00 · Idea inspection tool
Is your micro-SaaS worth building?
Answer 10 questions. Get a 0–100 score against a proven validation methodology — before you spend months and thousands on the wrong idea.
10 questions · 10–60 minutes of honest thinking · no signup
77,393 ideas inspected so far
See the aggregate trends →Calibrated against 276,000+ founder ideas.
01 · The pattern
Most micro-SaaS die from the market, not the code.
You can build a flawless product for a pain nobody pays to solve. The code was never the risk — the niche was.
02 · The cost
Six months of evenings. $10,000 in tools and ads. Zero paying users.
Every month spent building the wrong idea is a month a competitor spends on the right one. Guessing is the most expensive validation method there is.
03 · The fix
One honest hour before you commit six months.
We turned a battle-tested micro-SaaS validation methodology into a scoring engine: pain, willingness to pay, niche focus, benefit vs price, feasibility. Deterministic checks — not AI vibes.
04 · How it works
Chat → Score → Verdict.
Answer 10 questions
Ten questions about your idea, customer and pricing. Take 10–60 minutes — honest thinking beats speed.
Get your score
A 0–100 score across 8 axes with red-flag detection, computed by fixed methodology rules.
Decide with a verdict
GO, CAUTION or NO-GO — plus a full paid report with market research and a go-to-market plan.
05 · Why trust the score
Not an AI opinion — a methodology you can defend.
Deterministic, not improvised
The same answers always produce the same 0–100 score — fixed rules, not a language model improvising a verdict.
8 weighted axes + red-flag gates
Every score runs across 8 weighted axes with automatic red-flag gates, from a battle-tested micro-SaaS validation methodology.
Calibrated against 276,000+ ideas
The scale is calibrated against an industry analysis of 276,000+ founder ideas — the same benchmark referenced across this page.
The paid report runs live research
The $49 report adds live market research with real, named competitors — not generic AI-generated text.
A free-form AI validator can score the same idea differently on a different day. This one does not.
06 · Inside the paid report
One free score. A ten-page inspection if you want the full picture.
The $49 report re-scores your idea after live market research and turns the diagnosis into a plan: real competitors, a build estimate, a go-to-market plan — the kind of homework that usually takes a weekend.
- 01Verdict & watch-outs
- 02Axis deep-dive: Pain
- 03Axis deep-dive: Customer focus
- 04Axis deep-dive: Benefit vs price
- 05Red flags & market reality
- 06Competitive landscape
- 07Industry benchmarks
- 08Go-to-market plan
- 09Build estimate & market size
- 10Your launch order
Sample: invoice-reminder idea scored 73 free → 76 paid · 5 real competitors found · $4,320 build estimate.
07 · What builders are inspecting
ideas inspected here
average score here
scored GO here
founder ideas analyzed industry-wide
SaaS is the #1 validated category
of founders act on their idea after validating
Industry data: ValidatorAI, 2026
08 · The methodology, in numbers
What the numbers behind this score look like
77,393 ideas inspected so far
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08 · The methodology, in numbers
Reality check: where micro-SaaS products actually land
stay under $1k MRR
median MRR of the profitable ones
top 1% MRR
RockingWeb, 1,000+ products · As of 2026-07
How the score itself is built
scoring axes behind every score
automatic red flags that can force a No-Go
score needed for a Go verdict
deterministic score range — same answers, same score
What structured validation adds
Guessing
A gut feeling, a few conversations with friends, and months of building before the market gives its real verdict.
This report
A 0–100 score against a fixed methodology, the riskiest axes flagged by name, and a concrete plan for what to fix before you write code.
Our methodology built on industry analysis of 276,000+ founder ideas.
09 · Pricing
Start free. Pay only if you want the full picture.
Free score
$0
- 10 questions
- 0–100 score
- GO / CAUTION / NO-GO verdict
- No signup required
Full report
-50%$49$24.5one-time
- Live market research
- Go-to-market plan
- Build estimate
- Serviceable obtainable market (SOM)
- Mom Test-style follow-up questions
Get your free score first — unlock the full report on the next step.
One-time purchase — your report is generated automatically and delivered to your email in minutes.
10 · Questions builders ask
Frequently asked questions
How do I validate a SaaS idea before building it?
Answer a structured set of questions about the pain, your customer, pricing and feasibility, then compare the pattern against ideas that already succeeded or failed. That is what this tool automates: 10 questions, scored by a fixed methodology across 8 axes, with automatic red-flag detection — in minutes instead of weeks of guessing.
What is a good validation score?
On this scale, 80+ is a Go, 40–79 is Caution, and below 40 is a No-Go. For context, the industry average sits around 78 across 276,000+ founder ideas analyzed (ValidatorAI Founder Intent Index) — so a score meaningfully above that average signals a stronger-than-typical idea, not just an average one.
How much does it cost to build a micro-SaaS MVP?
A typical full-cycle build runs $3,000–$15,000 for a working MVP in about 4 weeks. But cost is only half the picture: across 1,000+ products, 70% stay under $1,000 MRR and the median profitable product sits near $4,200 MRR (RockingWeb) — so validate the market before you spend the build budget.
What are red flags in a SaaS idea?
Four patterns predict failure often enough to gate a score automatically: an entrenched monopoly competitor, no paying analogues (unproven demand), a perceived benefit below the price you would charge, and low usage frequency (a product needed only a few times a year). Two or more of these together tends to force a No-Go verdict outright.
How is ScoreMySaaS different from AI idea validators?
The score comes from a fixed, deterministic methodology — the same answers always produce the same score, and every result traces back to explicit rules, not a language model improvising an opinion. There is no free-form AI judgment to hallucinate a verdict; the paid report adds live market research on top of that same deterministic base score.
Is the idea score free?
Yes. The 0–100 score and GO / CAUTION / NO-GO verdict are free, with no signup required — just answer the 10 questions. If you want the full picture, a $49 report re-scores the idea after live market research and adds competitors, benchmarks, a go-to-market plan and a build estimate.