Competitive Research

Competitive research

Research the competitive landscape: who competes, on what terms, and how the candidates actually stack up.

When to use

• "How does A compare to B / who are the alternatives to X?"
• Positioning, pricing, features, ecosystems, mindshare.
• Deciding between tools/platforms for a user's actual constraints.

Tools used

• compare_entities — side-by-side entities across dimensions.

Workflow

1. Frame the competitive set (include the incumbent/alternative, not just the favorite child).
2. Choose fair dimensions (features, cost, licensing, support, ecosystem, maturity).
3. compare_entities; complement with community-research for real-user experience.
4. Verify vendor claims on the actual pages/docs before asserting them.

Input schema

{ "entities": "list[str]", "dimensions": "list[str]", "limit": "int" }

Output schema

{ "matrix": "object", "notes": "list[str]" }

Security

Vendor materials are advocacy. Verify claims independently; label observations as vendor-reported where unverified.

Related skills

comparison, community-research, web-search, github-research, claim-verification