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Opportunity score

CPC (real)

$20

Active Google advertisers

LinkedIn advertisers

Pixel advertisers

Avg ad tenure

2.6 yr

Incumbent ad spend/mo

$5.3M

Spend momentum

+54%

SEO difficulty

Avg incumbent funding

$385M

Incumbents (130)- genuine category specialists - cross-listed generic tools excluded

Product	Rating	Funding	Ad spend/mo	Google ads	LinkedIn	Channels	Authority
Paycom	4.4(1,271)	-	$1.3M	4.6y	24	-	58
PandaDoc	4.5(1,246)	$67M	$770k	3.7y	24	-	53
Boomi	4.4(274)	$5.0B	$485k	2.4y	24	1	46
MaintainX	4.8(1,034)	$254M	$446k	3.5y	24	-	47
Front	4.5(286)	$338M	$395k	2.8y	1	2	49
Lucidchart	4.5(2,254)	-	$257k	4.6y	1	1	67
Bigin by Zoho CRM	4.7(730)	-	$246k	2.7y	24	-	38
HappyFox Workflows	-	-	$128k	2.6y	-	2	44
Rocketlane	4.7(127)	$105M	$123k	2.4y	24	4	37
SurveyMonkey Apply	4.5(319)	$2.9B	$99k	2.1y	24	-	71
Workato	4.6(85)	$415M	$95k	3.8y	24	4	43
Progress ShareFile	4.4(440)	$875M	$82k	0.6y	24	-	53
Zapier	4.7(3,049)	$2.7M	$76k	1.1y	24	-	75
Teamwork.com	4.5(938)	$70M	$70k	3.6y	24	-	52
Hiver	4.7(147)	$30M	$64k	2.0y	17	5	43
Syncro	4.6(148)	-	$62k	1.5y	-	3	37
Scoro	4.5(262)	-	$62k	1.0y	24	3	39
M-Files	4.4(275)	$146M	$36k	3.2y	24	1	44
Intellect QMS AIAd	4.6(84)	$8.2M	$35k	4.6y	-	2	31
Make	4.8(407)	$100M	$33k	4.2y	4	-	57
OutSystems	4.6(372)	$789M	$33k	0.5y	24	-	50
Notion	4.7(2,734)	$615M	$31k	1.9y	24	-	75
Productive	4.6(106)	-	$31k	3.2y	2	-	44
SysAid	4.5(519)	$30M	$27k	2.4y	24	6	47
Insightful	4.8(180)	$453k	$24k	2.1y	-	2	40
Projectworks	4.7(148)	$20M	$23k	4.1y	24	1	32
BigTime	4.6(658)	$119M	$22k	1.4y	24	4	41
Firm360	4.7(159)	-	$19k	3.8y	24	6	51
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	4.4(574)	$7.0B	$16k	2.1y	-	4	46
UiPath	4.6(721)	-	$16k	3.6y	24	5	51
Karbon	4.7(206)	$133M	$12k	3.9y	18	5	42
YouTrack	4.5(95)	-	$12k	4.6y	1	7	70
TeamDynamix	4.4(150)	-	$12k	2.0y	24	-	51
Ideagen Quality Management	4.5(178)	-	$11k	1.7y	-	3	42
Policy Manager by MCN HealthcareAd	4.7(7)	-	$9k	1.3y	-	2	23
ActiveBatch	4.7(56)	-	$8k	3.3y	6	2	35
GoCanvas	4.4(209)	$177M	$8k	3.1y	24	-	39
GoFormz	4.8(136)	$31M	$8k	4.6y	24	2	38
Mattermost	4.4(168)	$70M	$8k	3.2y	24	1	48
LaunchBay	4.8(49)	-	$7k	1.2y	24	4	21
DocuWare	4.6(113)	-	$7k	4.6y	20	4	43
Revver	4.4(913)	$65M	$6k	3.8y	24	-	36
Missive	4.9(173)	-	$6k	4.4y	23	1	40
PaperSaveAd	4.0(21)	-	$6k	3.3y	-	5	31
Together Mentoring	4.9(339)	$6.6M	$6k	2.7y	-	4	41
altaFlowAd	4.6(24)	-	$4k	0.3y	24	3	17
Pipefy	4.6(321)	$225M	$3k	3.9y	24	4	48
Florence eBinders	4.5(83)	$116M	$3k	4.6y	-	2	31
CredentialStream	3.9(120)	-	$3k	2.5y	-	-	54
Quire	4.8(136)	-	$2k	4.6y	17	-	39
Screendragon	4.6(37)	$28M	$2k	2.2y	21	-	32
AppenateAd	4.7(167)	-	$2k	4.6y	3	3	24
Workamajig	3.8(351)	-	$2k	4.6y	11	1	36
Fieldguide	4.7(42)	$122M	$2k	1.2y	24	3	33
Laserfiche	4.5(83)	-	$1k	4.6y	24	-	43
Axonify	4.7(79)	$42M	$942	3.1y	24	2	40
