I've found that generally you can extract the Gartner magic quadrant charts for particular product categories through a simple Google Image search. This in itse

I've found that generally you can extract the Gartner magic quadrant charts for particular product categories through a simple Google Image search. This in itself can give you a good "first blush" of the competitive profile of a market. G2 is another avenue, albeit at a less scientific level. It gives you a leader/loser chart similar to the magic quadrant. For anything more detailed, you pretty much have to pay up to the usual suspects of market research firms. Maybe you could form a syndicate of other interested parties to contribute to the full cost?