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Rival Radar vs. Spreadsheets & Docs

Battle cards and competitive intelligence managed in Google Sheets, Notion, Confluence, or Word docs. A step up from pure Googling - but a maintenance nightmare that goes stale the moment you hit save.

You spent 3 weeks building the perfect battle card spreadsheet. Your reps used it once. Sound familiar?

Rival Radar Price

$49/month

Spreadsheets & Docs Price

Free (but $2,000-5,000/mo in hidden labor)

Rival Radar Setup

60 seconds

Spreadsheets & Docs Setup

Weeks of manual setup, then constant maintenance

The Spreadsheet Battle Card Graveyard

Every company has one: a beautifully formatted Google Sheet or Notion doc that took weeks to build and that nobody opens anymore. Here's what it actually costs.

20-40 hrs

Per month of PMM time to maintain battle cards across competitors

72 hrs

Average time before a spreadsheet battle card is outdated

15%

Of reps who actually reference spreadsheet battle cards before calls

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

FeatureRival RadarSpreadsheets & Docs
AI-generated battle cards
Objection handlersManual only
Talk tracksManual only
Landmine questions
Competitor monitoring
Win/Loss trackingManual only
Sales coaching AI
PDF export
Team sharing
Self-serve signupN/A
No implementation required
Monthly billingN/A
Instant time to value
CRM integration

The Real Cost Comparison

Rival Radar

$49/month

Starts at $49/month (Recon) or $470/year. No demos or sales calls required.

  • AI writes battle cards - no PMM bottleneck
  • Always current - auto-updates with latest intel
  • Reps actually use it - built for their workflow
  • $470/year with annual plan

Spreadsheets & Docs

"Free"

The tools are free or cheap - but someone has to build, maintain, and update every battle card manually. That's 20-40 hours/month of PMM or enablement time at $100-150/hr loaded cost.

  • 20-40 hours/month of manual maintenance
  • Outdated within days of publishing
  • Reps ignore it - too long, too stale
  • $2,000-5,000/month in hidden labor

Time to Value

Rival Radar

60 seconds

Sign up, enter a competitor, get a complete battle card with objection handlers and talk tracks. Share with your team instantly.

Spreadsheets & Docs

Weeks

Build the template. Research each competitor. Write the content. Format it. Share it. Watch it go stale. Update it. Repeat forever.

Spreadsheets & Docs: Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • •Familiar tools - no new software to learn
  • •Highly customizable templates and layouts
  • •Easy to share via link or email
  • •Low or zero software cost
  • •Full control over format and content
  • •Works with existing workflows (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Notion)

Weaknesses

  • •Goes stale immediately - no auto-updating
  • •No AI - every word must be written manually
  • •Not scalable - adding a competitor means days of work
  • •Reps ignore it - too long, too hard to find, too outdated
  • •No sales coaching or real-time guidance
  • •Maintenance burden falls on one overworked PMM
  • •No analytics - you can't tell if anyone even reads it
  • •Version control nightmare - which doc is current?

Why Teams Ditch the Spreadsheet

1

Rival Radar generates battle cards with AI in 60 seconds - spreadsheets require days of manual writing per competitor

2

Rival Radar auto-updates competitive intel - spreadsheets go stale the moment you save

3

Rival Radar costs $49/month - maintaining spreadsheet battle cards costs $2,000-5,000/month in labor

4

Rival Radar includes AI sales coaching and objection handlers - spreadsheets are static text that can't adapt to a live conversation

5

Rival Radar shows adoption analytics - you'll never know if anyone actually opened that Google Doc

The Verdict

Spreadsheet battle cards are where good competitive intelligence goes to die. Someone spends weeks building them, they're outdated within days, and your reps still wing it on calls because the doc is too long, too stale, or too hard to find. Rival Radar replaces the entire spreadsheet workflow with AI-generated, always-current battle cards that your reps will actually use - for less than the cost of one hour of manual maintenance per month.

Spreadsheets are acceptable for:

Teams that need a quick, free starting point and have a dedicated PMM with 20+ hours/month to maintain battle cards manually. Works until you have more than 3-4 competitors or more than 10 reps.

Your Battle Cards Should Update Themselves

Stop spending weeks building spreadsheets that go stale in days. Get AI-generated battle cards that are always current - in 60 seconds.

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