MyIntelBrief vs Crayon
Crayon Pricing — and the Alternative
at 1/25 the Cost
Crayon starts at $2,000+/mo and won't quote enterprise pricing publicly.
MyIntelBrief starts at $79.99/mo, with white-label and
AI strategy advice built into every paid plan. Same daily competitor briefs.
Different orders of magnitude.
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When Crayon is the right choice
If you have a dedicated competitive-intelligence analyst on staff, a $50K+ budget, and complex enterprise workflows (sales-team collaboration across a 20-person sales org, deep CRM integration, custom analyst reports), Crayon's full platform is more comprehensive than ours. We are deliberately optimized for owner-operators, consultants serving SMB clients, and lean marketing teams — not Fortune 500 procurement cycles.
How much does Crayon cost?
Crayon does not publish pricing. Based on public deal databases and customer disclosures on G2 and Capterra, entry pricing starts around $25,000/yr (roughly $2,000/mo) on an annual contract, and mid-market and enterprise deals commonly run $75,000-$200,000+/yr. There is no self-serve tier and no public price list — you go through a sales demo and receive a quote. For comparison, MyIntelBrief publishes every price: $79.99/mo Starter, $229.99/mo Pro, $1,499.99/mo Enterprise, with a 7-day free trial and no sales call.
Is MyIntelBrief really 40x cheaper than Crayon?
Yes. Crayon's entry pricing starts around $25,000/yr (~$2,000/mo) and rarely sells below that — verified via public deal databases and G2/Capterra customer disclosures. MyIntelBrief Starter is $79.99/mo, Pro is $229.99/mo, Enterprise is $1,499.99/mo. Even our Enterprise plan is 2x cheaper than Crayon's cheapest tier.
Does MyIntelBrief work for enterprise companies?
Yes — but with a different posture. Our Enterprise tier ($1,499.99/mo) covers up to 10 businesses with white-label. For Fortune 1000s with dedicated CI teams running multi-product sales-enablement workflows, Crayon's platform is more specialized. For lean enterprise marketing teams who want competitive intelligence as one input among many, we're the better fit.
What about Crayon's analyst services?
Crayon offers a human analyst service on top of the platform, priced on quote. MyIntelBrief uses Sonnet (a frontier AI model) for the analyst layer — every brief includes AI-generated action items, every Major Concerns query gets a strategic response. Not human, but the marginal cost is included.
Can I import data from Crayon if I switch?
Competitor lists and URLs can be migrated manually in a few minutes via /setup. Historical brief data stays in Crayon. If migration is a blocker, email support@myintelbrief.com — we'll help.
What is a good substitute for Crayon?
If you want something similar to Crayon without the enterprise price, MyIntelBrief is the closest fit for small businesses, consultants and lean marketing teams. It covers the core job Crayon is bought for — daily competitor monitoring with change alerts and an action-oriented summary — at $79.99/mo with public pricing and a 7-day free trial. It is not a like-for-like swap for an enterprise CI platform: if you need a dedicated analyst team, deep CRM integration and sales-enablement workflows across a large org, Crayon remains the more complete product. The honest comparison is in the table above.
Can MyIntelBrief replace Crayon?
For most owner-operators and consultants, yes — the daily brief, website change detection, pricing alerts and review monitoring cover what they actually used Crayon for. For a company with a staffed competitive-intelligence function and enterprise workflows, it is better described as a lighter, far cheaper complement than a full replacement. We would rather you know that before you switch than after.
How do I switch from Crayon to MyIntelBrief?
Start a 7-day free trial, add the same competitor URLs you track in Crayon (a few minutes at /setup), and run both in parallel for a week so you can compare the briefs side by side on your own business. Nothing is migrated automatically — competitor lists move by copy-paste and your historical data stays in Crayon. If that is a blocker, email support@myintelbrief.com and we will help.
Is MyIntelBrief a drop-in replacement for Crayon?
Not a drop-in one, and we would rather be straight about that. A drop-in replacement would match Crayon feature for feature; MyIntelBrief instead covers the daily-monitoring core — website and pricing changes, reviews, hiring, local signals — and skips the enterprise layer (analyst services, sales-enablement workflows, deep CRM integration). For a small business or a consultant running client accounts, that core is usually the whole job, and the replacement is straightforward. For a staffed CI team it is not.
What are the main Crayon competitors and options?
The competitive-intelligence market splits by buyer size. Crayon, Klue and Kompyte compete for mid-market and enterprise accounts with analyst support and sales-enablement features, generally at four to six figures a year. MyIntelBrief sits deliberately below that tier for owner-operators, consultants and lean marketing teams at $79.99-$1,499.99/mo with public pricing. Which option fits depends on whether you have a CI function to support or a business to run.
Why choose MyIntelBrief instead of Crayon?
Price and speed of setup. Crayon is quote-only and typically involves a sales demo and an annual contract, so the price depends on what you are quoted. MyIntelBrief publishes every price, starts at $79.99/mo, and you can run a brief on your own business in about 60 seconds without a card or a call. If you need enterprise CI depth, choose Crayon — we say so plainly above.