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Competitor Analysis
in Minutes, Not Days

Fill in your business context and let Perplexity research your top competitors live on the web — pricing, features, positioning, and the gaps you can win on, with sources attached.

AI Playbook Competitor Analysis

What This Prompt Does

Manually researching competitors means digging through websites, pricing pages, and review sites — and the picture is usually stale by the time you're done. This prompt tells the AI exactly what to look for and how to organize it, so you get a complete competitive snapshot in one pass.

This one is built for Perplexity specifically, because it searches the live web and attaches real sources to its answers — something tools without browsing can't reliably do. Paste the prompt in, fill in your business context, and it researches your space for you.

  • Top competitor overview
  • Pricing comparison
  • Features & strengths
  • Market positioning
  • Target customer profiles
  • Gaps & opportunities
  • Verifiable sources & links
  • Presentation-ready output

The Prompt

You are a market research analyst. I want a clear competitor analysis for my business. ## MY BUSINESS CONTEXT: Industry: [INSERT INDUSTRY] Product/Service: [WHAT YOU OFFER] Target Customers: [SMB / Enterprise / Local / etc.] Region: [COUNTRY / GLOBAL] ## TASK: Find the top 3–5 competitors in this space and analyze them. ## OUTPUT FORMAT: ### 🏢 COMPETITOR OVERVIEW List top competitors with a 1-line description of each. --- ### 💰 PRICING COMPARISON - Competitor 1: pricing model + starting price - Competitor 2: pricing model + starting price - Competitor 3: pricing model + starting price --- ### ⚙️ KEY FEATURES COMPARISON | Competitor | Key Features | Strengths | Weaknesses | |------------|-------------|-----------|-------------| --- ### 🎯 POSITIONING How each competitor positions themselves in the market (premium, budget, enterprise, etc.) --- ### 👥 TARGET CUSTOMERS Who each competitor is mainly targeting --- ### 📌 INSIGHTS - Market gaps or opportunities - What most competitors are missing - Where a new player could win --- ## REQUIREMENTS: - Use real, up-to-date information - Include sources/links for verification - Keep it concise and presentation-ready

How to Use This Prompt

  • 1

    Copy the prompt above

    Click the "Copy Prompt" button — the entire prompt is copied to your clipboard.

  • 2

    Open Perplexity

    Go to perplexity.ai and start a new search. Perplexity's live web access is what makes this prompt accurate.

  • 3

    Paste and fill in your context

    Paste the prompt, then replace the bracketed placeholders with your industry, product, target customers, and region.

  • 4

    Get your competitor analysis

    Hit enter. You'll get a structured, sourced breakdown you can drop straight into a deck or strategy doc.

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