Research a competitor’s pricing with sources you can check
Read the official price, keep its billing terms and check a user discussion separately. A three-call Linear example cost $0.00435.
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Keep the price and its conditions together
A price without its billing unit can be misleading. Per user per month, billed yearly, is a different buying decision from a month-to-month subscription. Feature access can matter just as much as the number at the top of a plan card.
We used search1api.search to find Linear’s official pricing page, contextdev.scrape_markdown to read it and anyapi.reddit.search to look for a separate user account. The official page returned Basic at $10 per user per month and Business at $16 per user per month, both shown with annual billing. Enterprise was custom-priced. We did not infer a monthly-billing price from the annual view.
| Plan | Displayed price | Billing condition |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Free for everyone |
| Basic | $10 / user / month | Billed yearly |
| Business | $16 / user / month | Billed yearly |
| Enterprise | Custom | Annual billing only |
Separate a user’s question from the published terms
The Reddit search included a post asking whether Insights were useful without Enterprise-only Dashboards. It was a specific product question from one user, not a representative survey or proof of a current defect. We discarded unrelated search results rather than treating every returned post as useful evidence.
The official comparison table listed Insights in Business and Enterprise, while Dashboards were listed only in Enterprise. That supports a narrower observation: the two features have different plan availability. It does not prove that Insights cannot be used without Dashboards. Keeping the user’s question alongside the official matrix makes that distinction visible.
For your own comparison, record the feature requirement first. If your team needs a particular reporting surface, integration or permission, check that row explicitly. A cheaper plan that lacks the required feature is not a like-for-like alternative.
What the evidence cost
Finding the official page cost $0.001, reading it cost $0.003 and the Reddit search settled at $0.00035. The total was $0.00435 in AR data fees. The Reddit call had a maximum of $0.0012, which was higher than its final charge. A cap is permission to spend up to an amount; it is not the bill.
This sample covers one company and one discussion. It does not establish competitor-wide satisfaction, conversion or total ownership cost. When you add vendors, keep one source and billing condition per row, and count unsuccessful research paths in the total effort as well.
| Step | Actual charge |
|---|---|
| Find the official pricing page | $0.001 |
| Read the pricing page | $0.003 |
| Search Reddit discussions | $0.00035 |
| Total | $0.00435 |
Ask for a comparison you can audit
Connect AR and give the agent the product, market, billing cycle and features that matter to you. Ask it to leave unsupported cells blank. If a page cannot be read, label the price unverified instead of treating a snippet or an old post as the current rate.
Keep official terms, user reports and the agent’s interpretation distinct in the output. A useful deliverable is a small table you can check, with a short explanation of the tradeoffs that actually affect the decision.
Use AgentRouter to research Linear’s pricing. Find and read the official page, preserve currency, per-user units and billing-cycle conditions, and compare Insights with Dashboards plan access. Find one relevant public user discussion separately. Label official facts, user claims and your interpretation; do not infer missing prices. Include source links, run IDs and actual charges. Keep AR data fees under $0.02.