The outcome
Built to carry into the next research cycle.
A capture strategy built for difficult competitive sets without paying the highest-cost provider for every ordinary page.
Capture protected sites
Keep researching when ordinary browser automation gets blocked.
Some of the competitors worth tracking are the hardest sites to capture. Eligible plans can escalate blocked pages from the economical self-hosted path to managed providers.
What it does
Designed around the research artifact.
01
Start with the efficient path
Standard pages use the self-hosted capture ladder first so ordinary research does not incur managed-provider costs.
02
Distinguish a block from a broken job
Escalation is intended for evidence that the site blocked capture—not for retries caused by failures in PMM Tools itself.
03
Reserve protection where it matters
Plans include a defined number of protected competitors, keeping the expensive capture rungs deliberate and predictable.
The workflow
Simple enough to repeat.
Step 1
Mark the difficult competitor for protected capture
Step 2
Let the run escalate only blocked pages
Step 3
Review the resulting markdown and screenshot normally
Step by step, with screenshots: Capture competitor pages and check the source
Build from evidence
Put current competitor evidence inside your next working session.
PMM Tools keeps the collection, captures, and delivery path connected from the first domain through every refresh.