Competitor analysis for small businesses — the market research, done every morning, for less than an hour of your time

This is the product. Read it before you pay for it.

One finding from an illustrative sample brief — a med spa in Eagan, Minnesota. 23 complete briefs are published, free, no email required.

• Plumber, Anaheim
• Dentist, Seattle
• Restaurant (takeout & delivery), Mesa
• Solicitors, London
• Plumber, Sydney
• Ramen shop, Tokyo
• All 23 →

One email, on the mornings you choose, that covers:

• Price & promotion changes — the day a rival drops a price or swaps their homepage banner, it’s in your brief.
• Reviews — new reviews on you and on them, and how your reputation stacks up against every competitor you track.
• Your Gripe Gap™, weekly — for local businesses with Google reviews: what your reviewers praise that competitors’ reviewers complain about, counted and quoted. What it is →
• New competitors before they open — caught from reported leases and permits, “coming soon” signs and local press, checked weekly.
• Openings, hiring & expansion — job posts and permits show a new location weeks before the storefront does.
• Your map ranking — where you actually show up in Google searches made near your business, checked point by point around your neighborhood.
• What to do about it — every finding comes with a recommended action, ranked by urgency. Actions, not links.
• A monthly summary — on paid plans, once a month: what your competitors changed, counted by kind and dated with sources, plus your new reviews. A quiet month says so in one line.

You don’t have to find the competitors yourself. We seat them from your Google listing on day one — up to 10 on Starter — and you can swap any of them.

Check us, don’t trust us.

The exits, in writing.

• Free briefs4 weekly briefs for just your email, then they stop. No card, nothing to cancel. Free for 4 weeks first. Pay only if you want more.
• Day 1–7Nothing is charged. Cancel in one click from your account page and you are never billed.
• Day 8First charge of $39.99. Month to month from there — no contract, no notice period.
• Any timeCancel and briefs stop at the end of the period you already paid for — the full policy is at /refunds.
• AnnualPaid once a year. Cancel any time and it won’t renew; briefs run to the end of the year you paid for, and unused months aren’t refunded. We email you 30 days before it renews.
• Slow seasonOn a monthly plan, pause instead of cancelling — 1, 3 or 6 months, nothing billed while paused. Choose it on the cancel page.
• One briefThe $16 one-time brief is a single purchase. Nothing recurring, no account needed.
• BuyingNo sales calls, ever. You buy online with your card, on your own time — nobody calls to size you up or decide what you can pay.

One plan covers most small businesses.

Same market research either way — the plan only changes how many businesses you point it at. Each location counts as one: more than one location? Tap “see the other plans” below. A location is its Google listing, so one office with three dentists or stylists is one business.

Annual is paid once a year, up front — Starter is $404.99 a year, $74.89 less than 12 months. Offered on Starter, Pro and Enterprise. Multi-location bills monthly. Client businesses on Pro are always billed monthly.

• Starter — recommended

  1 location · up to 10 competitors · a brief every morning

  Start free trial
  $79.99 $39.99per month
  $809.99 $404.99per year ≈ $33.75/mo save $74.89 vs monthly

• Multi-location

  Everything in Starter, for each location · up to 10 competitors per location · one login, one charge. Each location’s brief can go straight to that store’s manager, or to you.

  How many locations?

  From $67.49 a month for 2 locations. Founder price locked for as long as you stay subscribed. Add a location any time — you pay the difference for the rest of the month, from that day. More than 10? Ask us for a quote.

  Billed monthly — annual billing isn’t offered on Multi-location.

  Start free trial
  $204.99 $102.49per month

• Pro

  Everything in Starter, for up to 3 separate businesses · up to 20 competitors each · 20 one-time briefs a month · white label included

  Start free trial
  $419.98 $209.99per month
  $4,229.99 $2,114.99per year ≈ $176.25/mo save $404.89 vs monthly

• Enterprise

  Everything in Pro, for up to 10 businesses of your own (25 competitors each) · white label included · priority support

  Start free trial
  $1499.99 $749.99per month
  $15,119.99 $7,559.99per year ≈ $630.00/mo save $1,439.89 vs monthly

Agencies and multi-location businesses: see the other plans →

Pro and Enterprise include white label, so client-facing briefs go out under your own brand. Client businesses you add are billed per client, on top of the plan — see how it works. Full Starter feature list is at /plans/starter.

Two questions everyone asks.

Is there a free trial, and do I need a credit card?

Yes — a 7-day free trial on any paid plan. A card is required to start the trial, and you are not charged if you cancel before day 8. To try MyIntelBrief with no card at all, run the free demo — no account, no email, no card. After the demo you can also get a brief free once a week for 4 weeks with just your email (still no card). If you upgrade, during or after them, your plan starts straight away without the 7-day trial; founder pricing still applies while it lasts.

Is there anything under $50 a month?

Yes — Starter is $39.99/mo at founder pricing, 7 days free. Or the one-time brief is $16 — a single full competitor brief, no subscription, nothing recurring. Buy one brief, or read the 23 free samples first.