xMap Flows vs researching by hand

At a glance

What manual research is

Most teams start by hand: someone searches online maps and listing sites for a type of business in a city, copies names, phones and websites into a spreadsheet, and repeats it when the list goes stale.

It is slow, never complete, quickly out of date, and nobody can tell what is new since last week without comparing by eye.

Where xMap Flows is different

• Each flow is an AI employee with a job: a role, a timetable, a monthly budget, and a choice of how much it does alone (ask me first, act and tell me, or fully on its own). Together they work as a team: an org chart, handoffs from one to the next, a Team inbox where each reports, and a weekly review.
• Whole cities and territories covered in minutes, consistently.
• Only what is new each morning, and what changed.
• Every result scored with a reason, so the best are on top.
• Delivered where the team works, and kept with notes and saved lists.
• The researcher's time goes to calling, not copying.

When manual research is the better choice

We would rather you use the right tool. Manual research is likely the better fit when:

• A one-off list of ten places you already know.
• Judgement calls that need a site visit.

Use them together

Start from your existing spreadsheet: upload it to My data, use Match with my table to skip what you have, and let the flow add what is new.

Moving to xMap Flows

1. Upload your current list.
2. Pick a template for your use case and your city.
3. Run once, check it against your list, then deploy.

Most teams start from a template or by describing the flow to Ask xMap.

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