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Decision-ready intelligence on competitor activity, built to help you anticipate market moves and sharpen strategy. We track pricing, positioning and product shifts as they happen, giving your team a clear read on where to move first.
What it Solves
Be it a high-level competitor landscaping or an in-depth assessment of key competitors, from a point-in-time CI report to ongoing monitoring, Cognition’s CI solutions are tailored to the clients’ needs and designed to empower their business strategy by addressing the following:
Established competitors are only part of the picture. Emerging players, adjacent challengers and disruptive entrants can create threats that remain unnoticed until they gain momentum.
Changes in competitor strategy, offerings, leadership, partnerships or market activity can go unnoticed until their impact on your market position becomes clear.
Large volumes of fragmented competitor information make it difficult to connect developments, identify what matters and turn intelligence into timely decisions.
Irrelevant, repetitive and low-value information can overwhelm decision-makers, making meaningful competitor developments and market signals harder to identify.
When competitor developments take too long to interpret, teams lose valuable time to adjust strategy, positioning, product priorities and commercial actions.
When intelligence sits outside everyday workflows, critical insights fail to consistently inform strategy, sales, product, marketing and leadership decisions.
New entrants, shifting competitor strategies and continuous market disruption make it increasingly difficult to defend market position and sustain differentiation.
How it Works
Our competitor intelligence solution is built around two core modules: in-depth competitor analysis to establish a robust intelligence baseline, and continuous monitoring to identify the developments that matter as they happen.
MODULE 1: Intelligence Report – Developing an understanding of the competitive landscape, including competitor benchmarking and ranking, and a deep-dive on select competitors to get a honed-in view on their business performance, products, and strategies.
MODULE 2: Ongoing Monitoring (AI+HI) – On critical themes, customised for a specific industry, priorities, use cases, etc., and accessible through Cognition’s proprietary platform (Media SIGNALS).
Why Our Clients Work with Us
From focused projects to ongoing intelligence programmes, choose a commercial model that fits your requirements and budget. Engagement options include project-based, output or volume-based, FTE and credit-based models with bundled analyst days.
Our technology-driven, human-led methodology combines AI with human intelligence to process competitor intelligence at scale. Experienced analysts validate, interpret and contextualise the signals, turning complex competitor activity into clear strategic direction.
Move beyond point-in-time research. Media SIGNALS continuously monitors your competitive environment, helping teams identify important developments early and make timely strategic course corrections.
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Why Our Clients Work with Us
At Cognition, we understand the significance of collaboration and customization. We tailor our competitor intelligence study to specific requirements and carefully observe the selected set of competitors. Our flexible operating models cater to a wide range of budgets, ensuring accessibility for businesses of all sizes.
68% of the businesses responding to our 2025 CI Maturity Assessment rated ‘lack of structured and actionable competitor intelligence’ as the primary reason for losing competitive bids. 77% of respondents indicated that they struggle to keep track of technological best practices adopted by their competitors, thereby reducing their competitive edge.
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