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Build a Competitive Business Case vs an Alternative

Build a fact-based business case for why your solution beats a competitor or the status quo, tied to buyer criteria.

About this prompt

This prompt helps AEs assemble a competitive business case that argues why your solution is the safer or smarter choice over a named competitor or doing nothing. It produces a thesis, supporting arguments tied to the buyer's decision criteria, and a forwardable summary. Use it in evaluation when a deal is being compared head-to-head and you need to win on merits, not smear tactics.In evaluation-stage deals, the prospect is weighing you against an incumbent, a competitor, or the option of doing nothing, and you need a case that holds up when it gets forwarded to people you never meet. You provide [PRODUCT OR SOLUTION], the [COMPETITOR OR STATUS QUO] you're up against, the [BUYER AND DECISION CRITERIA], your [DIFFERENTIATORS], and the [RISKS OF COMPETITOR OR DOING NOTHING]. The prompt returns a clear thesis, three to five arguments mapped to the buyer's criteria, an honest fact-based read on the alternative's limits, validatable proof points, and a one-paragraph internal summary. It's built to compete on merits, so it separates verified facts from assumptions and refuses to fabricate competitor weaknesses. Reach for this when you're in an active bake-off rather than early discovery, where a softer framing fits better. Be precise in [BUYER AND DECISION CRITERIA], since every argument gets tied back to it, and the sharper that input, the more the output reads like it was written for this specific deal.

The prompt

You are an expert B2B sales strategist helping a [SALES ROLE, e.g. AE] build a competitive business case. CONTEXT TO FILL IN - Product or solution: [PRODUCT OR SOLUTION] - Alternative: [COMPETITOR OR
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Variables to replace

SALES ROLE, E.G. AE | PRODUCT OR SOLUTION | COMPETITOR OR STATUS QUO | BUYER AND DECISION CRITERIA | DIFFERENTIATORS | RISKS OF COMPETITOR OR DOING NOTHING

How to run it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot — it's tuned to run in any of them.
  2. Replace the variables — swap each bracketed token for your deal's specifics. The variables list above explains every field.
  3. Make it yours — run it, keep what's strong, and tighten your inputs on the next pass. The prompt improves with your context.

What good output looks like

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StageEvaluation
SeatAE
DifficultyIntermediate
Time to valueSame-Day Use (under 30 min)
Works withAI-Agnostic
CategorySolution Framing, Demo & Proposal
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