AI Competitor Finder — Discover Real B2B Competitors Instantly

🚀 What this actor does AI Competitor Finder automatically discovers and analyzes real companies competing in the same space as your target business.

It combines Exa AI search + smart filtering + OpenAI validation to return high-quality, structured competitor data, including:

Company name Website Market categories (AI-generated) Business type (SaaS, Agency, Enterprise, etc.) Competition score (1–10) Reason for similarity Competitive positioning insights

The output is clean, deduplicated, and ready for market research, investment analysis, or sales intelligence.

⚡ Key features

Real-time competitor discovery using Exa AI search AI-powered filtering of irrelevant content (blogs, news, directories, etc.) OpenAI-based competitor validation and scoring Language-aware search (global, ES, EN support) Company size targeting (startup / SME / enterprise) Built-in caching for faster and cheaper repeated runs Deduplication and structured output formatting

🧭 Quick start (UI)

Open the actor Enter the target company (e.g. “Notion”, “HubSpot”, “agentes IA”) Optionally set: 🌍 Language (global / es / en) 🏢 Company size (startup / sme / enterprise) Click Run Download structured competitor results from the Dataset tab

🧩 Input schema

General

competitor (string, required) — Target company or keyword to analyze (e.g. “Notion”, “AI agents”, “Shopify”) language (string, optional) — global, es, en companySize (string, optional) — startup, sme, enterprise, SaaS

📤 Output schema (what you get)

Each item includes:

Company

name website

AI Analysis

market_category (array of categories) business_type (SaaS, Agency, Enterprise, Startup, etc.) score (1–10 similarity score) reason (why it is a competitor) why_similar (short explanation of overlap)

🔎 Example input

{ "competitor": "AI agents", "language": "en", "companySize": "startup" }

📊 Example output

{ "name": "PUNKU", "website": "https://www.punku.ai/es", "market_category": ["AI Agents", "Automation", "SaaS"], "business_type": "SaaS", "score": 8, "reason": "AI agent builder platform", "why_similar": "Competes in AI agent creation and deployment space" }

⚙️ How it works

Exa AI searches for similar companies in the target market A lightweight filter removes irrelevant content (blogs, news, directories) Deduplication ensures unique companies only OpenAI validates, categorizes, and scores competitors Results are cached for performance and cost efficiency

💡 Best practices

Use clear company names or markets (“Notion”, “CRM software”, “AI agents”) For better results, start broad and refine later Use language to localize results (ES/EN markets differ significantly) Use companySize to adjust relevance by maturity

🧯 Troubleshooting

Few results? Try broader keywords (e.g. “AI automation” instead of niche tools) Irrelevant results? Use more specific competitor names Missing competitors? Try switching language to global

💵 Pricing & limits

Built to be cost-efficient using Exa + OpenAI lightweight filtering Caching reduces repeated API calls and cost Designed for scalable usage in market research and lead discovery workflows

✨ Use cases

Market research & competitor analysis Startup validation Investor due diligence Sales intelligence Product positioning