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Cognitive Automation

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        "count": 1,
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            "billing": "unspecified_period",
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          }
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      "comparable_providers": 0,
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      "exclusion_reasons": {
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      }
    },
    "pricing_note": "No comparable cohort formed (a benchmark needs >=2 providers sharing a buyer tier AND billing unit). observed_offers lists the REAL provider offers, grouped and labelled by billing type — each is a single observed price, never aggregated across mixed units, periods or tiers.",
    "pricing_excluded_observations": {
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    },
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      "contact_sales": 1
    },
    "free_tier_share": 0,
    "top_providers": [
      {
        "agent_id": "free_decision_audit",
        "name": "AgentDilemma",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "not_found",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
        },
        "observed": false
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "otera",
        "name": "Otera",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "contact_sales",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "Contact sales (no public price)",
          "summary": "Otera publicly describes outcome-based commercial engagements but provides no numeric pricing and requires an individual quote."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "prea",
        "name": "Prea",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "not_found",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
        },
        "observed": false
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "autogap",
        "name": "Autogap",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "unknown",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
        },
        "observed": false
      }
    ],
    "suggested_next_calls": [
      {
        "tool": "price_benchmark",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "cognitive-automation"
        },
        "purpose": "full observed price distribution + per-tier medians for this niche"
      },
      {
        "tool": "niche_report",
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          "niche": "cognitive-automation",
          "response_mode": "full"
        },
        "purpose": "the complete report incl. index series and tier decomposition"
      },
      {
        "tool": "suggest_alternatives",
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          "agent_id": "free_decision_audit"
        },
        "purpose": "comparable (optionally cheaper) providers to a named agent"
      },
      {
        "tool": "get_agent_profile",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "free_decision_audit"
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        "purpose": "full profile, integrations and pricing for one provider"
      }
    ]
  }
}
Full market

0 providers, one sortable view

Dense enough for many listings; progressive disclosure keeps mobile usable.

ProviderTypeFromVs niche medianLiveness
Showing only providers with a published price or a free plan. $29 = lowest observed monthly · Free = free to use · Free tier = free plan + paid options.