The SaaS idea database
founders actually ship from.

597 ideas across 17 directories and 17 industries. Every idea page names the buyer, the problem, existing competitors, a suggested tech stack, an estimated MRR range and time to MVP, and a "why now" note. 50 of them go further and link to a published comparable company.

Not individually, and we would rather say so. Most ideas were drafted with AI assistance and organised by category. Difficulty, time to MVP and MRR ranges are editorial estimates, not measurements, and we removed search-volume and market-size figures that had no source. Reviewed directory pages link to their sources, and every idea in the million-dollar directory cites a published comparable company. Treat any idea here as a hypothesis: find buyers who already pay for a workaround before you build.

Yes. Ideas themselves are not copyrightable. What matters is execution — the team, positioning, product decisions, and GTM. We give you the idea and the blueprint framework. You add your unique advantages, customer discovery, and technical execution. Thousands of SaaS companies have been built on ideas that first appeared in public trend reports, Reddit threads, or competitor research.

Those sites are great for discovering what others have built. This database is specifically designed for idea selection and execution. Every idea has structured data — not a blog post — covering problem, solution, named competitors, an MRR estimate, tech stack, target audience, and why the timing works now. Click "Plan This SaaS" on any idea page and you go straight into a 10-step wizard that generates a developer-ready blueprint.

MRR potential varies by category. Micro-SaaS ideas typically target $1K-$10K MRR ranges (solo builders). B2B SaaS ideas target $10K-$100K+ MRR (small teams). AI SaaS ideas often have higher ceilings ($50K-$500K+). These are editorial estimates based on typical pricing and customer counts in each category, not forecasts. Actual MRR depends on your execution — customer discovery quality, GTM channel fit, pricing discipline, and retention.

This is the most common founder concern and usually the least important. Winners rarely win because they had a unique idea — they win because they picked the right audience, built faster, positioned sharper, or out-executed incumbents. Airbnb was not the first home rental platform. Stripe was not the first payments API. Linear was not the first project tracker. If an idea is good, it means others are thinking about it too. Your advantage is speed, quality, and focus — not secrecy.

Directory pages are reviewed one at a time. Facts are checked against primary sources, dated claims get a visible source link, and ideas that no longer hold up — a dead incumbent, a market that consolidated, no sign anyone pays for it — are corrected or removed.

Start with No-Code SaaS or Micro-SaaS. No-code ideas can be prototyped in tools like Bubble, Webflow, or Softr without hiring developers. Micro-SaaS ideas are narrow enough in scope that a freelance developer can ship them in 4-8 weeks. Avoid AI SaaS, Developer Tools, or enterprise B2B SaaS as your first project if you are non-technical — the complexity of tech decisions alone will slow you down.

Enterprise B2B SaaS, AI SaaS, and FinTech typically have the highest MRR ceilings because pricing per customer is higher. A B2B SaaS at $500/mo per customer only needs 200 customers to hit $100K MRR. A consumer tool at $9/mo needs 11,000 customers for the same result. Revenue potential correlates with both pricing power (how much customers will pay) and market size (how many customers exist).

It is an editorial estimate, not a model. The range reflects typical price points for that kind of buyer and a plausible customer count for a small team after two to three years. It is not derived from a market-size dataset. The million-dollar directory is the exception: each idea there is anchored to a published comparable company. Use the ranges to compare ideas with each other, not to forecast your revenue.

No. You can read every idea page for free without signing up. The database is free to browse on its own. PlanMySaaS adds the planning layer — generating a structured blueprint (architecture, specs, phases, AI coding prompts) for any idea you pick. The blueprint is optional but saves 40+ hours of planning work. Free tier gives you 100 credits on signup — enough for the first three pipeline stages (research + analysis + product definition). The full 14-stage blueprint runs ~370 credits, available on Starter and above.

You can still use PlanMySaaS with your own idea. Click "Start Planning" or sign up free, then describe your idea in the 10-step wizard. The AI generates the same blueprint format (architecture, database schema, feature specs, phases, coding prompts) as for the ideas in this database. You bring the idea; we bring the structure.