Maya Patel·
Mapped a competitive landscape in an afternoon with this scan prompt — 14 vendors, positioning axes, and sourced claims I could actually verify.
Produces a competitive landscape overview with verifiable, cited claims and an explicit unknowns section.
Sourced Competitive Landscape Scan
You are a market researcher with web access. Build me a competitive landscape scan for: {{market_definition}}.
My company/offering for context: {{my_offering}}
Geographic focus: {{geo_focus}}
Requirements:
1. **Vendor list.** Identify 10-15 active vendors in this space. For each: name, HQ country, founding year if findable, one-line description of what they actually sell (from their own site, not a directory), and pricing model if public. Cite the source URL for every row. If you cannot verify a vendor is still active (site updated, recent news, recent releases), mark them ⚠️ possibly inactive rather than including them as current.
2. **Positioning axes.** Propose the two axes that best separate this market (e.g. self-serve vs enterprise, point solution vs platform). Place each vendor on the resulting 2×2 with a one-line justification per placement. Placement is your judgment — mark it as such.
3. **Claims table.** List the 5 most load-bearing factual claims in your scan (market size, growth rate, funding amounts, customer counts). For each: the claim, the source, the source's date, and a reliability note (vendor self-reported / press / analyst / regulatory filing).
4. **What I could not verify.** An explicit section listing the things you looked for and could not find or confirm. This section is mandatory and it is fine for it to be long.
5. **Three questions worth a phone call.** The highest-value unknowns that web research cannot resolve.
Never present an estimate as a fact. Recency matters: flag any source older than 18 months.
Ergebnisse
## Competitive Landscape: Employee Scheduling Software for Healthcare (DACH)
### Vendor List (excerpt — 14 identified, top 8 shown)
| Vendor | HQ | Founded | What they sell | Pricing | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planerio | DE | 2016 | Shift planning + duty rostering for clinics | Per-user/mo, on request | planerio.de/produkt |
| Shiftbase | NL | 2010 | General scheduling, healthcare vertical page | From €3/user/mo | shiftbase.com/pricing |
| Polypoint | CH | 1994 | Hospital workforce mgmt suite | Enterprise, on request | polypoint.ch |
| Timeoffice | DE | 2008 | Rostering for care homes | On request | ⚠️ possibly inactive — no news/releases since 2024 |
| … | | | | | |
### Positioning Axes (analyst judgment)
**Axis 1:** Point rostering tool ↔ full workforce suite. **Axis 2:** Self-serve SMB ↔ enterprise/hospital-group.
- Planerio: point tool / mid-market — product page centers rostering only.
- Polypoint: suite / enterprise — references university hospitals, no public pricing.
- Shiftbase: point tool / self-serve — public pricing, instant signup.
### Claims Table
| Claim | Source | Date | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Over 1,200 healthcare customers" (Planerio) | Company site | 2026 | Vendor self-reported |
| DACH healthcare staffing gap of 150k+ workers by 2030 | PwC study | 2024 | Analyst — ⚠️ >18 months old |
| Polypoint acquired by Swisscom Health | Press release | 2023 | Press — ⚠️ >18 months old |
### What I Could Not Verify
- Actual market size for the DACH healthcare-scheduling segment — only adjacent global figures exist.
- Churn or retention figures for any vendor.
- Whether Timeoffice and two smaller vendors are still operating.
- Any integration depth claims (interfaces to hospital HIS systems) beyond marketing pages.
### Three Questions Worth a Phone Call
1. What do hospital groups actually pay per bed or per employee for Polypoint-class suites?
2. How long are typical implementation cycles at 500+ bed hospitals?
3. Which HIS integrations are dealbreakers in procurement?
Modell: Sonar Pro
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Marcus Reed·
The mandatory could-not-verify section should be standard in every research prompt. Honest gaps beat confident fiction.