Competitor tracking for agencies

See which clients rival agencies win, and what they sell next

OwlSonar automatically watches rival agencies’ case studies, services, team and careers pages every day and tells you what changed — so you know who they won and where they’re growing, not weeks late from LinkedIn.

The pain

You hear about the win mid-pitch.

New-business intelligence for agencies is a LinkedIn habit and a gut feeling. Neither is fast enough.

01

Client wins reach you weeks late

A rival posts a shiny new case study; you find out from a founder’s LinkedIn brag — often while you’re mid-pitch for an account they’ve already taken.

02

Everyone pivots to the same thing at once

Three competitors launch “AI content” offers in a quarter. Notice it late and you’re repositioning from panic instead of from data.

03

Talent moves, and clients move with it

A departed creative lead means an account may be in play — but you can’t hand-watch every rival’s team page, so the window closes before you see it.

Tracked surfaces

Four pages where agency strategy goes public.

Added automatically when you paste a rival agency’s domain.

Case studies & portfolio

What we watch
  • New case studies and client logos
  • Industries of fresh wins — who they sell to now
  • Results claims (“+212% organic traffic”)
  • Quietly removed clients
Example alert

Brightside published a Nike Running case study — their third sportswear win in nine months

Services & positioning

What we watch
  • New service pages and offers
  • Renamed or retired offerings
  • AI and productised-service pivots
  • Pricing-model hints — retainer vs sprint vs fixed fee
Example alert

New page: /services/ai-content-ops — positioned as “fixed-fee, two-week sprints”

Team page

What we watch
  • Headcount growth and departures
  • New creative and strategy leadership
  • Discipline mix — who they’re becoming
  • Departed leads (their clients may be in play)
Example alert

Team grew 12 → 15 — two motion designers and a Head of AI

Careers

What we watch
  • Open roles by discipline and seniority
  • Hiring sprees as revenue signals
  • Quietly withdrawn listings
  • New office locations
Example alert

4 openings posted: 3× paid media, 1× CRO lead — their performance practice is scaling

Sample feed

A week of agency moves, condensed.

owlsonar / agencies LIVE
MoncriticalBrightside published Nike Running case study
TuemajorNew service: AI Content Ops — fixed-fee, 2-week sprints
WedmajorTeam page 12 → 15 — incl. a Head of AI
Thuminor4 openings: 3× paid media, 1× CRO lead
FriinfoAwards page updated: Awwwards SOTD added
Why agencies switch

Walk into every pitch already briefed.

Time your pitches

A new case study means a contract cycle just closed somewhere. Their client list tells you which accounts to watch — and gives you a reason to call.

Spot service pivots early

When three rivals launch AI offerings in one quarter, you reposition from data and a head start — not from panic in the next all-hands.

Read hiring as strategy

A paid-media hiring spree shows where their revenue is moving. A quietly withdrawn listing says just as much.

Agency FAQ

Specific to agency tracking.

Yes. Any public URL can be a target — awards pages, press rooms, even a rival’s newsletter archive. Case-study and team pages are added automatically; the rest is one click.

Yes. Portfolio targets can be scoped to a category URL — for example /work/ecommerce — so you only get pinged when a rival lands a client in your lane.

Team-page diffs catch joins, exits and title changes when the page is next checked. You get a clean before/after — no feed-scrolling required.

From five on Scout to unlimited on Flock. Most agencies track their full pitch set plus the two or three up-and-comers winning the briefs they want.

Their next client win is already on their site. See it first.

Add your first rival agency in five minutes.