REVIEW:
Ive been using this tool for sometime now since it was in early beta.
When using GSA SER you can only run 1 copy per machine and SER doesn't really effectively function above 500 threads. More to the point is that while SER can do what PI does - although not with the level of automation - being able to sort in lists without using up your connections in GSA SER can significantly increase production time. More production equals more money.
Identification: As for the identification of the platforms, it seems to be on point. The recently added Full detection mode is excellent, allowing a given url that could be used in multiple platforms, to be added to each list. My current stats for the lists I have run thru PI is:
Total.........................: 10484324
It does what its supposed to do, identifies and sorts in, and there are multiple features to make this part more useful.
Ease of Use: Not too much to say here, its self explanatory. I don't know if there is a help guide, but when s4nt0s first sent me the exe file, he just handed it to me and said here you go and I have no issue figuring out what everything is and how it works.
Visibility: There are charts and stats and all that good stuff. I don't use them, because the point of all of it is that it runs by its self while I sleep, while Im taking the kids to school and while Im eating dinner. However if I was wanting to test the viability of certain footprints for example, I might do a scrape with them and then create a project and import just those and then the stats would be highly useful. So its a great asset to have.
Largest Benefit for myself: The largest benefit for myself is I guess two fold. Firstly being able to identify targets outside of SER and second being able to do this in an automated fashion. I currently have an automated setup where Scrapebox kicks out lists of urls 24/7 into a folder. Then PI is set to monitor that folder. As new lists are added to the folder, PI will analyze them and add them to my global identified list. The global identified list is stored in dropbox where its synced into all my servers running GSA SER. Then I have projects running to pull urls from that identified list and post to etc... So taking threads outside of SER and doing it in a hands off way is of key benefit for me and Im sure many others.
Cons: I crashed a bunch of the beta versions with all sorts of stuff, but he fixed all that and its running stable now. He also added some features I asked for. So I guess the only con is that it doesn't make me coffee?
Price: Its $57 and he is even giving you a discount on top of that. This is a drop in the bucket for the ROI you will get by maximizing your production in SER.
Overall: For me the overall take away is that this tool does what I need it to do, it works and works well for what its meant to do. Ultimately I use automation tools to free up my time to do other things, which allows me to make more money and have more time to enjoy life. PI is a tool in my arsenal that does this, and that makes it worth many times the price that is sold for.