# Compare SaaS Pricing and Features for a Small Business

**Use case:** 

Research and compare current software pricing, features, automation capabilities, billing terms, and limitations using source-backed web research.

## Input

```json
{
  "research_question": "Compare the current pricing, major features, automation capabilities, and important limitations of Notion, ClickUp, and Asana for a five-person small business.",
  "context": "The business needs project management, document collaboration, and basic workflow automation and wants to understand the true cost for five users.",
  "requirements": "Use current authoritative web sources. Include a comparison table, distinguish monthly billing from annual billing, calculate five-user costs where supported, identify important pricing caveats, cite sources, and finish with a concise recommendation and limitations."
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "research_question": {
    "label": "Research question",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "research_date": {
    "label": "Research date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "brief": {
    "label": "Research brief",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "qa": {
    "label": "Quality review",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "research": {
    "label": "Research metadata",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "usage": {
    "label": "Model usage",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [AI Web Research API for Agents](https://apify.com/industrial_platform/research-brief-agent.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/industrial_platform/research-brief-agent.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/industrial_platform/research-brief-agent.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`).