# Build a help desk sales battlecard vs Zendesk and Intercom

**Use case:** 

Reads the homepages and pricing pages of Zendesk, Intercom and a third help desk competitor and returns a deal battlecard for a usage-priced AI help desk: where you win, where you lose, pricing traps and talk tracks, each tied to the page it came from. Replace the product and URLs with your own.

## Input

```json
{
  "ourProductDescription": "Acme Support is an AI-first help desk with usage-based pricing ($0.40 per resolved ticket), SSO on every plan, and native Slack and Shopify integrations.",
  "competitorUrls": [
    "https://www.zendesk.com",
    "https://www.intercom.com",
    "https://www.freshworks.com/freshdesk/"
  ]
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "agent": {
    "label": "Agent",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "priceUsd": {
    "label": "Price (USD)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "data": {
    "label": "Result",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "_provenance": {
    "label": "Provenance",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The SaaS Pricing & Competitor Battlecard Spy Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Build a help desk sales battlecard vs Zendesk and Intercom". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/eDh6mrhRJ9TxseDx4) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Build a help desk sales battlecard vs Zendesk and Intercom" task

The SaaS Pricing & Competitor Battlecard Spy Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like our product description and competitor urls, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Build a help desk sales battlecard vs Zendesk and Intercom" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as agent, price (usd), result, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Build a help desk sales battlecard vs Zendesk and Intercom" task via API](https://apify.com/davidcondrey/wl-competitor-battlecard.md).

## FAQ

### How many competitors can the help desk battlecard task compare?

Up to three competitor sites per run; the task reads each homepage and pricing page.

### Is the help desk battlecard based on live pages?

Yes. The task fetches the pages at run time and lists every source with its hash in the signed result.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [SaaS Pricing & Competitor Battlecard Spy](https://apify.com/davidcondrey/wl-competitor-battlecard.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/davidcondrey/wl-competitor-battlecard.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/davidcondrey/wl-competitor-battlecard.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).