SpyGlow vs Crayon
Crayon is built for mid-market and enterprise product marketing teams with formal CI programs. SpyGlow is built for startups and small teams who want competitive intelligence without a 7-week setup or five-figure contract.
At a glance
Pricing
Free forever, Pro from $59/mo (public)
Setup time
5 minutes, self-serve
Built for
Startups and small teams (1-20 people)
Contract
Monthly or annual, cancel anytime
Free plan
Free forever, no credit card required
Pricing
Contact sales for quote
Setup time
7-8 weeks with onboarding
Built for
Mid-market and enterprise with CI teams
Contract
Annual contracts with escalation clauses
Free plan
Demo only, no self-serve trial
Feature comparison
Where Crayon wins
Crayon monitors over 300 million sources including news, social media, review sites, job postings, and SEC filings. SpyGlow focuses on competitor websites as the primary data source.
Crayon embeds battle cards in Salesforce, HubSpot, Highspot, and other sales tools. It also connects to Gong and Clari for revenue intelligence. SpyGlow does not integrate with CRMs.
Crayon supports deployments of 50 to 500+ seats with team leaderboards, engagement tracking, and dedicated customer success managers. SpyGlow is built for smaller teams.
Crayon auto-generates competitive newsletters for distribution across the entire organization, keeping everyone from executives to sales reps informed.
Where SpyGlow wins
SpyGlow is free to start and has paid plans from $59/month, all with public pricing and no sales calls. Crayon does not publish pricing and requires a demo and custom quote. You can get started with SpyGlow in 30 seconds.
SpyGlow lets you monitor specific sections of a page using a visual selector. Track just the pricing table, feature list, or hero message. Crayon monitors full pages, which users frequently report creates noise that requires manual curation.
SpyGlow runs 48-check SEO audits on your site and your competitors, with keyword research, content gap analysis, and competitor SEO benchmarking built in. Crayon has no SEO features at all.
SpyGlow tracks how your brand and competitors appear in AI search results across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. Crayon does not offer this.
Add a competitor domain and SpyGlow starts monitoring immediately. Crayon requires a sales demo, contract negotiation, and a 7-8 week onboarding process before you see results.
With SpyGlow, you can add or remove competitors whenever you want. Crayon users report that adding new competitors may require contacting their account team or paying more.
Which tool is right for you?
You have a formal CI program with a dedicated product marketing team
You need to track 25+ competitors across news, social, reviews, and job postings
Deep CRM integration (Salesforce, HubSpot) is a requirement for your sales org
You have budget for five-figure annual CI tooling and a 7-8 week setup timeline
You are a startup or small team and need competitive intelligence this week, not in 2 months
You want competitor monitoring, SEO intelligence, and content analysis in one tool
You need public pricing you can expense without a procurement process
You want to add and remove competitors freely without contacting a sales team
You do not have a dedicated CI team and need something that works without daily curation
Frequently asked questions
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No credit card required. Set up your first competitor in under 5 minutes and start getting actionable intelligence right away.