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Perplexity is great for research. But competitive intelligence needs automated monitoring, change detection, and push delivery—not manual searches.
Perplexity is excellent for point-in-time research. But CI requires continuous monitoring.
❌ You must remember to search for updates manually
✓ 3RA monitors automatically and alerts you to changes
❌ Perplexity can't notify you when competitors change
✓ 3RA pushes material changes to Slack within 24 hours
❌ Can't show you what's different from last week
✓ 3RA diffs every crawl and highlights exactly what changed
❌ Manual searches for 10 competitors = hours/week
✓ 3RA handles all monitoring automatically, zero effort
Search tool vs purpose-built CI platform
| Capability | 3RA | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| Competitor Monitoring | Automated 24/7 crawling | Manual search queries |
| Change Detection | Automatic diff + alerts | Cannot detect changes |
| Delivery | Push to Slack/Email | Must manually query |
| Battlecards | Auto-generated for 6 personas | Manual research each time |
| Threat Scoring | AI-powered 0-100 scale | No scoring system |
| Historical Tracking | Full change history | Point-in-time only |
| Team Workspace | Unlimited seats, shared intel | Individual searches |
| Structured Data | Pricing tables, feature lists | Unstructured answers |
| Sentiment Analysis | Automated detection | Not available |
| Predictions | 30/60/90-day forecasts | Not available |
| General Research | CI-focused only | Any topic with citations |
| Ad-hoc Questions | Pre-defined monitoring | Any question anytime |
See how each tool handles actual CI tasks
Perplexity
You won't know unless you search at the right time
3RA
Automatic alert: "Pricing change detected: Pro tier +20%"
Perplexity
10+ searches per week, inconsistent coverage
3RA
Fully automated, consistent daily monitoring
Perplexity
Search, compile, format—30+ minutes of work
3RA
Pre-built battlecard in Slack, ready in seconds
Perplexity
Hours of manual research and compilation
3RA
Export intelligence briefing with one click
Different tools for different jobs
Perplexity is a research assistant. Great for answering questions when you remember to ask them.
3RA is a competitive intelligence system. It watches your competitors 24/7 so you don't have to.
Use Perplexity for ad-hoc research. Use 3RA when you need automated, always-on competitive monitoring with change detection and team delivery.
Stop manually searching. Get automated monitoring with change detection and Slack alerts.