Square 9	4.5(141)	-	$831	2.7y	24	3	30
Formaloo	4.7(264)	$2.3M	$818	2.2y	-	1	32
TrueContext	4.6(331)	-	$777	3.1y	24	3	31
Vani	-	-	$762	3.0y	-	-	74
Backlog	4.6(169)	-	$756	3.7y	-	3	45
TaxDome	4.7(3,593)	-	$700	3.4y	24	-	45
BIC PlatformAd	4.4(80)	$2.8M	$569	1.5y	-	-	32
Workzone	4.8(217)	-	$562	1.5y	24	4	37
Milient	4.5(88)	-	$255	4.1y	24	-	33
Businessmap	4.8(215)	$640k	$124	1.1y	24	1	47
Marmind	4.3(61)	-	$68	4.4y	17	2	34
Klyck	4.9(29)	$12M	$45	1.5y	3	3	17
doFormsAd	4.4(8)	$2.8M	$35	3.0y	-	-	30
SoftExpert Suite	4.6(84)	-	$19	2.2y	-	5	37
Latenode	4.9(68)	-	$18	1.5y	4	2	44
PlatoForms	4.6(87)	-	$17	0.9y	-	4	27
Nifty	4.6(440)	-	$9	4.6y	-	-	39
Birdview	4.5(475)	-	$7	3.3y	-	3	34
Aeneis	4.5(12)	-	-	2.7y	-	2	-
FURIOUS	4.4(91)	-	-	4.5y	24	1	-
Rexx Systems	3.9(37)	-	-	3.7y	24	1	-
awork	4.7(40)	$7.5M	-	2.7y	24	2	-
123FormBuilder	4.4(175)	$1.0M	-	4.6y	-	-	-
Runrun.it	4.7(157)	$4.8M	-	4.2y	24	1	-
Total Synergy	4.5(33)	-	-	3.0y	24	2	-
BizzmineAd	4.2(13)	-	-	3.1y	24	-	-
Meritto	4.6(616)	$5.4M	-	1.7y	24	5	-
Capsule	4.5(167)	-	-	2.4y	4	1	-
Ploomes CRM	4.9(423)	-	-	3.3y	-	2	-
Filestage	4.7(102)	$3.1M	-	1.6y	24	2	-
GoodDay	4.7(149)	-	-	1.5y	24	2	-
vtenext	4.6(108)	-	-	2.9y	12	1	-
Ninox	4.7(194)	$12M	-	4.2y	24	-	-
Praxie	4.1(12)	-	-	0.5y	-	2	-
OTRS	4.4(96)	-	-	2.9y	19	-	-
APPSeCONNECT	4.7(180)	-	-	4.6y	-	4	-
BCSAd	4.7(74)	-	-	0.6y	-	-	-
Unifocus	4.5(80)	-	-	2.9y	24	2	-
Bordio	5.0(48)	-	-	1.2y	-	1	-
GW AppsAd	5.0(23)	$825k	-	3.0y	-	1	-
Basecamp	4.3(14,413)	-	-	2.2y	20	-	-
Nrby	4.2(33)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Daylite for Mac	4.6(361)	-	-	1.8y	-	4	-
Function PointAd	4.3(193)	-	-	-	24	-	-
Podio	4.3(362)	-	-	0.6y	7	-	-
TimeHeroAd	4.7(23)	$420k	-	4.3y	-	2	-
Fusebase	4.7(176)	$700k	-	3.0y	2	-	-
viaSocket	4.8(647)	-	-	0.1y	1	-	-
shopVOX	4.6(243)	-	-	2.5y	-	2	-
DropletAd	5.0(23)	$7.1M	-	0.3y	21	-	-
CommandCenter	4.0(15)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Encompass+	5.0(3)	-	-	-	2	2	-
iWarranty	5.0(1)	$60k	-	1.8y	-	-	-
Elixir Cloud	4.3(4)	-	-	-	-	2	-
Nucleus OneAd	-	-	-	1.0y	-	-	-
ops.work	4.8(20)	-	-	-	11	1	-
FunctionFox	4.5(198)	-	-	0.1y	15	1	-
CMW Platform	4.6(521)	$1.0M	-	-	-	1	-
Flowtrac	4.6(75)	-	-	-	-	2	-
ProofHub	4.6(154)	-	-	0.7y	-	3	-
Cheat Layer	4.7(68)	-	-	-	-	1	-
eLegere	4.5(38)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hive	4.4(217)	$37M	-	1.4y	14	2	-
Uku	4.8(80)	-	-	1.5y	-	-	-
Aquent RoboHead	4.6(174)	-	-	0.1y	-	-	-
Kanban Tool	4.8(182)	-	-	4.1y	-	-	-
Forecast	4.5(87)	$29M	-	0.8y	18	3	-
FixForm	4.7(30)	$1.9M	-	0.2y	24	2	-
Docubee	4.7(87)	-	-	2.2y	-	6	-
OptimalFlow	5.0(4)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clovine	4.7(139)	-	-	-	-	-	-
TPS Cloud Axis	4.6(163)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dragonfly	5.0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-
WipITAd	4.0(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-

