Software Evaluation or Assessment Criteria, Methods, Templates? How do you compare different software designs/solutions to pick the best one?

Hi, so I basically have a project that involves comparing multiple possible software designs/approaches to solve a problem.

I'm looking for some guidance and possibly templates on the evaluation criteria for software based solutions, things like ease of use, functionality, performance, compliance, scalability, fault tolerance, and maintainability. But I'm not sure how to decide which criteria is relevant, how to look into it deeper, and what else I should consider.

I'm also wondering if there's some other term for this besides technology evaluation criteria (Which only seems to give me medical technology results) that can help me with my research.

Anyone familiar with this or do this regularly for their job?

Thanks 🙂