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RivalSweeper Signals API · Beta · Early access

The competitive-intelligence feed your agents can call

Point your AI agents at RivalSweeper and pull live competitor signals on demand. Agent-native over MCP and REST, priced per call, with no seat licenses and no annual contract.

Now in early access. Request access and we'll get back to you within 24 hours to get you started, with a one-time 50 free trial credits. No card required. Free trial for qualified brands only.

Live endpoints

MCP  POST https://mcp.rivalsweeper.com/mcp

REST  https://mcp.rivalsweeper.com/openapi.json

Agent-native

Built to be called by software, not clicked by people. MCP and REST over the same signals.

Pay per call

A few cents a call, drawn from prepaid credits. It scales with your usage, not your headcount.

No seat, no contract

No per-user licenses and no annual commitment. Start metered, commit only when it pays off.

How it works

Four steps, from your agent's request to a signal it can act on.

1

Your agent calls RivalSweeper

Over MCP or a plain REST request, your agent asks for the exact signal it needs: a price, a promotion, a readiness score, a full brand snapshot.

2

It gets the signal back, freshness-stamped

Every response carries the time we captured the data, so your agent always knows how current the answer is before it acts.

3

The call draws from prepaid credits

Each answer debits a set number of credits from your balance. A hard spend cap on every account means a runaway loop can never surprise you.

4

No data for a domain? No charge

If we have nothing for the domain your agent asked about, the call comes back empty and costs nothing. You only pay for answers that carry data.

The signals your agents can pull

Priced in tiers, because a single raw fact and a written competitive brief are not worth the same. Start with the cheap, high-volume signals and reach for synthesis when your agent needs a judgement, not a number.

Core signals

Atomic
1 credit
≈ $0.02 / call

The high-volume facts an agent asks for again and again.

Competitor price

Current price for a brand and SKU or category, dated.

Promotions

Active discounts and offers running right now, with start dates.

AI and agent-readiness score

The six-signal score for how ready a domain is for AI shopping agents.

Brand snapshot

Bundle
15 credits
≈ $0.30 / call

Every current signal for one brand-day, returned in a single call.

Brand snapshot

Price, promotions, and readiness for a brand bundled together, so your agent makes one call instead of five.

History

Premium
From 5 credits
≈ $0.10 / brand-signal-month

The time-series behind any signal, over the window you choose.

Signal history

How a price, promotion, or score moved across days, weeks, or months.

Synthesis

Synthesis
75 credits
≈ $1.50 / call

Written analysis, not raw data. Where the interpretation lives.

SWOT delta and competitive summary

A synthesized competitive brief and change narrative for a brand, written for an agent to act on.

Coming soon

More raw signals are on the roadmap. We add a signal only when it is cleanly ours to share and reliably fresh, so your agent can trust every answer it gets.

Price position indexDiscount depthNew arrivalsOut-of-stock rateReview-rating trendHomepage messaging changesAssortment sizePromo calendar

Two front doors, one dataset

Connect the way your stack already works. Same auth, same credits, same freshness stamp.

Call it over MCP

Connect the RivalSweeper Signals MCP server and any MCP-compatible agent can discover and call the signals directly. No glue code to write, no endpoints to memorize. This is the agent-native path.

Or call it over REST

Prefer plain HTTP? Every signal is a REST call with your API key. Ideal for teams whose pipelines and agents are not on MCP yet. Same data, same pricing, same freshness fields on every response.

Pricing that scales with your agents

Pay per call from prepaid credits, or commit to a monthly plan for a better rate and higher limits. Every account starts free.

This is pricing for the agent-facing Signals API. Looking for the RivalSweeper platform (dashboard, reports, and alerts) instead? See the platform subscription plans.

1 credit = $0.02 USD

You prepay credits, and every call draws them down. The dollar amounts below are simply the credit cost converted to USD, not a separate charge. All prices are in USD ($).

