Comparison

priceq vs Price2Spy

Both track your competitors’ prices, and with both you start a free trial on your own. The difference is how you add competitors and what comes included. In priceq you add a competitor once and priceq finds the product pages itself. In Price2Spy you add your competitors’ URLs product by product, or have them found: by their team or with their paid Automatch. Here they are side by side.

14 days free, on 100 products and 3 competitor shops. No credit card.

Updated · by the priceq team

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Cotton yoga mat, you are too expensive
Competitor B€30.45
Competitor A€32.90
You€34.95
Proposal, rule Be the cheapest, floor €28.40 kept · Business
€34.95€29.95
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Example shop, example data

1Getting started

Adding a competitor

Example shop, example data

priceq: one address, the rest happens on its own.

You paste a competitor’s address, once. priceq finds their product pages itself, by EAN and then by part number and brand. Press Measure now and you have prices straight away.

Add competitor
competitor-a.com
✓ 1,248 product pages found
Measure now

Price2Spy: a URL per product.

For each product you add the URL of every competitor, one at a time or in bulk with an import. Or their team finds the URLs: in the trial the first 300 searches (one product on one site) are free, after that by quote. Automatic searching per competitor is also possible, with a one-off setup fee of $300 to $600 per site.

Vacuum flask 500 ml · competitor URLs
competitor-a.com/vacuum-flask-500-ml
competitor-b.com/p/88213-vacuum-flask
paste the next URL…

Sketch based on their help centre, not a screenshot.

Free trialpriceq✓14 days, start on your own, no credit cardPrice2Spy✓14 days, start on your own, no credit card
What the price is based onpriceq✓Number of products; you add competitors oncePrice2Spy•The number of URLs and sites you track
1,000products×10competitors=10,000URLs to add and keep up to date

10addresses in priceq, each added once.

At Price2Spy their team can also find the URLs for you, or Automatch does it; that usually costs extra. priceq tracks three competitors on Start and Business, and unlimited on Professional.

2Every morning

What you see when you log in

priceq: everything on one screen, from cheap to expensive.

The overview matrix sets all your products against all your competitors, with your price among them. One click and you see only where you are undercut. You filter on product attributes that priceq builds for you.

SOverview matrix1 needs attention
Undercut onlyDrinkwareCapacityBrand
product · skugapthe market · cheap → expensivemy price
Vacuum flask 500 mlSHS-BTL-500+15.8%€21.95
Water bottle 750 mlSHS-BTL-750+4.1%€24.95
Travel mug 350 mlSHS-MUG-350+0.0%€16.95

Price2Spy: a dashboard and a price matrix.

Your dashboard has blocks with charts and tables. On top of that there are reports, and the price matrix is one of the most popular: your products against the shops, coloured from cheapest to most expensive.

Dashboard
▼below my price
▲above my price
%cheapest

Sketch based on their help centre, not a screenshot.

Filtering on product attributespriceq✓priceq builds the filters, ranges too; you supply nothingPrice2Spy!On category, brand, supplier and three custom fields you fill in yourself
A link that stops returning a pricepriceq✓priceq checks every link itself and pauses it on its ownPrice2Spy!Price2Spy switches off a dead link (404) itself; you report other problems to their team. Monthly maintenance by their team costs extra.

Put your own catalogue on the board. Fourteen days, no card.

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3Changing prices

From proposal to your shop

priceq: you see what a strategy does before it does it.

How many prices change, and how many euros lower or higher in total. Every proposal says why. In the first week you approve every change yourself. After that it goes to Shopify, WooCommerce or Magento 2 automatically, and priceq reads every price back.

Preview of your strategy
42 prices change
€118 lower in total
Vacuum flask 500 ml€21.95€20.95
Week 1: you approveThen automatic
checks again before every changereads every price backstops a run that goes wrongundo in one clickemergency stopsale prices left alone

Price2Spy: a paid module for new prices.

You change prices with the repricing module, which you buy separately. You build a strategy from a template and rules. New prices come to you as a file, or go straight to your shop if it is connected.

Repricing module
Connected shopdirect
Otherwisea file with new prices

Sketch based on their help centre, not a screenshot.

Price to your shop automaticallypriceq✓Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento 2, from Business up, with no extra modulePrice2Spy✓Magento 2, Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Shopware 6, with the paid module
An API for your own systempriceq✓Included in every plan at no extra cost; fetching price proposals needs Business or higherPrice2Spy!On the Premium plan

4Cost

What you pay each month

priceq: three fixed plans, everything included.

Per month, excluding VAT. Trends, alerts and reports come with every plan. You can cancel any month, or pay yearly for 10% off. It is all on the pricing page.

Start
€99
200 products
Business
€299
1,000 products, with price proposals
Professional
€699
5,000 products

Price2Spy: plans by number of URLs, modules extra.

Their pricing page shows no amounts; on a comparison page of their own they say ‘from $78.95 a month’. Premium is on request, and modules such as repricing are extra on every plan.

$78.95from, per month, according to their own comparison
Premiumprice on request
modulesextra, on every plan
URLsmore URLs and sites, higher price
Cancellingpriceq✓Any monthPrice2Spy•Cancel at least 30 days before the end of your term, or it renews for the same term

Which one for whom

Which one fits your shop?

Choose priceq if

  • you want to track competitors without adding URLs product by product
  • your shop runs on Shopify, WooCommerce or Magento 2
  • you want trends on every plan, and price proposals from Business up
  • you want to see why every price is what it is

Look at Price2Spy too if

  • you want lots of different reports, or reports sent automatically by email or FTP
  • your shop runs on Shopware 6 or BigCommerce
  • you also sell outside Europe

Switching

You can leave your URL list behind

1Connect your shop

Shopify, WooCommerce or Magento 2 takes a few clicks. Another shop, or an ERP? Upload your products as a CSV or Excel file, or send them through the priceq API.

2Add your competitors

One address per competitor. priceq finds the product pages itself.

3Run them side by side

Keep Price2Spy for a little while and compare the prices. Then you can see for yourself which one to keep.

Questions

Do I have to add competitor URLs in priceq?

No. You add a competitor’s address once. priceq finds the product pages itself by EAN, part number and brand. Doubtful matches go to a review queue with the reason next to each, so you decide.

How many competitors can I track?

Three on Start and Business, unlimited on Professional. Your own shop does not count.

Do price proposals come with the plan?

Yes, from Business up, with no extra module. The trial does not include price proposals.

Does priceq work with Shopware or BigCommerce?

No, not with a direct connection. You connect Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento 2 yourself. For other shops, use a CSV or Excel file, or the priceq API, which comes with every plan.

Where is my data stored?

priceq is hosted in the EU, at Hetzner in Nuremberg. priceq is a product of Outflanq, a Dutch company.

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