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Weekly brief

Week 40 · 23 changes filtered out

New 7 · Seen

  • Moved SSO into every paid planPricing page · northwind.exampleImportance 922 h
  • Launched AI inbox triage in betaChangelog · cedar.exampleImportance 841 d
  • New page: “Lumen Billing vs your product”Sitemap · lumen.exampleImportance 782 d
  • Homepage now leads with “built for small teams”Homepage · northwind.exampleImportance 713 d
  • Starter plan up from €29 to €35 a monthPricing page · orbit.exampleImportance 664 d
  • Free plan removed from the pricing pagePricing page · cedar.exampleImportance 615 d
  • Docs add a guide to switching from your productDocs · lumen.exampleImportance 576 d

Three ways to use Plainrival

What does your team need to decide this week?

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A weekly brief of the changes that matter, each with one next move.

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Launch planning

Plainrival Timeline

A calendar, dated checklists and a progress bar per plan. No AI.

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MCP workflow

Use it from your assistant

Ask Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor what your competitors changed.

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MCPAgent interface

Your assistant calls Plainrival

  1. Add one URL to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
  2. Ask what Northwind changed this month
  3. Get answers that link to the source

Seven read-only tools

One connection sees one workspace and changes nothing.

  • list_competitors
  • get_weekly_brief
  • list_changes
  • get_competitor_profile
  • get_change_history
  • search_signals
  • get_opportunity_report

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Name
Plainrival
URL
mcp.plainrival.com/mcp
Auth
OAuth 2.1
Access
Read-only · one workspace

TimelineLaunch planning

Plan your launch. Watch theirs.

Timeline tracks your launch. The weekly brief tracks every change they make.

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Illustrative example. Companies and changes are fictional.

October launch3 plans

  • Teaser
    4/4
  • Launch week
    9/9
  • Follow-up
    5/5

Weekly brief

Week 41 · 19 changes filtered out

  • Pro plan up from €39 to €49 a monthPricing page · northwind.exampleImportance 911 h
  • New page: Lumen Billing vs Orbit AnalyticsSitemap · lumen.exampleImportance 835 h
  • AI inbox triage is now on every planChangelog · cedar.exampleImportance 791 d
  • Ask HN: Cedar Support alternatives after the price rise?Switching · Hacker NewsImportance 762 d
  • Docs: CSV import goes away in NovemberDocs · orbit.exampleImportance 643 d
  • Northwind CRM raised the Pro plan to €49
  • Cedar Support dropped its free tier
  • Orbit Analytics added annual billing
  • Lumen Billing moved SSO into every plan
  • Orbit Analytics' Starter plan is now €35 a month
  • Northwind CRM added a 10-seat limit to Team
  • Cedar Support cut its free trial to 14 days
  • New comparison page: "Northwind CRM vs Cedar Support"
  • New "Lumen Billing alternatives" page
  • Changelog: Orbit Analytics shipped a public API
  • Feature launch: AI inbox triage at Cedar Support
  • Release notes: usage-based invoices in Lumen Billing
  • Homepage now leads with "built for small teams"
  • New integration page: Northwind CRM for Slack
  • Hacker News: "Alternatives to Cedar Support?"
  • Complaint: Northwind CRM API limits break syncs
  • Switching post: invoicing moved off Lumen Billing
  • Users report Orbit Analytics exports timing out
  • New industry page: Northwind CRM for agencies
  • Docs update: Orbit Analytics drops CSV import
  • Cedar Support removed "free forever" from its homepage

3 changes this week. 1 matters.

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