| name | apify-competitor-intelligence |
| description | Analyze competitor strategies, content, pricing, ads, and market positioning across Google Maps, Booking.com, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. |
| type | skill |
| created | 2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z |
| domain | business-marketing |
| category | marketing |
| risk | unknown |
| source | community |
| tags | ["skill","business-marketing","marketing","apify","competitor","intelligence"] |
Competitor Intelligence
Analyze competitors using Apify Actors to extract data from multiple platforms.
When to Use
- You need competitor benchmarks for content, reviews, pricing, ads, audience, or channel performance.
- The task involves selecting Apify Actors to compare competitors across maps, booking, social, or video platforms.
- You need structured competitor data plus synthesized takeaways for strategy or positioning.
Prerequisites
(No need to check it upfront)
.env file with APIFY_TOKEN- Node.js 20.6+ (for native
--env-file support)
mcpc CLI tool: npm install -g @apify/mcpc
Workflow
Copy this checklist and track progress:
Task Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Identify competitor analysis type (select Actor)
- [ ] Step 2: Fetch Actor schema via mcpc
- [ ] Step 3: Ask user preferences (format, filename)
- [ ] Step 4: Run the analysis script
- [ ] Step 5: Summarize findings
Step 1: Identify Competitor Analysis Type
Select the appropriate Actor based on analysis needs:
| User Need | Actor ID | Best For |
|---|
| Competitor business data | compass/crawler-google-places | Location analysis |
| Competitor contact discovery | poidata/google-maps-email-extractor | Email extraction |
| Feature benchmarking | compass/google-maps-extractor | Detailed business data |
| Competitor review analysis | compass/Google-Maps-Reviews-Scraper | Review comparison |
| Hotel competitor data | voyager/booking-scraper | Hotel benchmarking |
| Hotel review comparison | voyager/booking-reviews-scraper | Review analysis |
| Competitor ad strategies | apify/facebook-ads-scraper | Ad creative analysis |
| Competitor page metrics | apify/facebook-pages-scraper |
