Help me pick: 3 micro-SaaS ideas for underserved niches — which would you pay for?
I'm an accountant exploring micro-SaaS and narrowed it to 3 ideas after researching pain points on Reddit and forums. Before I build anything, I want to validate which one people actually want.
All 3 target small operators who are currently stuck between expensive enterprise tools and messy spreadsheets:
1. SoloBid — Estimates & invoicing for one-person contractors ($19/mo)
ServiceTitan costs $1K+/mo. Jobber is $50-150. Solo electricians, plumbers, and handymen just want to send clean estimates from their phone and get paid. No crew management, no scheduling for 30 trucks.
https://taxsort-tools.pages.dev/solobid
2. RentReady — Rental tracking for small landlords with 1-10 units ($15/mo)
QuickBooks is overkill. Stessa is free but limited. Every landlord with a few units is doing rent tracking + expense logging in a spreadsheet that their accountant can't read. One-click Schedule E export.
https://taxsort-tools.pages.dev/rentready
3. CleanRoute — Route-optimized scheduling for solo cleaning businesses ($19/mo)
ZenMaid and Jobber are built for teams. Solo cleaners waste 45+ min/day on bad routes between clients. This optimizes daily routes and handles rebooking.
https://taxsort-tools.pages.dev/cleanroute
Each page has a signup form. Whichever gets the most interest in the next 2 weeks = the one I'll build first.
Would love your honest take — which one would you (or someone you know) actually pay for? Or am I way off on all 3?
Thanks @BartlomiejN and @ampj29 for the feedback!
@BartlomiejN - That's exactly what I'm doing. The landing pages are live demos (all 3 work in-browser with local storage, no backend). I'm posting in r/smallbusiness, r/Entrepreneur, and now here to see which one gets traction. So far SoloBid has 8 signups, RentReady has 3, CleanRoute has 1.
@ampj29 - That's the gap I'm targeting. Jobber is great but $50/mo minimum feels steep when you're just starting. SoloBid is designed to be the tool you use before you graduate to Jobber (or stay on if you're staying solo).
Appreciating the validation that the problem is real!
Interesting set of ideas — they all seem to respond to a similar core need. I like the niche-first thinking. For validation, I’d probably go straight to the places where your target users already spend time and test the demand there.
One experiment that could work well: build 3 very lightweight demos and share them with those communities to see which one pulls the most interest.
Curious what you’re leaning toward so far.
Hi,
I'm not in any of these businesses, however I do think SoloBid has tons of potential. I have a friend who owns a business in the trades, he uses jobber and he loves it. I can see it being very valuable for users who have recently established a business but are not yet ready for platforms like jobber.