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Raw data in.
Strategic intelligence out.

RivalDesk's AI doesn't just detect changes - it reads them like a senior analyst. Every signal is scored for severity, explained in context, and paired with a recommended action. Your team gets intelligence, not data.

94%
Noise filtered
<6h
Change to insight
5
Analysis layers
Raw signal
- Starter: $49/mo
+ Starter: $79/mo
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AI
AI analysis
CRITICAL
Beacon AI removed free tier, raised Starter by 61%
This eliminates their primary self-serve acquisition channel. Mid-market deals where free→paid conversion was their GTM motion are now vulnerable. Your competitive position strengthens at the $49–$79 price point.
Recommended actions:
→ Update battle cards for active deals
→ Brief sales on free-tier talking point
→ Consider targeted campaign to Beacon users
How it works

Five layers of analysis on every signal.

Detect

Change detected across any of 8 intelligence sources. Text diff and visual diff generated.

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Classify

AI scores severity: Critical, High, Medium, or Low based on strategic significance to your business.

Explain

Business impact analysis in plain English. Not "page changed" - but why it matters and who's affected.

Connect

Cross-references with other signals. Pricing change + hiring surge + new case study = strategic repositioning.

Recommend

Concrete next steps attached to every insight. Update battle cards, brief sales, schedule review.

Severity classification

Not everything matters.
AI decides what does.

Raw monitoring tools flood you with noise. A footer copyright date changed. A CSS class was renamed. A blog post was updated. None of that is intelligence.

RivalDesk's AI classifies every detected change on a four-tier severity scale - Critical, High, Medium, Low - based on strategic significance to your specific business. It filters out 94% of changes as noise, so only the 6% that actually matter reach your team.

Custom scoring rules

Enterprise customers can define what "critical" means for their org. Pricing changes always critical? Feature launches above Medium? You set the rubric, AI applies it consistently.

Recent analysis - last 24h
12 changes detected · 3 significant
CRITICAL Beacon AI · Pricing 6h ago
Free tier removed, Starter +61%
Eliminates self-serve acquisition. Mid-market competitive position shifts in your favor.
Battle cards updated Sales alerted
HIGH Stratos · App Store 14h ago
Offline mode shipped in v3.2
Neutralizes a key differentiator. Feature comparison tables auto-updated.
MEDIUM Beacon AI · Hiring 1d ago
7 ML engineering roles posted in San Francisco
Pattern suggests AI product investment accelerating.
9 changes filtered as noise - CSS updates, copyright dates, ad rotations
Business impact analysis

"Pricing page updated" is useless.
This is useful.

Every intelligence event includes a plain-English explanation of why it matters to your business. Not what changed - but what it means. The AI factors in your market position, your pricing, your competitive landscape, and the historical context of the competitor making the move.

The difference between a monitoring tool and a strategic intelligence platform is this analysis layer. It's the thing that lets your VP of Strategy read a briefing over coffee instead of spending an hour interpreting raw data.

Typical CI tool
Change detected
beacon-ai.com/pricing
34 lines changed
Last checked: 09:41 UTC
Now you spend 20 minutes figuring out what changed and why.
RivalDesk
CRITICALBeacon AI pricing restructured
Free tier eliminated entirely. Starter raised from $49 to $79/mo (+61%). Enterprise pricing page rewritten with new ROI calculator. This removes their primary self-serve GTM motion and creates an opening for your team in active mid-market deals.
→ Battle cards updated · Sales team notified · 3 active deals flagged
Pattern detection

Isolated events become
strategic narratives.

A pricing change alone is news. A pricing change plus 7 ML engineering hires plus a new enterprise case study plus a CEO interview about "moving upmarket" - that's a strategic repositioning you need to respond to.

RivalDesk's AI continuously cross-references signals across all 8 intelligence sources and all tracked competitors. It identifies patterns that would take a human analyst days to assemble, and surfaces them as coherent strategic narratives in your daily briefing.

Cross-source signal correlation
Multi-week trend identification
Cross-competitor movement detection
Strategic narrative generation
Pattern detected
STRATEGIC SHIFT
Beacon AI is repositioning upmarket
Four signals across three intelligence sources over the last 14 days point to a deliberate move away from self-serve and toward enterprise sales.
Feb 17 · Pricing
Free tier removed, Starter +61%
Eliminates low-ACV acquisition channel
Feb 14 · Hiring
Enterprise AE + Solutions Engineer posted
First enterprise-specific sales roles
Feb 10 · Website
New /enterprise page + ROI calculator
Custom enterprise landing page launched
Feb 6 · News
CEO: "Our future is enterprise"
TechCrunch interview, explicit positioning
AI assessment
High confidence: deliberate strategic repositioning. Expect enterprise pricing page, SOC 2 announcement, and dedicated enterprise support within 60 days. Direct competition with your Scale and Enterprise tiers will intensify.
Threat scenario modeling

Ask "what if" and get
a real answer.

Type a scenario in plain English and RivalDesk's AI runs it against your accumulated intelligence. What if Beacon launches a free tier targeting your mid-market? What if Stratos gets acquired by Salesforce? What if two competitors merge?

The model draws on months of competitive data - pricing history, product trajectory, hiring patterns, financial signals - to generate a scenario analysis that reads like a strategy consultant's assessment. Available on Enterprise plans.

Plain English
Natural language input
90 days
Intelligence context
Threat scenario modeling
Enterprise
What if Beacon AI launches a free tier again, specifically targeting our mid-market customers with a feature-limited version?
AI
Scenario analysis · Based on 247 intelligence events
Probability: Moderate (45%)
Based on Beacon's recent trajectory, a free tier relaunch is plausible but unlikely in the next 90 days. Their hiring pattern (enterprise AEs, no growth marketers) and pricing direction (upmarket) suggest they've committed to the enterprise pivot. However, if Series B closes below target, a PLG re-entry is possible.
Impact on your business:
A feature-limited free tier would primarily affect your Growth plan ($249/mo) pipeline. Estimated 15–20% of current Growth prospects could delay decisions to evaluate the free option. Your Scale and Enterprise segments would see minimal impact - Beacon lacks SOC 2 Type II, CRM integrations, and the analyst bench for enterprise support.
Recommended preparation:
Pre-build a comparison page highlighting full-platform advantages vs. freemium limitations. Prepare a "switching cost" analysis for Growth customers that quantifies the ramp-up time lost when migrating between tools. Monitor Beacon's /pricing and /signup pages at hourly frequency for early detection.
Competitive landscape maps

See who's moving where.
Updated automatically.

Interactive positioning maps plot competitors across dimensions like price vs. feature depth, market segment focus, and product maturity. As intelligence flows in - pricing changes, feature launches, market expansion signals - competitor positions shift in real time.

See movement trails showing how competitors have shifted over the last 30, 60, or 90 days. Spot convergence before it becomes a pricing war. Identify whitespace in the market that competitors haven't filled.

Auto-updated from live intelligence
Movement trails over 30/60/90 days
Custom dimension axes
Export to board reports
Competitive landscape
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The pattern detection is what sold us. We were tracking competitors manually and completely missed that two of them were converging on our positioning. RivalDesk connected the dots across hiring, pricing, and product signals that would have taken our team weeks to see.

Priya Mehta
Director of Competitive Strategy, Enterprise SaaS Company
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Feature Growth Scale Enterprise
Severity classification
Business impact analysis
Recommended actions
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