Call typeUnitCost (credits)≈ USD
Atomic signalPer query1 credit≈ $0.02
Bundle (brand snapshot)Per brand-day15 credits≈ $0.30
HistoryPer brand-signal-monthFrom 5 credits≈ $0.10
Synthesis (SWOT / brief)Per generated brief75 credits≈ $1.50

Credits are the unit of account, and 1 credit = $0.02 USD. An atomic signal is 1 credit, a brand snapshot 15, and a synthesis brief 75, so usage is easy to reason about across every signal. All prices in USD ($).

Pay As You Go

No monthly feejust top up credits
  • Top up credits whenever you like
  • Bigger top-ups earn up to +50% bonus credits
  • List price per call, spend cap required
  • Docs and email support
Most popular

Growth

$299per month
  • Included monthly credits at a better effective rate
  • Higher rate limits
  • Spend cap included
  • Priority support

Need custom credit volume, negotiated rates, or an SLA? Talk to us.

Bigger top-ups, bonus credits

On pay as you go, every doubling of your top-up from $20 adds 10% more bonus credits, up to +50%. The bonus lands as extra credits on the same top-up.

$20

+10% credits

$40

+20% credits

$80

+30% credits

$160

+40% credits

$320+

+50% credits

Free to try, in early access*

Request early access and every approved account gets a one-time 50 trial credits, no card required. Wire your agent in, watch it pull real signals, and only add credits once it earns its keep. All prices in USD ($).

* Free trial for qualified brands only.

Freshness on every call

A capture timestamp on every response, so your agent never acts on data it cannot date.

Hard spend caps

A ceiling on every account. A runaway agent loop can never drain your balance.

No data, no charge

Empty answers cost nothing. You pay for signals, not requests.

Questions, answered

How do I get an API key and start free?

The Signals API is in early access. Request access from this page and we will get back to you within 24 hours. Approved accounts (the free trial is for qualified brands only) get a one-time 50 free trial credits, no card required. Once you are set up, point your agent at your key and it can start pulling signals in minutes.

How does billing and credits work?

Credits are the unit of account, and 1 credit is $0.02 USD (all prices are in USD). Atomic signals cost 1 credit, a brand snapshot 15, and a synthesis brief 75. You top up a prepaid balance by invoice, and every call draws down from it. Bigger top-ups earn bonus credits: +10% at $20, rising 10 points with every doubling to +50% at $320 and above. There is no card processor in the loop and no monthly bill to chase. You see a running usage statement, not a surprise invoice, so there is nothing to collect at month end.

What happens if you have no data for a domain?

You are not charged. Billing is triggered by an answer that carries data, not by the request itself. If we have nothing for the domain, the call returns empty and costs zero credits.

How fresh is the data?

Every response includes a freshness timestamp and the time the underlying data was captured. Your agent can read those fields and decide whether the answer is current enough to act on. If we ever serve data older than your plan's freshness promise, that call is credited back.

How do I connect over MCP versus REST?

Two front doors, one dataset. Connect the RivalSweeper Signals MCP server and any MCP-compatible agent can discover and call the signals directly, no glue code. Prefer REST? Call the same signals over standard HTTP with your API key. Same auth, same credits, same freshness stamp either way.

Can I cap spend and set rate limits?

Yes, and a spend cap is mandatory on the pay-as-you-go plan. Set a hard ceiling per key so an agent loop can never drain your balance, and per-key rate limits keep traffic predictable. The Growth plan raises the rate limits as you grow.

What signals are available today?

At launch: competitor price, active promotions, and the AI and agent-readiness score as atomic signals; a bundled brand snapshot; signal history; and a synthesized SWOT delta and competitive summary. More raw signals, including price position index, discount depth, new arrivals, out-of-stock rate, and promo calendar, are on the roadmap.

Give your agents a competitive-intelligence feed

Request early access and we'll get back to you within 24 hours to get you started, with a one-time 50 free credits. No seat licenses, no contract, no card to start.