Competitor pricing and channel analysis with AI

Gather the evidence

Use the same country, product category and observation date. Read official product pages, delivery terms and store information. Match dimensions, materials and accessories before comparing prices. Listed prices do not establish realized selling prices or pricing power.

Use Search and Contents if your application already handles the analysis. To generate the brief and CSV together, run the DeepResearch request below.

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Set VALYU_API_KEY in your environment. This is an illustrative request, not a saved result. Replace the company, periods or sources for your own task.

Run the research request

cURL

curl --fail-with-body https://api.valyu.ai/v1/deepresearch/tasks \
  -H "x-api-key: $VALYU_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'JSON'
{
  "query": "Compare IKEA and MUJI home-office desk offerings for customers in the United Kingdom. Use current official product, delivery and store information. Compare product scope, visible prices, materials and purchase channels. Preserve currency and product dimensions. Attribute marketing claims. Do not infer realized selling prices, margins, market share or customer preference. Mark dimensions that cannot be compared fairly.",
  "mode": "standard",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/",
    "https://uk.muji.eu/"
  ],
  "research_strategy": "Use comparable UK products and official sources for both companies. Record when pages were reviewed. Distinguish standard listed prices from promotions and delivery charges.",
  "report_format": "A comparison matrix with evidence for each company, a short explanation of material differences and unresolved questions.",
  "deliverables": [
    {
      "type": "csv",
      "description": "One row per comparison dimension. Preserve evidence for each side and explicitly identify missing or non-comparable information.",
      "columns": [
        "dimension",
        "company_a_finding",
        "company_a_source_url",
        "company_b_finding",
        "company_b_source_url",
        "geography",
        "observed_at",
        "comparability_note"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
JSON

Save the returned deepresearch_id and poll task status. When status is completed, read output and download the CSV from deliverables; handle failed tasks separately.

Check before using

Both sides have supporting URLs, or a clear missing-value label.

Prices preserve currency, product variant, promotions and delivery charges.

The report and CSV agree; marketing claims remain attributed.

Keep the accepted output and its evidence together in your analyst workspace. See Research in your application for integration details.

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APIs

Finance workflows

Sciences workflows

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Comparisons

Target-versus-competitor pricing and channels

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