I find it highly unlikely that they don't know their competition very well, and are pretty quick to implement features that the competition is using against them.
Any company that is not watching their competition is well on their way to becoming obsolete.
To answer your question, there is not much more that you can do. Research of course, looking for first hand accounts if possible.
Unless you are doing obscure things, there is a good chance that most/all of the packages will work for you. Their approach to each task is likely to be different though.
A first hand eval of the most likely candidates is probably your best approach.
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