{"id":"search-pm-competitor-pricing-source-table","audience":"product-managers","category":"ai-search","track":"research","technique":"format","title":"Build a dated source table for a competitor's pricing","free":false,"task":"You're checking what rival tool Tallyboard charges before a pricing review on Nov 10, 2026, using 6 snippets an AI search tool returned. Make a table with columns Source, Date, Price claim and Status, one row per snippet, newest first, where Status is Current for sources from May 2026 or later and Stale for anything older. After the table write one line starting Current price: with the price from the newest official source. No bullets, under 160 words.","materialLabel":"Search snippets about Tallyboard pricing (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"AI search returned these 6 snippets for \"Tallyboard pricing per seat\":\n\n1. Tallyboard pricing page (official), updated Oct 2, 2026: \"Team plan $59 per seat per month, billed annually.\"\n\n2. SaaSWatch blog, March 14, 2026: \"Tallyboard costs $49 per seat for teams.\"\n\n3. Tallyboard press release (official), Jan 20, 2026: \"New Team plan launches at $49 per seat per month.\"\n\n4. Review site StackRank, user review, Aug 8, 2026: \"We pay $59 a seat now, it went up this summer.\"\n\n5. Reddit-style forum (r/productops), Nov 2025: \"Tallyboard is like $39/seat if you ask sales nicely.\"\n\n6. Analyst note, Grayson Research, June 30, 2026: \"Tallyboard raised Team pricing to $59 per seat effective July 1.\"\n\nYour notes: our plan is $52/seat. Leadership thinks Tallyboard is cheaper than us. Review meeting Nov 10.","rules":[{"type":"maxBullets","max":0},{"type":"maxWords","max":160},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for a summary","why":"The AI writes a paragraph averaging the prices instead of showing each source and its date.","fix":"Say: \"Table with columns Source, Date, Price claim, Status.\"","checks":["r0","maxBullets"]},{"title":"Not defining stale","why":"The AI doesn't know your cutoff, so it marks nothing stale or guesses.","fix":"Add: \"Current means May 2026 or later; older is Stale.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not saying the sort order","why":"The AI keeps the search order, so the old $49 claims look as strong as the new $59 one.","fix":"Add: \"Newest first.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No bottom line","why":"The AI adds a long analysis section instead of one answer you can bring to the meeting.","fix":"Add: \"After the table, one line: Current price: ... Nothing else.\"","checks":["r2","maxWords"]},{"title":"Getting bold and headings","why":"AI adds a heading and bold text above the table.","fix":"Ask for \"no heading, no bold.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for a table with columns","patterns":["table","columns?","source, date"]},{"label":"Defines current vs. stale","patterns":["stale","may 2026","current"]},{"label":"Sets the sort order","patterns":["newest first","most recent first","sort"]},{"label":"Asks for one bottom line","patterns":["current price:","one line","bottom line"]},{"label":"Bans extras","patterns":["no bullets","no heading","no bold","nothing else"]}],"hint":"Prices change and AI search blends old and new pages. Ask for every source with its date, your own cutoff for stale, and one answer at the end.","rubricLabels":["There is a table with columns Source, Date, Price claim and Status, with one row for each of the 6 snippets, sorted newest first (pricing page Oct 2026 first, forum Nov 2025 last)","Status is Current for the Oct 2026, Aug 2026 and June 2026 sources and Stale for the March 2026, Jan 2026 and Nov 2025 sources","The line after the table starts with Current price: and gives $59 per seat per month from the official pricing page (Oct 2026), and nothing else follows it"]}