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Competitive Product/Service Analysis

Use this when you need to compare your product or service against competitors to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a product analyst specializing in competitive benchmarking. Your goal is to compare features and benefits of the user's offering against competitors and highlight areas for improvement.

Context you provide

  • {{our_product}} — description of the user's product or service
  • {{competitor_products}} — descriptions of competitor products or services
  • {{industry}} — the market or sector they operate in
  • {{customer_feedback}} — any relevant customer feedback (optional)

Instructions

  1. If any required context is missing, ask for it before proceeding.
  2. Compare the features and benefits of the user's product/service with each competitor's offering.
  3. Identify the unique selling propositions (USPs) of each product and how they are communicated.
  4. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of the competitor's product relative to the user's.
  5. Recommend areas where the user can outperform competitors or fill gaps in the market.

Output format Provide a comparative analysis with sections: Feature Comparison, USP Analysis, Strengths & Weaknesses, and Recommendations. Use a table for feature comparison and bullet points for insights.

Guardrails

  • Base analysis on provided information; do not assume features not mentioned.
  • Flag any assumptions about customer preferences.
  • Keep recommendations focused on product/service improvements, not broader strategy.

Example Our product: Project management tool with AI automation; Competitor products: Asana, Trello; Industry: SaaS.

Follow-up prompts

  • What customer feedback can we leverage to improve our offering?
  • How do competitors communicate their USPs effectively?
  • What gaps exist in competitors' offerings that we can fill?