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MyIntelBrief vs Crayon

The Crayon Alternative
at 1/40 the Cost

Crayon starts at $2,000+/mo and won't quote enterprise pricing publicly. MyIntelBrief starts at $49/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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Feature / Cost MyIntelBrief Crayon
Entry price $49/mo — public $25,000+/yr ($2,000+/mo) — quote-only
Enterprise price $999/mo, 10 businesses, white-label $75K-$200K+/yr — annual contract
Free trial ✓ 7 days, no credit card Demo with sales rep, no self-serve trial
Daily AI intelligence brief ✓ Auto-delivered every morning ✓ Manual + analyst summaries
Competitor website change detection ✓ Daily crawl + diff ✓ Tracked
Competitor pricing alerts ✓ Same-day ✓ Tracked
AI Business Advisor (Major Concerns) ✓ Type your worries, get an AI action plan ✗ Human analyst service only (extra fee)
Google reviews competitor comparison ✓ Built-in vs You table ✗
AI SEO audit (your own site) ✓ Weekly automated ✗
Industry regulatory / threat intel ✓ Federal + state monitoring ✓ via separate add-on
White-label for consultants ✓ Pro $149/mo includes it ✗ Enterprise add-on, ~$10K+/yr
Student tier ✓ $9.99 one-time (.edu) ✗ Not offered
Target customer SMB → consultants → mid-market Mid-market & enterprise only

When Crayon is the right choice

If you have a dedicated competitive-intelligence analyst on staff, a $50K+ budget, and complex enterprise workflows (battlecard collaboration across a 20-person sales team, 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.

When MyIntelBrief is the right choice

  • You're under 500 employees and don't have a CI team
  • Your budget for competitive intelligence is under $1,000/mo
  • You're a consultant or agency that wants to white-label daily briefs to clients without a separate $10K/yr add-on
  • You want an AI business advisor built in — not a $400/hr analyst service
  • You need Google reviews comparison, SEO audits, and regulatory monitoring in one place
  • You want a 7-day free trial today, not a 4-week procurement cycle

Common questions when comparing

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 $49/mo, Pro is $149/mo, Enterprise is $999/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 ($999/mo) covers up to 10 businesses with white-label. For Fortune 1000s with dedicated CI teams running multi-product battlecard 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's human analyst add-on costs roughly $50K-$150K/yr on top of the platform fee. 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.

Try MyIntelBrief free for 7 days

No credit card. Get your first daily competitor brief in under five minutes. Cancel anytime if Crayon is the better fit.

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