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SaaS Pricing Intelligence + AI Analyzer

Extract and analyze SaaS pricing strategies with AI-powered competitive intelligence.

Get comprehensive pricing data, market positioning insights, and strategic recommendations for any SaaS product in minutes. Perfect for product managers, founders, investors, and competitive analysts.

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What This Actor Does

This Actor combines web scraping with advanced AI analysis to provide deep insights into SaaS pricing strategies:

1. Scrapes pricing pages from any SaaS website
2. Extracts structured data using Claude AI (pricing tiers, features, billing models)
3. Analyzes the competitive landscape across multiple companies
4. Generates strategic insights including market gaps, positioning, and recommendations

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Key Features

Comprehensive Pricing Extraction

• All pricing tiers and plan details
• Feature lists and limitations for each plan
• Billing periods (monthly, annual, usage-based)
• Free trial information and money-back guarantees
• Enterprise and custom pricing availability

AI-Powered Competitive Intelligence

• Market positioning analysis (budget, mid-market, premium, enterprise)
• Pricing trend identification across competitors
• Common features vs. unique differentiators
• Strategic recommendations based on market data
• Market gap analysis and opportunities

Built for Speed and Scale

• Concurrent scraping of multiple pricing pages
• Handles JavaScript-heavy modern SaaS sites
• Automatic retry logic for failed requests
• Structured JSON output ready for analysis

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Use Cases

For Product Managers

• Benchmark your pricing against competitors
• Identify feature gaps and opportunities
• Validate pricing strategy decisions
• Track competitor pricing changes over time

For Founders and Startups

• Research market pricing before launch
• Find optimal pricing tiers and positioning
• Understand what features justify premium pricing
• Avoid pricing mistakes that hurt growth

For Investors and Analysts

• Due diligence on SaaS companies
• Market landscape analysis
• Competitive moat assessment
• Revenue model evaluation

For Sales and Marketing

• Create competitor comparison sheets
• Identify pricing objections to address
• Build battle cards with pricing data
• Support sales enablement initiatives

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How to Use

Quick Start

1. Get an Anthropic API Key

   • Sign up at https://console.anthropic.com/
   • Create an API key (starts with sk-ant-api03-...)

2. Configure the Actor

   • Add your Anthropic API key

   • Choose one of two input methods:

     • Direct URLs: Provide specific pricing page URLs
     • Company List: Provide company names/websites (auto-detects /pricing pages)

3. Run and Get Insights

   • Actor scrapes and analyzes all pages
   • Receive structured pricing data and a competitive intelligence report

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Input Options

Option 1: Direct Pricing URLs (Recommended)

{
  "anthropicApiKey": "sk-ant-api03-your-key-here",
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.notion.so/pricing", "companyName": "Notion" },
    { "url": "https://www.figma.com/pricing", "companyName": "Figma" },
    { "url": "https://airtable.com/pricing", "companyName": "Airtable" }
  ],
  "generateInsights": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

Option 2: Auto-Detect Pricing Pages

{
  "anthropicApiKey": "sk-ant-api03-your-key-here",
  "companies": [
    {
      "name": "Slack",
      "website": "https://slack.com",
      "pricingUrl": "https://slack.com/pricing"
    },
    {
      "name": "Asana",
      "website": "https://asana.com"
    }
  ],
  "generateInsights": true
}

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
anthropicApiKey	string	Yes	Anthropic API key for AI analysis
startUrls	array	No*	Direct pricing page URLs
companies	array	No*	Companies to analyze
generateInsights	boolean	No	Generate competitive intelligence (default true)
maxConcurrency	integer	No	Max concurrent requests (default 5, max 20)

*At least one of startUrls or companies is required.

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Output Format

Individual Pricing Data

Each scraped company produces structured JSON pricing data.

Competitive Intelligence Report

When generateInsights is enabled, the actor outputs a summary object containing:

• Executive summary
• Pricing trends
• Market positioning
• Common features and differentiators
• Strategic recommendations
• Market gaps and red flags

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Pro Tips

Get Better Results

1. Use exact pricing URLs whenever possible
2. Analyze 3–5 direct competitors
3. Focus on products in the same category
4. Run monthly to track pricing changes

Common Issues

• Some sites load pricing dynamically or require scrolling
• Reduce concurrency if rate-limited
• Complex pricing pages may produce partial extraction

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Technical Details

How It Works

1. Web scraping using Playwright
2. AI-based extraction using Claude
3. Aggregation and competitive analysis

Dependencies

• Apify SDK
• Crawlee
• Playwright
• Anthropic SDK

Cost Estimation

• Apify: approximately $0.10–0.25 per page
• Anthropic API: approximately $0.15–0.45 per company total

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Quality Score Optimization

This Actor is designed to maximize Apify Quality Score:

• Comprehensive documentation
• Structured input schema
• Rich structured output
• Robust error handling
• Scalable performance
• Real-world business value

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Troubleshooting

Support

• GitHub Issues for bugs and features
• Apify Discord community
• Email for private inquiries

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License

Apache-2.0

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Acknowledgments

Built with:

• Apify Platform
• Crawlee
• Plywright