Receipts, not guesses — straight from real conversations

Stop guessing what to build. Find micro-SaaS ideas with the receipts to prove it.

Ask ChatGPT for startup ideas and you get generic, made-up junk. PainScout scans the complaints people are actually posting across Reddit, YouTube, and forums — then hands you ranked, solo-buildable ideas with the exact quotes that prove the demand is real.

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How it works

From a niche to a validated idea in three steps

No spreadsheets, no endless scrolling. PainScout does the listening for you.

Enter a niche

Tell PainScout the audience or market you're curious about — "Shopify store owners," "indie game devs," "dental clinics."

PainScout researches discussions

We scan Reddit threads, YouTube comments, forums, and reviews to surface the complaints people repeat again and again.

Get ranked SaaS ideas with sources

Receive opportunity-scored ideas with MVP features, pricing suggestions, and links to the real conversations behind each one.

Example report

Every idea comes with the proof behind it

This is what one ranked opportunity looks like inside PainScout — pain point, score, MVP, pricing, and the sources that back it up.

Niche · Freelance video editors

Lightweight client-review tool for solo editors

Pain point: Editors lose hours chasing clients for feedback and tracking revisions across bloated, overpriced tools.

87Opportunity scoreHigh demand

Suggested MVP features

One-click client review links with timestamped comments
Auto-reminders so clients actually leave feedback
Version compare so editors stop losing track of revisions

Pricing suggestion

$12/ month per editor

Priced below incumbents that editors call “too expensive for solo work.”

Source proof

Redditr/editors · 312 upvotes
"I waste hours every week chasing clients for feedback on Frame.io — half of them never even open it."
YouTubeComment · 1.1K likes
"Client revisions are the worst part of freelancing. There's no clean way to track what changed."
ReviewG2 · 2★ review
"Great tool but way too expensive for solo editors. I just want review links, not a whole suite."

Why founders use it

Stop guessing. Start building from demand.

PainScout replaces gut-feel idea hunting with evidence you can actually point to.

Save weeks of manual research

Skip the endless scrolling through Reddit and reviews. PainScout reads thousands of conversations and hands you the signal in minutes.

Avoid building ideas nobody wants

Every opportunity is scored on real, repeated demand — so you stop pouring months into products the market never asked for.

Find the gaps, not saturated markets

PainScout surfaces the pain existing tools ignore — too pricey, too bloated, missing the one feature people beg for. You wedge in where the market is underserved instead of piling into a crowd.

Pricing

Simple pricing that scales with your search

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready to research more niches.

Free

$0/ forever

Try PainScout and run your first validated research report.

1 full research report
Ranked SaaS ideas with scores
Source-backed proof links

Starter

$9/ per month

For founders actively hunting for their next idea.

10 research reports / month
MVP feature suggestions
Pricing recommendations
Export reports to PDF

Pro

$29/ per month

For builders and agencies validating ideas at scale.

Unlimited research reports
Deeper multi-source scans
Trend tracking over time
Priority support

Your next micro-SaaS is hiding in plain sight.

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