The No. 1 market research tool for startup founders
Validly scans Reddit, Hacker News, and YouTube in 60 seconds and surfaces ranked pain points with real quote evidence — so you stop guessing and start shipping what people already want.
1 free scan · No credit card · Results in ~60 seconds
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PAIN POINTS FOUND
“No way to know if 20 users is enough or just my friends being nice. I’ve shipped three things nobody wanted.”
“Every beta I’ve run ends up with no-shows or people who say ‘looks cool’ and never come back.”
“Can’t get quality feedback from a Google Form — people just click through to be nice.”
“Launched to an email list of 200 and got zero conversions. Wish I’d done more up-front research.”
How it's different
Built for signal, not noise.
Most research tools show you what's popular. Validly shows you what's painful — the exact gap between what people have and what they want.
Real user language, not founder-speak
Claude generates queries the way frustrated users actually talk on Reddit, not how you'd pitch the idea.
Multi-source, never just one feed
Every scan pulls live posts from Reddit, Hacker News, and YouTube — fresh, not cached.
Ranked by evidence weight
Pain points scored 0–100 by relevance so the loudest signal isn't the noisiest one.
Validates or Challenges — never ambiguous
Every finding labels itself for or against your hypothesis. No reading between the lines.
The Proof
No other method does all of this.
Every alternative leaves a gap. Validly closes all of them.
Validly in action
We scan everywhere your customers actually complain.
Live data, every scan. No stale cache, no curated samples.
40+ subreddits
Hacker News
Show HN · Ask HN
YouTube
Video comments
Indie Hackers
Community threads
Product Hunt
Launch discussions
40+
Subreddits scanned
1,000+
Posts analyzed per scan
~60s
Average scan time
Use cases
Works for every type of startup.
Find the workflow pain your competitor ignores
Scan for integration frustrations, CAC concerns, team adoption blockers, and switching-cost complaints — the exact signals that drive enterprise buying decisions.
Run a scan for B2B SaaS →“Every tool requires a separate login for our team. SSO should be table stakes by now.”
“Integration with existing CRM is always the dealbreaker. Nobody talks about this pre-sale.”
“Onboarding our 50-person team is a full-time job with most of these tools.”
Proven results
Real scan outputs. Real pain points.
From a live scan: “beta testing platform for indie developers”
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Pricing
Simple pricing. No surprises.
Start free. Upgrade when your scans start paying for themselves.
Starter
per month
- ✓5 scans per day
- ✓6 subreddits per scan
- ✓10 evidence quotes / finding
- ✓All pain points unlocked
- ✓HN + YouTube included
- ✓AI deep-dive per finding
Pro
per month
- ✓15 scans per day
- ✓12 subreddits per scan
- ✓25 evidence quotes / finding
- ✓Export results (CSV / PDF)
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Early access to new sources
Lifetime
one-time
- ✓Everything in Pro — forever
- ✓All future features included
- ✓Never pay again
- ✓Unlimited scans, no limits
- ✓No recurring charges — ever
- ✓Founding member pricing
All plans include a 1 free scan. Cancel anytime. No contracts.
Reliability / Coverage
Every source, live and verified daily.
We pull fresh data on every scan — no stale cache, no outdated snapshots.
r/SideProject
Indie builders sharing and critiquing new projects
r/startups
Early-stage founders discussing growth and validation
r/Entrepreneur
Broad startup and small business pain points
r/indiehackers
Solo and bootstrapped founder community
r/SaaS
B2B SaaS discussions, complaints, and feature requests
r/webdev
Web developer tooling and DX frustrations
r/learnprogramming
Learner pain points and educational gaps
r/reactjs
React ecosystem issues and complaints
r/devops
Infrastructure, CI/CD, and deployment pain
r/MachineLearning
AI/ML practitioner frustrations and gaps
r/marketing
Growth, acquisition, and messaging challenges
r/smallbusiness
SMB operational and tooling problems
r/productivity
Workflow and habit-change blockers
r/freelance
Freelancer-specific tools and trust issues
r/personalfinance
Financial tool gaps and frustrations
FAQ
Questions founders actually ask.
Your idea is worth building or it isn't. Know in 60 seconds.
Stop guessing. Stop surveying your friends. One scan gives you the market's honest answer.
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