Patio11 puts it well, as usual. Especially this paragraph:
"Is their product generic? Make yours hyper-specific. Is their product hyper-customized? Make yours the 'It only does 10% of what the other guy does, but it is the right 10%, and it actually works out of the box.'"
The good news is that $1B+ companies usually can't afford to target niches. Their divisions are expected to move the needle for, well, a $1B+ business. This puts enormous pressure on them to develop big, broad solutions that are maybe 75% adequate for as close to 100% of the market as they can reach. This is a strategic vulnerability that strongly favors the smaller player. It's one of the very few advantages a smaller player has in competition with a big player, particularly in the SaaS space.