A one-off LCA study can be the right choice for a high-stakes product, a complex case or a formal external claim that needs specialist modelling. But it is often too slow or expensive when a company needs to calculate, compare and update many products.

Pickler is better suited when product footprinting needs to become an ongoing workflow: many products, regular updates, sales questions, customer reports, product passports, comparisons and exports. The best setup may still combine Pickler with expert review where needed.

If a company needs to compare hundreds of products and answer customer questions every week, Pickler is usually more practical than commissioning separate studies for each product.

Pickler makes product footprinting scalable by standardising inputs, methodology and outputs across a product portfolio.