For small marketing agencies and consultants
Name up to 5 competitors and answer 3 short questions. Three business days later you get what they charge and how they sell it, with a source link on each claim. AI assistants write the draft using TrailMaster, our in-house agent toolkit. Dane Bowman checks the key and flagged claims and approves the report before you see it.
After you order, we ask which competitors you want covered, what decision the report is for, and when you need it.
We start with each competitor's pricing pages and offers. That's the part we can get reliably. Reviews, job posts, press, and filings go in when they're public. Some sites block automated access, so for those we collect by hand or mark the item unverified. TrailMaster attaches a source to each claim as the draft comes together.
Dane Bowman opens the sources behind the key claims and anything the draft flagged as shaky. If a claim isn't supported, he fixes it or cuts it. If data is missing, the report says so. We don't guess.
Only after Dane approves it. Start with the 1-page summary, which takes about 2 minutes. The full report and its links sit underneath. You can send follow-up questions for 7 days.
Under the hood
TrailMaster is a proprietary toolkit we built for AI agents and language models. It helps our research assistants with one job: building a draft where each fact points back to the page it came from, so the claims are easy to check.
It isn't an app and there's no login. You get the report once Dane approves it.
You know the price before we start. No hourly billing.
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$149
3 business days from payment or your scope answers, whichever is later
$399
Custom scope, agreed by email. Not on TrailMaster yet.
$249/mo
Custom scope, agreed by email. Not on TrailMaster yet.
You can order the Snapshot directly. For the Brief or Watch, you agree the scope with Dane first and pay after. Want to see the work on your own market? We're offering 3 free 1-page mini-snapshots in total to qualified agencies. Ask for one.
Both are for fictional clients, built from public sources, so you can judge the work. We're new and don't have testimonials yet.
Five design subscriptions compared on price, capacity, turnaround, and guarantees. It ends with where the gap is.
Open PDF → Sample · $399 tier (shortened)Demand signals, what agencies and tools charge, a 10-provider matrix, and a suggested 3-tier offer.
Open PDF →AI research assistants write the first draft using TrailMaster. AI sometimes misreads a page or mixes up numbers, so the draft isn't what you get. Each claim is source-linked. Dane Bowman checks the key and flagged claims and approves every report before delivery. If a claim doesn't hold up, it gets fixed or cut. Some get labeled as an estimate or a gap instead.
Every report says this on the page, white-label ones too:
Generated with TrailMaster and AI-assisted research. Every claim is source-linked, and Dane Bowman approves every report and checks the key and flagged claims before delivery.
Reports are business research based on public information as of the report date. Not legal, financial, or investment advice.
Small marketing agencies, consultants, and freelancers who don't have an analyst on staff. Most people order one before a pitch or a pricing change.
The first draft is. Our AI research assistants build it with TrailMaster and link each claim to its source. Then Dane Bowman checks the key and flagged claims and edits the conclusions. Nothing goes out until he approves it.
No. It's a toolkit we built for our AI agents, and it only runs inside our research process. There's nothing to log into. You get the finished report.
Public ones. We start with competitors' websites, pricing pages, and offers. Reviews, job posts, press, and filings get added when they're publicly accessible. Some review sites and social networks block automated access, so anything from those is collected by hand or marked unverified. No hacked or leaked data, and no paywalled data we aren't licensed for. We never log in as anyone.
You can check for yourself, since each claim links to its source. Dane checks the key and flagged claims and approves every report. Markets move, so each report is dated. If something in the agreed scope is wrong or missing, we fix it within 2 business days.
Yes. Ask when you order and we'll put your agency's logo on it. The disclosure stays, though. The report still says it was generated with TrailMaster and AI-assisted research, that every claim is source-linked, and that Dane Bowman approves every report and checks the key and flagged claims before delivery.
Yes. What you send us is used for your project only. We don't reuse it in other clients' work or in our own content. The privacy policy covers how AI tools handle your details.
No. We research companies and markets for business decisions. We don't cover securities.
Email us what you need. You'll get a fixed quote before any work starts.
Email Acorn@trailbrief.com. Questions are fine, so are custom jobs and free mini-snapshot requests. If talking is easier, book 15 minutes.
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