{"product_id":"instagram-reels-competitor-tracker-with-apify-deepseek-google-sheets","title":"Instagram Reels Competitor Tracker with Apify, DeepSeek \u0026 Google Sheets","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTrack Competitors’ Instagram Reels Automatically—Daily, Transcribed, Analyzed, and Logged to Google Sheets\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis n8n workflow automatically pulls your competitors’ latest Instagram Reels via Apify every day, transcribes them, analyzes them with DeepSeek (OpenAI-compatible), and stores structured insights in Google Sheets—while deduplicating and retrying failed items using an n8n Data Table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this workflow does\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRuns daily at 09:00\u003c\/strong\u003e on a schedule.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLoads competitor list from Google Sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e and processes only rows marked as active.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFetches recent Reels with Apify\u003c\/strong\u003e, normalizing each Reel into a consistent URL\/key format.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeduplicates with an n8n Data Table registry\u003c\/strong\u003e: skips Reels already processed successfully and \u003cstrong\u003eretries failures up to three attempts\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTranscribes each Reel\u003c\/strong\u003e using an Apify transcript actor, then validates whether the transcript is usable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenerates structured analysis\u003c\/strong\u003e by sending Reel metadata, caption, and transcript to \u003cstrong\u003eDeepSeek\u003c\/strong\u003e (OpenAI-compatible) and validating required JSON fields.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWrites results to Google Sheets\u003c\/strong\u003e in the \u003cem\u003e“Reel Intelligence”\u003c\/em\u003e tab (append or update), and records success\/failure back to the registry (optionally compiling a Telegram digest).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eUse cases\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSaaS marketing teams monitoring competitor Instagram Reels content and messaging over time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAutomation engineers building a repeatable Instagram Reels competitor intelligence pipeline in n8n.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOperators maintaining a clean “Reel Intelligence” dataset with deduplication and robust retry handling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntegrations\/Nodes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Google Sheets, Apify (Reels fetch + transcript actor), DeepSeek (OpenAI-compatible), n8n Data Table, Telegram (optional digest), plus \u003cem\u003eif\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ecode\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003esticky note\u003c\/em\u003e nodes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSheet setup required:\u003c\/strong\u003e ensure tabs \u003cem\u003e“Competitors”\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e“Reel Intelligence”\u003c\/em\u003e exist, and the output tab includes a \u003cstrong\u003e“reel_key”\u003c\/strong\u003e column.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for an Instagram Reels competitor tracker automation with Apify, DeepSeek, and Google Sheets in n8n, this workflow is built for you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"N8N Commerce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46217926672563,"sku":"N8N-20808","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0749\/6279\/6723\/files\/jEkkyuSEnxEK7OsL4pbuo_lX4Ut2G7.png?v=1791883601","url":"https:\/\/buyflowscripts.com\/products\/instagram-reels-competitor-tracker-with-apify-deepseek-google-sheets","provider":"N8N Commerce","version":"1.0","type":"link"}