recurring-revenue opportunities, predictable billing, ongoing support, and scalable protection against increasingly sophisticated human-targeted threats.
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Timus
Timus is recognized for its commitment to MSP enablement and for developing secure-access capabilities that partners can deploy, manage, and support efficiently.
Through partner education, hands-on onboarding, technical resources, integrations, recurring billing, and continuous feedback, Timus helps MSPs replace legacy remote-access workflows and introduce scalable Zero Trust services.
Triad InfoSec
Triad InfoSec is recognized for helping MSPs expand their cybersecurity, governance, risk, and compliance capabilities.
Its partner model combines embedded expertise, vCISO services, compliance support, education, co-selling resources, and practical assessment tools. This allows MSPs to serve regulated clients and pursue compliance opportunities without building every capability internally.
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What Vendor Excellence Means for MSPs
The relationship between an MSP and its vendors has a direct effect on service quality, operational efficiency, profitability, and client outcomes.
The strongest vendors make it easier for MSPs to:
Introduce and manage new services
Train sales and technical teams
Reduce administrative work
Protect recurring revenue and margins
Respond to changing client needs
Scale without unnecessary complexity
Deliver stronger security and business outcomes
The 2026 Vendor Excellence Award winners demonstrate the alignment, investment, and execution required to create lasting value for their MSP partners.
Congratulations to the 2026 Winners
Congratulations to Check Point Software, ESET, Kipling Secure, Proofpoint 365 Total Protection, Timus, and Triad InfoSec.
We are proud to recognize these organizations as 2026 ForzaDash MSPInfluencer Vendor Excellence Award winners and celebrate their commitment to helping MSP partners succeed.
