Validate your startup idea before you build
See the market, risks, and next tests in a structured Decision Pack before you commit months of work.
Make it decision-ready
Deep Research can gather a lot of information. IdeaScope turns a rough idea into a clearer founder decision: where to start, what risks matter, what to test first, and what not to build yet.
WHAT IDEASCOPE ADDS
From research to a decision
Not just pages of findings. Each run points toward what to build, narrow, test first, or drop.
Same structure every time
Compare ideas using the same 4-part Decision Pack instead of one-off research outputs.
Less prompt-steering
No need to design the perfect research prompt or stitch multiple AI answers together.
Easier to discuss
A cleaner artifact advisors, teammates, or collaborators can read, challenge, and act on.
Built for
Who IdeaScope is for
Solo founders · Indie makers · Early product teams
For founders who need to know what to build, what to narrow, and what not to build yet.
Sample Decision Pack
What a sample Decision Pack reveals
A sample run shows how IdeaScope turns a broad startup idea into clearer positioning, market openings, key risks, and the next test to run.
Sample idea: AI security and QA copilot for vibe-coded appsFrom broad idea to sharper wedge
The report narrows a general concept into a more specific launch-readiness use case.
A gap worth exploring
It maps where existing tools are too noisy, too enterprise-heavy, or poorly matched to the first target users.
Validate before building
Instead of building the full platform first, it suggests a paid manual test to validate urgency and willingness to pay.
Find the market opening
Most research gives you another competitor list. IdeaScope shows how a market splits into incumbents, dead ends, absorbed paths, and open paths, so you can see where your idea might actually fit.
Sample finding: the strongest opening is a low-noise launch-readiness layer between scanner noise and enterprise AI code review.
From scattered research to a clear founder decision
Research is not the hard part. Turning messy tabs, notes, and raw AI output into a clear decision is.
- Too many tabs, notes, and one-off AI outputs
- Hard to tell what matters most
- Difficult to compare or share cleanly
- No clear next move
Traditional market research can cost thousands. IdeaScope gives founders a structured Decision Pack for deciding what to build, test, or drop.
Inside the 4-part Decision Pack
One research run gives you four decision-ready documents for strategy, validation, opportunity mapping, and evaluation.
Strategy & 90-Day Plan
Product strategy, technical architecture, go-to-market, risks, and a practical 90-day plan.
Market Validation & Differentiation
Competitive benchmarks, customer evidence, validation signals, and the clearest ways to stand out.
Opportunity & Idea Maze
How the space evolved, where branches failed or worked, and what new doors opened.
Decision Scorecard
A structured evaluation of strengths, risks, and key criteria, plus the next tests to run.
Includes Maze Topography, a visual companion to the Idea Maze that maps market paths, dead ends, and possible openings.
From idea to Decision Pack in 3 steps
A simple workflow from rough idea to a decision-ready pack
you can review and share.
Add your idea
Start with your own idea or generate a few directions, then choose one to research.
Run the research
Generate the 4-part Decision Pack for strategy, validation, opportunity mapping, and evaluation.
Review, share, and decide
Open the report, share it, and use it to decide the next move: build, narrow, or walk away.
Watch the sample pack come together
A quick walkthrough of how IdeaScope turns a rough idea into a structured Decision Pack.
See the 4-part structure
Strategy, validation, opportunity mapping, and scoring in one consistent Decision Pack.
Spot the proof moments
Executive Summary, Maze Topography, market opening, risks, and next experiments.
Preview before you pay
Review the sample pack before running research on your own idea.
What you are paying for
A clearer call
Know whether to proceed, pause, or test a narrower wedge.
A comparable framework
Run multiple ideas through the same decision structure.
A cheaper next move
Spend on the riskiest test before you spend months building.
Choose your validation path
Both options give you the same 4-part Decision Pack. Choose one run for a single idea or use 3 credits to compare multiple directions.
Start with one research run. No subscription needed.
Best when you have one idea worth stress-testing
per research · early access
Standard price €199
- 1 Decision Pack
- Best for one serious bet
Secure Stripe checkout · No subscription · Private by default
Best when you want to compare 2–3 ideas
3 research credits, valid for 18 months
Effective price ≈ €50 per research
- 3 research credits
- Best for comparing multiple bets
Secure Stripe checkout · No subscription · Private by default
Early access pricing for first customers.
Questions?
Questions before your first run
ChatGPT is a general-purpose assistant. IdeaScope is purpose-built for startup idea validation. Instead of a one-off chat, it turns research into a repeatable Decision Pack with clearer decision structure, so ideas are easier to review, compare, and share.
AI Deep Research tools are useful for gathering information, but the output is still usually a chat session or one-off report you have to steer yourself. IdeaScope adds a repeatable decision workflow on top: the same structure every time, a shareable Decision Pack, and a clearer path from raw research to a founder decision.
Yes. You can open the public sample Decision Pack before running paid research. It shows the idea summary, executive summary, research context, the four core documents, Maze Topography, and the Decision Scorecard.
One paid research run gives you a structured Decision Pack for one idea:
- Strategy & 90-Day Plan
- Market Validation & Differentiation
- Opportunity & Idea Maze
- Decision Scorecard
It is designed to help you understand the opportunity, risks, positioning, and next tests before you commit months of work.
You are paying for a structured decision workflow, not just a long AI answer. Each paid run turns one idea into a Decision Pack with strategy, validation, opportunity mapping, scoring, and next tests. It is designed to replace scattered research, prompting, note-taking, and synthesis with one repeatable format you can review, compare, and share, so you can avoid spending months building in the wrong direction.
That can be a good outcome. IdeaScope is not meant to flatter every idea. The goal is to surface risks, weak assumptions, and cheaper next tests before you spend months building in the wrong direction.
No. The four core documents are Strategy & 90-Day Plan, Market Validation & Differentiation, Opportunity & Idea Maze, and Decision Scorecard. Maze Topography is a visual companion to the Idea Maze that maps market paths, dead ends, and possible openings. It is generated automatically as part of the report when the Idea Maze has enough structure to visualize.
Yes. You can explore ideas for free within a monthly limit. You only pay when you run a full Decision Pack research.
Any startup or product idea you can describe clearly: SaaS, e-commerce, services, marketplaces, creator products, internal tools, and more.
Yes. Every Decision Pack is private by default and can be shared only when you choose to share its private link. You can use that link for team discussion, advisor feedback, or investor conversations.
Use IdeaScope like you would use an external research advisor. It works best with a clear idea description, target users, context, and assumptions you want to stress-test. Avoid entering trade secrets, customer lists, private decks, credentials, unreleased financials, or highly confidential material.
Yes. We offer a 7-day money-back guarantee on your first paid research. If you're not happy with the result of your first paid research, contact us within 7 days of payment and we'll refund it, as long as you've completed no more than one paid research run on your account. Later purchases are not covered by this guarantee, except where required by law.
No. Current prices are early access prices for first customers and may change as the product evolves.
Ready to validate your next idea?
Know whether to build, narrow, or walk away before you commit months of work.