Task 1: Analyze Competitor APIs and Identify Market Gaps

# Analyze Competitor APIs and Identify Market Gaps

## Scope
Competitor scan across four API categories:
1. QR code generation APIs
2. Email validation APIs
3. Crypto price APIs
4. Text-to-speech APIs

## Competitor Snapshot
### QR Code Generation
- ZXing (Google): free/open-source, broad barcode support, basic API surface.
- QRCode Monkey: paid tiers, visual customization, logo insertion.
- Visme: design-first templates and analytics.

Market gap:
- Enterprise users need deeper analytics and campaign attribution after scan events.
- Security-focused QR workflows (signed/encrypted payload patterns) are under-served.

### Email Validation
- Clearbit: enrichment + verification, premium pricing.
- Hunter: popular workflow fit for outbound teams.
- MailboxValidator: budget option with core checks.

Market gap:
- Real-time enrichment + fraud/disposable detection at affordable pricing.
- Faster response SLA for bulk and signup-time validation.

### Crypto Price
- CoinMarketCap: broad data coverage and brand reach.
- CryptoCompare: market and analytics endpoints.
- CoinGecko: strong free tier adoption.

Market gap:
- Operational analytics endpoints for builders (volatility bands, cross-exchange spread, alert-grade summaries).

### Text-to-Speech
- Google Cloud TTS, Amazon Polly, IBM Watson TTS.

Market gap:
- Cost-efficient voice APIs for startups with easy multilingual control and predictable quality.

## Product Recommendations
1. Build a QR API with scan analytics and campaign tracking.
2. Offer email verification with enrichment + fraud checks.
3. Build crypto data API with actionable analytics.
4. Ship TTS with multilingual + customization controls and startup-friendly pricing.

## Go-to-Market Notes
- Lead with free tier and copy-paste docs.
- Offer clear paid path based on scale, analytics depth, and SLA.

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