MyIntelBrief emails local businesses short competitor briefs on prices, reviews and hiring. Starter is $39.99/mo, with 4 free weekly briefs. Read our review.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
MyIntelBrief is a competitor-monitoring service for small and local businesses. It watches nearby competitors and sends the owner a short email, called a brief, that says what changed and what to do about it. The company frames it as market research done for the owner.
It targets businesses with real competitors nearby: restaurants, trades, dental and medical practices, auto shops, retailers and local services. A shop that also sells online still counts, but a business that sells only online is not a fit.
The service captures the same competitor pages every day and compares each capture with the previous one. Anything unchanged is discarded, and only the difference is written up. The company says this is why a brief takes only a few minutes to read.
Sources are public: competitor websites, Google listings, reviews and job posts. Nobody you enter is contacted. On day one, competitors are chosen from your Google listing, and you can swap any of them.
A brief can cover price and promotion changes, new reviews on you and your rivals, hiring and expansion signals, new competitors caught from leases, permits and local press, and your Google map ranking. Every finding has a recommended action ranked by urgency and a link to its source page.
The Gripe Gap compares what your reviewers praise with what competitors' reviewers complain about, counted and quoted. Each brief also carries a JSONL attachment for AI tools, and paid plans add a monthly summary of competitor changes.
MyIntelBrief is a competitor-monitoring service for small and local businesses. It checks competitors' websites, Google listings, reviews and job posts, then emails a short brief with recommended actions.
Starter is $39.99 a month at the founder rate (regular $79.99), or $404.99 a year. Multi-location starts at $67.49 a month, Pro is $209.99 and Enterprise is $749.99. A one-time brief costs $16.
Yes. You can get 4 free weekly briefs with just your email and no card, and then the briefs stop. Paid plans also have a 7-day free trial that requires a card, with no charge if you cancel before day 8.
It suits businesses with real competitors nearby, such as restaurants, trades, dental and medical practices, auto shops, retailers and local services. Consultants and agencies can also resell briefs under their own brand.
No. It reads only public information such as websites, Google listings, reviews and job posts. Nobody you enter is contacted, and competitors do not see who asked.
The source pages name no software integrations. Each brief includes a JSONL attachment that you can upload to an AI tool that accepts files or parse in your own workflow.
Yes. Monthly plans are month to month with no contract, and monthly subscribers can pause for 1, 3 or 6 months. Annual plans run to the end of the paid year, and unused months are not refunded.
It is built for them. One plan covers most small businesses, each location counts as one business, and no analyst is needed because the briefs end in recommended actions.