For Competitive Intelligence Analysts

Research Tools Built for Competitive Intelligence Analysts

You do the thinking. Let AI handle the grunt work. Luminix gives competitive intelligence analysts deep research capabilities without the manual labor.

Monitor competitors, track market shifts, and deliver intelligence faster — without sacrificing the depth your stakeholders expect.

Competitive Intelligence Research
1 Competitive landscape analysis
2 Competitor profiling & monitoring
3 Win/loss intelligence
4 Market intelligence briefings

The Competitive Intelligence Analyst's Research Problem

You were hired for your analytical skills. But most of your time goes to collecting and organizing data — not analyzing it. The grunt work of competitive intelligence eats the hours you should spend on the actual intelligence.

Manual Research Burden

A competitive landscape analysis takes 3-5 days of manually combing through competitor websites, press releases, job postings, G2 reviews, LinkedIn, and news. The report is outdated by the time it's presented.

Speed vs. Quality Tradeoff

Stakeholders want insights fast. But rushed analysis leads to bad decisions. The solution isn't working faster — it's removing the low-value data collection so you have time for high-value analysis.

Scattered Sources

Every insight needs a source. When the CMO asks "where did this come from?", you need an answer — not a vague gesture at your browser history. Tracking sources across dozens of tabs is a nightmare.

Research Capabilities

How Competitive Intelligence Analysts Use Luminix

Competitive Landscape Analysis

Get comprehensive competitor research in hours, not days:

  • Company overviews with strategic positioning
  • Product/service comparison matrices
  • Recent news, announcements, and leadership changes
  • Customer sentiment from reviews and social
  • Hiring trends and organizational signals

Competitor Monitoring

Stay on top of competitor moves without checking 15 sources daily:

  • Product launches and feature updates
  • Pricing changes
  • Key customer wins and losses
  • Executive moves
  • Strategic shifts in messaging or positioning

Win/Loss Intelligence

Gather external intelligence on competitive deals:

  • How customers describe competitor strengths
  • Pricing signals from reviews and forums
  • Feature gaps customers mention
  • Buying process friction points
  • Combine with internal win/loss data

Market Intelligence Briefings

Build comprehensive briefings in hours, not weeks:

  • Industry trend synthesis
  • Key competitor activity summary
  • Customer sentiment tracking
  • Emerging threat identification
  • Opportunity signals
Example

Competitive Intelligence Research in Action

The Brief

"We need a deep dive on Competitor X's strategy before the board meeting. Cover their product roadmap, pricing changes, key customer wins, and how their positioning has shifted in the last quarter."

Research Delivered

30+ pages of analysis
8 competitors profiled
60+ source citations
Competitor strategic positioning analysis
Product feature comparison matrix
Customer sentiment and hiring signals
Strategic recommendations and threat assessment

A Day in the Life: Before and After

Before Luminix

9:00 AM Request lands: "Need a deep dive on Competitor X's strategy before the board meeting."
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Manual research. Website analysis. LinkedIn stalking. Review mining. News searches. Financial analysis. Tab explosion.
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Attempt to synthesize findings into coherent narrative.
5:00 PM Half-finished deck. Continue tomorrow.
Next day Finish deck. Hope nothing changed overnight.

After Luminix

9:00 AM Request lands.
9:15 AM Run deep competitor analysis in Luminix.
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Review findings. Identify key insights. Build narrative. Add your analysis.
12:00 PM Done. Defensible, comprehensive, sourced.
Afternoon Work on that strategic initiative you've been putting off.

What Makes Luminix Different for CI Analysts

Built for Depth, Not Summaries

Most AI tools give you surface-level summaries. Luminix is built for the kind of deep competitive intelligence analysis that CI analysts actually need — comprehensive enough to base decisions on.

Every Finding Sourced

Luminix cites every claim. Click through to the original source to verify, dig deeper, or pull direct quotes for your deliverables. When the CMO asks "where did this come from?", you have an answer.

Structured Output

Get findings organized in formats you can actually use — not walls of text that require reformatting. Export to formats that plug into your existing workflow and presentation templates.

$20 for Four Research Projects

Enterprise competitive intelligence platforms cost $30,000-60,000 per year. At $20 for four research projects, Luminix makes professional competitive intelligence accessible to individual analysts — not just enterprise CI teams with massive tool budgets.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a competitive intelligence analyst?

A competitive intelligence analyst gathers, analyzes, and synthesizes information about competitors, markets, and industry trends to inform strategic business decisions. CI analysts work across industries — from tech and SaaS to healthcare and financial services — monitoring competitor activity, building competitive landscape reports, and delivering market intelligence briefings to leadership.

How does LuminixAI help competitive intelligence analysts?

LuminixAI automates the data collection and synthesis phase of competitive intelligence work — the most time-consuming part of the job. Instead of manually combing through competitor websites, news, reviews, and financial filings, analysts can run a deep research project in Luminix and get comprehensive, source-cited findings in under 30 minutes. This frees analysts to focus on interpretation, recommendations, and strategic insights.

How is LuminixAI different from Crayon or Klue?

Crayon and Klue are enterprise competitive intelligence platforms designed for large CI teams, with pricing typically starting at $30,000-60,000 per year. LuminixAI takes a different approach: deep AI-powered research available to individual analysts at $20 for 4 projects. While enterprise platforms focus on team collaboration, battlecard management, and CRM integrations, Luminix focuses on the core research — giving you comprehensive, source-cited competitive analysis without the enterprise price tag.

What does $20 get me with LuminixAI?

For $20, you get four deep research projects. Each produces a comprehensive, multi-perspective analysis with full source citations. A typical competitive landscape analysis includes company overviews, strategic positioning, product comparisons, customer sentiment, hiring signals, and strategic recommendations — the kind of output that would take 3-5 days of manual research.

Can I use LuminixAI for ongoing competitor monitoring?

Yes. While LuminixAI excels at deep one-time research projects, analysts use it for ongoing monitoring by running periodic competitor analyses. Run a competitive landscape update monthly or quarterly to track changes in competitor strategy, product updates, pricing shifts, and market positioning. At $20 for 4 projects, regular monitoring is affordable for individual analysts and small teams.

Your Analysis, Accelerated

You didn't become a competitive intelligence analyst to spend your days copying and pasting. Luminix handles the research grunt work so you can focus on the intelligence that matters.