Competitor Finder
Web and SaaS
competitor research
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How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.43.
Execution: 0 for, 4 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Idea has merit and is useful for finding competitors quickly.
From 1 comment
While the idea has merit (especially if it can research and list my competitors quickly), it doesn't seem to work. I submitted something (airoaster.app) and it gave me all links…
abhishekpandey on HN
Objections
Results are inaccurate: wrong links, non-competitors ranked high, and competitors ranked low.
From 3 comments
While the idea has merit (especially if it can research and list my competitors quickly), it doesn't seem to work. I submitted something (airoaster.app) and it gave me all links…
abhishekpandey on HNThis tool assumes you have a competent marketing team that actually makes a website with good copy that makes it clear what your product or service is :) Not the case for my…
LE_BAGEL_DOGUE on HNIs it restricted to analyzing the words of the domain name? Because it's inaccurate.
Disposal8433 on HN
Fails on sites with poor copy or unclear product descriptions.
From 1 comment
This tool assumes you have a competent marketing team that actually makes a website with good copy that makes it clear what your product or service is :) Not the case for my…
LE_BAGEL_DOGUE on HN
Returns answers for unreachable or nonexistent websites instead of saying it doesn't know.
From 2 comments
I gave it 2 web sites that don't exist anymore, and are unreachable. You may want to check you vibe-code again.
Disposal8433 on HN> How is it broken It's factually broken. I expect something like "I don't know," not some random BS from a LLM.
Disposal8433 on HN
Requests
Better model or reasoning model for more accurate results.
From 1 comment
Yeah it could definitely be improved. For one I could use a better model than gpt-4.1, perhaps a reasoning model, but I didn't want to pay more for a free tool.
maximedupre on HN
Parse website information more sensibly.
From 1 comment
While the idea has merit (especially if it can research and list my competitors quickly), it doesn't seem to work. I submitted something (airoaster.app) and it gave me all links…
abhishekpandey on HN
Questions
Whether it only analyzes the domain name words.
From 1 comment
Is it restricted to analyzing the words of the domain name? Because it's inaccurate.
Disposal8433 on HN
Alternatives named
ChatGPT can do the same task.
From 1 comment
Pretty cool, ain't ChatGPT can do this too?
AnnaMere on HN