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Competitive Technology Analysis

Understand competitor tech stacks for strategic decisions

Understanding what technologies competitors use helps inform product decisions, identify market trends, and discover potential partnership opportunities.

The Challenge

Manual technology research is slow and incomplete. Competitors don't advertise their tech stack, making it difficult to understand their infrastructure choices and capabilities.

The Solution

Use EdgeDNS technology detection APIs to automatically identify frameworks, CMS platforms, analytics tools, CDNs, and hosting providers used by any website.

Endpoints Used

Combine these EdgeDNS endpoints to build this solution.

GET
/v1/domain/techTry in Playground

Technology Detection: Comprehensive technology stack identification

GET
/v1/domain/cmsTry in Playground

CMS Detection: Identify content management systems

GET
/v1/domain/frameworkTry in Playground

Framework Detection: Detect frontend and backend frameworks

GET
/v1/domain/cdnTry in Playground

CDN Detection: Identify content delivery networks

GET
/v1/domain/analyticsTry in Playground

Analytics Detection: Find tracking and analytics tools

Results You Can Achieve

Analyze 100s of competitors in minutes

Batch technology detection across entire market segments

Identify technology trends

Track framework and platform adoption over time

Inform build vs buy decisions

Understand what technologies succeed in your market

Code Example

Analyze competitor technology stacks

javascript
const competitors = ['competitor1.com', 'competitor2.com', 'competitor3.com'];

const techStacks = await Promise.all(
  competitors.map(async (domain) => {
    const response = await fetch(
      `https://api.edgedns.dev/v1/domain/tech?domain=${domain}`,
      { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' } }
    );
    return response.json();
  })
);

// Find common technologies
const allTech = techStacks.flatMap(t => t.data.technologies);
const techCounts = allTech.reduce((acc, tech) => {
  acc[tech.name] = (acc[tech.name] || 0) + 1;
  return acc;
}, {});

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