Competitive Battle Cards
Positioning Against Key Competitors
Document ID: D9-COMPETITIVE-BATTLECARDS
Version: 1.0
Category: Business/Strategy
Classification: Internal Use Only
Competitive Landscape Overview
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│ AGENTIC AI COMPETITIVE MAP │
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│ ENTERPRISE FOCUS │
│ ▲ │
│ │ [CODITECT] [Microsoft Copilot] │
│ │ ★ ○ │
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│ │ [LangChain] [Salesforce Einstein] │
│ │ ○ ○ │
│ │ │
│ │ [CrewAI] [AutoGen] │
│ │ ○ ○ │
│ │ │
│ │ [Open Source / DIY] │
│ │ ○ │
│ │ │
│ DEVELOPER FOCUS ──────────────────────────────────────────►│
│ │
│ SIMPLE ◄──────────────────────────────────────────► COMPLEX│
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Battle Card: LangChain
Overview
- Type: Open-source framework
- Primary Users: Developers
- Pricing: Free (open source), LangSmith paid
Competitive Position
| Dimension | LangChain | CODITECT | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to deploy | Weeks-months | Days | CODITECT |
| Enterprise readiness | Requires building | Built-in | CODITECT |
| Flexibility | Maximum | High | LangChain |
| Support | Community | Enterprise | CODITECT |
| Compliance features | DIY | Built-in | CODITECT |
| Cost (total) | High (dev time) | Predictable | CODITECT |
Key Objection Handling
"LangChain is free, why pay for CODITECT?"
Response: "LangChain is a framework, not a solution. Companies using
LangChain spend 3-6 months building what CODITECT provides out of
the box. When you factor in development time, maintenance, and
opportunity cost, CODITECT delivers 60-80% lower TCO.
A Fortune 500 customer told us they spent $400K in developer time
building a LangChain solution that took 8 months. With CODITECT,
they could have been live in 3 weeks for a fraction of the cost."
"Our developers prefer LangChain's flexibility"
Response: "CODITECT is built on the same patterns - your developers
will feel right at home. But instead of building infrastructure,
they can focus on business logic. We've had customers migrate from
LangChain and get back 70% of their engineering time for innovation."
Trap Questions to Ask
- "What's your timeline and who will build/maintain this?"
- "Do you have compliance requirements (SOC2, HIPAA)?"
- "How will you handle monitoring, debugging, and updates?"
Battle Card: Microsoft Copilot
Overview
- Type: Bundled productivity AI
- Primary Users: Office 365 users
- Pricing: $30/user/month (M365 Copilot)
Competitive Position
| Dimension | MS Copilot | CODITECT | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office integration | Native | API-based | MS Copilot |
| Custom workflows | Limited | Extensive | CODITECT |
| Multi-LLM support | Azure only | Any provider | CODITECT |
| Paradigm support | Single | Four paradigms | CODITECT |
| Enterprise processes | Generic | Specialized | CODITECT |
| Existing M365 users | Seamless | Separate | MS Copilot |
Key Objection Handling
"We're already paying for M365 Copilot"
Response: "M365 Copilot is excellent for productivity - email
summaries, document drafts. But for business process automation
and workflow orchestration, it's not designed for that.
Think of it this way: Copilot helps individuals be more productive.
CODITECT automates entire business processes. Many customers use both -
Copilot for personal productivity, CODITECT for business automation."
"Microsoft is a safer choice for enterprise"
Response: "We understand the appeal of consolidating with Microsoft.
But for specialized agentic AI, best-of-breed often outperforms
bundled solutions. Our customers report 3-5x better outcomes on
complex workflows compared to Copilot. Plus, we integrate seamlessly
with your Microsoft environment."
Trap Questions to Ask
- "What business processes are you trying to automate?"
- "Do you need multi-step workflows or just productivity help?"
- "How important is using non-Microsoft AI models?"
Battle Card: AutoGen (Microsoft Research)
Overview
- Type: Open-source multi-agent framework
- Primary Users: Researchers, developers
- Pricing: Free (open source)
Competitive Position
| Dimension | AutoGen | CODITECT | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-agent support | Excellent | Excellent | Tie |
| Production readiness | Experimental | Production | CODITECT |
| Enterprise features | None | Comprehensive | CODITECT |
| Support | Community | Enterprise | CODITECT |
| Learning curve | Steep | Moderate | CODITECT |
| Research flexibility | High | Moderate | AutoGen |
Key Objection Handling
"AutoGen seems cutting-edge for multi-agent"
Response: "AutoGen is fantastic research - we follow their work closely.
But it's designed for experimentation, not production. There's no
monitoring, no compliance features, no support SLA.
We've incorporated the best multi-agent patterns, including ideas from
AutoGen, into a production-ready platform. You get cutting-edge
capabilities with enterprise reliability."
Battle Card: CrewAI
Overview
- Type: Multi-agent orchestration framework
- Primary Users: Python developers
- Pricing: Open source + Enterprise
Competitive Position
| Dimension | CrewAI | CODITECT | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent orchestration | Good | Excellent | CODITECT |
| Role-based agents | Strength | Supported | Tie |
| Memory systems | Basic | Advanced | CODITECT |
| Enterprise features | Limited | Comprehensive | CODITECT |
| Ease of use | Moderate | High | CODITECT |
| Paradigm coverage | EP focus | All four | CODITECT |
Key Objection Handling
"CrewAI's role-based approach fits our needs"
Response: "CODITECT supports role-based agents too - that's part of our
hierarchical topology. But we also offer other patterns when they fit
better: distributed debate for consensus, pipelines for sequential
processing. You're not limited to one approach."
Battle Card: Salesforce Einstein / Agentforce
Overview
- Type: CRM-embedded AI
- Primary Users: Salesforce customers
- Pricing: Included/add-on to Salesforce
Competitive Position
| Dimension | Agentforce | CODITECT | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce integration | Native | Strong API | Agentforce |
| Non-CRM processes | Limited | Comprehensive | CODITECT |
| Cross-system workflows | Salesforce-centric | Any system | CODITECT |
| Customization | Limited | Extensive | CODITECT |
| Existing SF customers | Seamless | Integration | Agentforce |
Key Objection Handling
"We want to consolidate on Salesforce"
Response: "Agentforce is great for Salesforce-specific use cases. But
most business processes span multiple systems. CODITECT integrates
deeply with Salesforce AND your other systems - ERP, ITSM, custom apps.
Many Salesforce customers use CODITECT for cross-system orchestration
while Agentforce handles CRM-specific tasks."
General Competitive Strategies
Discovery Questions
QUALIFICATION QUESTIONS:
1. "What's driving your timeline?"
(Reveals urgency, helps position speed-to-value)
2. "Who will be building and maintaining this?"
(Reveals resource constraints)
3. "What compliance requirements do you have?"
(Opens enterprise feature discussion)
4. "How many systems does this need to integrate with?"
(Positions cross-system capability)
5. "What happens when something goes wrong?"
(Opens support/reliability discussion)
Proof Points
USE THESE CUSTOMER REFERENCES:
vs. LangChain:
"[Customer X] migrated from LangChain and reduced development
time by 80% while improving reliability."
vs. Microsoft:
"[Customer Y] uses M365 Copilot for productivity but chose
CODITECT for process automation - 10x better results on
complex workflows."
vs. Open Source:
"[Customer Z] calculated $1.2M in hidden costs with open source
and switched to CODITECT for predictable TCO."
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