When the competitor costs 40% more, the AE's first instinct is to lead with price. That's the trap. Buyers who short-list a premium vendor have already accepted that premium is on the table — leading with "we're cheaper" reframes you as the discount option and hands the competitor the value frame for free.
The card below is built for the opposite move. It forces the AE to articulate where the price gap is real, where it's inflated, and what the buyer is actually paying for at the higher tier.
If all three are low, the price gap isn't justified. That's your wedge.
Use this card per competitor, not per deal
A high-price battle card has a longer shelf life than a feature-comparison card. The pricing posture of an established premium competitor changes once or twice a year. Fill it once per competitor, refresh it after each lost deal where price came up, and keep it to one page.
Fill the card
Six fields. Don't skip the last two — those are the ones AEs actually need in the room when the buyer says "but they include X."
High-Price Battle Card
One competitor per card. Refresh quarterly or after any lost deal where pricing surfaced.
The walk-away field matters more than it looks. AEs who can name the buyer profile where the premium competitor is the right answer get trusted on the deals where it isn't. That's where the card pays for itself.
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Battle Cards
Give your reps the exact rebuttal for every competitor — updated automatically.
Battle Cards generates per-competitor rebuttal kits grounded in your own positioning — not generic 'we're better because' copy. When Competitor Signals detects a material move, the relevant card updates automatically.
- ✓Per-competitor cards built from your own positioning
- ✓Auto-updates when competitors change their story
- ✓Built for live deals, not slide decks that rot in Drive