Competitive intelligence software companies
We have blogged before about competitive intelligence companies, but we did not discuss a related type of competitive intelligence provider: competitive intelligence software companies. These go beyond the tools listed in our resources sections, which are individual tools focused on granular data e.g. finding a competitor’s employees or job postings. Competitive intelligence software aggregates information from such tools and tries to distil the most useful insights.
Below is our current list of competitive intelligence software specialists. We have focused on companies that specifcally target competitive inelligence, rather than more general software including social media monitoring, press monitoring or business analytics, that also plays some role in competitive intelligence. Not included are SEO competitor analysis tools - that is an industry which, while sounding similar to ours, works in a completely different sphere.
If we have missed anyone out, please tweet @aquteintel .
Cipher, USA, @ciphersysllc
Comintelli, USA, @comintelli
Digimind, EU, @digimindci
M-Brain, EU, @mbraingroup
Plain Sight, Israel
RivalMap, USA
It is difficult from the outside to compare the software platforms that these vendors provide - for example, how much is automated vs requiring manual work. It may also be that, not surprisingly for competitive intelligence, they require custom setups so there is no standard product to compare. As such, we cannot recommend any of them, but hopefully having a list in one place provides a convenient starting point for evaluating these vendors.