PPC playbook- keywords the incumbents bid on - copy these (bidders = how many incumbents compete)

Keyword	CPC	Bidders	Sample landing page
kantata	$19.80	4	www.scoro.com/kantata-alternative/
m-files	$12.92	3	www.square-9.com/why-square-9/
gocanvas	$12.18	3	truecontext.com/lp/competitors/gocanvas-vs-truecontext/
consultant management system	$4.22	3	www.bigtime.net/industries/consulting/
psa software	$67.00	3	www.bigtime.net/psa-software/
missive	$5.68	2	missiveapp.com/
document management solutions	$21.03	2	www.florencehc.com/campaign/electronic-isf-and-participant-binder-research-sites-florence-ebinders/
iso 9001	$2.97	2	www.ideagen.com/resources/whitepapers/iso-9001-compliance-checklist
zapier	$4.50	2	zapier.com/l/home
front	$8.68	2	hiverhq.com/lp/front-alternative
pandadoc	$5.30	2	start.docuware.com/lp-intelligent-document-processing
help desk	$18.39	2	hiverhq.com/lp/helpdesk-ticketing-software
fastfield	$6.19	2	truecontext.com/lp/competitors/compare-fastfield-forms-vs-truecontext/
bigtime	$5.07	2	www.bigtime.net/
productive	$6.92	2	productive.io/
canopy tax	$4.66	2	taxdome.com/canopy-vs-taxdome
docuware	$4.68	2	start.docuware.com/info/get-your-free-trial-g
go canvas	$10.27	2	www.appenate.com/gocanvas-alternative/
workamajig	$3.04	2	www.workamajig.com/project-management-software
workato	$19.49	2	www.workato.com/

Keyword universe- to bid on / rank for

Keyword	Volume	CPC	Diff
workflow	22,200	$7	70
workflow automation	18,100	$15	61
camunda	5,400	$6	75
workflow management	4,400	$12	49
workflow automation software	3,600	$21	60
workflow software	3,600	$18	45
workflow automation tools	2,900	$18	59
automation tools	2,400	$9	55
business process management software	2,400	$14	36
business process automation software	1,900	$35	48
business process management tools	1,600	$9	43
workflow management system	1,600	$18	42

Common complaints- recurring incumbent review cons = product gaps to exploit

High and inflexible pricing2×

Restrictive payment processing options1×

Time-consuming initial setup process1×

Limited scheduling and calendar features1×

Frequent bugs and syncing problems1×

Occasional slow response times1×

Occasional technical glitches1×

Fit limitations for some users1×

Ad creatives- live Google Search ads the incumbents run - copy the angles

Paycom paycom.com

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Risk: MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is the entrenched leader ($7.0B raised), authority 46 - wedge in rather than attack head-on.

Sources: Capterra profiles + reviews · SEMrush demand / spend / paid keywords / authority / momentum · Apollo funding. Incumbent rollups exclude domains appearing in >25 categories. Capterra category ↗