Federspiel did not name specific direct competitors to Blackthorn.io's payments or events products in the interview. He referenced several companies in adjacent or formerly competitive categories as context for product decisions the company made.
In the document and billing space, Federspiel cited Conga and Drawloop as competitors that made Blackthorn.io's earlier document builder unviable. He referenced Salesforce's acquisition of SteelBrick and the launch of Stripe Billing as reasons the company exited the billing application category. He also cited Salesforce's acquisition of CloudCraze as the reason Blackthorn.io did not pursue an e-commerce application. These attributions reflect Federspiel's stated rationale for product decisions and are not company-confirmed competitive metrics.