Validate your idea before you spend money on it
Describe your idea in your own words — we extract the search-demand phrases and check their volume, find real competitors, and score the idea on five axes. The full breakdown with an MVP scope and a cost range comes by email.
Describe your startup idea
In your own words, up to 1000 characters: what the product is, who it is for, what problem it solves and how it makes money.
Not sure where to start — drop in an example:
Your idea description is used only for the breakdown and is deleted after the report is sent. We do not store your idea — unless you explicitly allow us to pass it to a manager.
Validating the idea…
- Extracting 10–15 demand phrases from the description
- Checking their search volume
- Finding competitors and verifying their domains
- Scoring on 5 axes and assembling the MVP scope
Your idea has been queued
Build a spec for this MVP
We'll move the recommended feature scope into the step-by-step spec generator — you just refine the details and get the document.
Open the spec generator →Full breakdown & estimate
We'll email you a detailed breakdown with demand figures, competitors, the MVP scope and a cost range.
How we score an idea — on 5 axes, with no "probability of success"
A single success-probability number is misleading. We give an honest read on five axes, each with a rationale — so you can see where the idea is strong and where it needs work.
Where the demand figures come from
The model extracts 10–15 search phrases from your description — the queries people would use to look for such a product. Each phrase is checked against search-volume data and the report shows the real numbers for the market you pick. We make a point of not inventing figures: if there is no demand for a phrase, we'll say so — that is an important signal too.
How competitors are verified
The model proposes possible competitors for your idea, and each one is checked for a live website. Non-existent companies and made-up brands are dropped — only 5–8 real players with a working domain and a short description make it into the report. So you see the real market, not a flattering one.
What goes into the MVP scope and the cost range
Based on the breakdown we propose an 8–12 week MVP scope — the features you cannot skip to test the product on the market. The scope is compatible with the structure of our spec generator: move the features there with one click and get a ready document. The cost range is computed from our development price book.
Why there is no "probability of success" number
A startup's outcome depends on execution, team, timing and market — you cannot boil that down to one percentage, and a neat number only creates false confidence. That's why we give a read on five axes with a rationale and links to the figures. This is a breakdown for making decisions, not a fortune-teller.
Do you store the idea description
No. The idea description is used only to build the breakdown and is deleted after the report is sent. The only exception — if you explicitly opt in to share the idea with a YuSMP specialist for a free consultation; then the description is attached to the request. This tool does not build a financial model, unit economics, an investor search or a pitch deck — it is about demand, competitors, scope and cost.