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Take a competitor apart in a way that changes a decision: what they promise, who they are built for, where they are weak, and what we should do about it.

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Competitor teardown

Use this when someone asks about a competitor. A teardown that ends in observations has failed; it ends in a decision.

Work from what they say in public

Four sources, in this order, because each one contradicts the last in a useful way:

  1. Homepage and pricing page — what they claim, and who they will take money from. Pricing tells you the customer more honestly than the copy does.
  2. Changelog, blog and job ads — where they are actually spending. A posting for three enterprise sales roles says more than a positioning statement.
  3. Reviews and support forums — the complaints that repeat. One angry reviewer is noise; the same complaint fifteen times is a roadmap.
  4. Their own customers talking unprompted — social, communities, podcasts.

The five questions

Answer these and nothing else:

  • Who is this obviously built for, and who is it obviously not built for?
  • What is the one promise on the homepage, in their words?
  • What do their customers complain about that they cannot fix without changing what they are?
  • What do they do better than us, stated plainly?
  • What would we have to become to beat them, and do we want to be that?

The fourth question is the one people skip. A teardown with no honest praise in it is not research, it is reassurance.

What to hand back

A page. Their promise, their customer, three strengths, three structural weaknesses, and one recommendation with a reason. Mark every claim as observed or inferred — a reader needs to know which parts would survive a phone call.

What not to do

Never state a competitor's revenue, headcount, churn or customer count as fact unless it is published — say "inferred from" and name what you inferred it from. Never repeat a rumour. Never write a comparison that a competitor could sue over, and never recommend copying a feature without saying what it would cost us.

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