ScanTheGap was created to solve the single hardest problem in product development — not how to build, but what to build.
Every year, thousands of developers, founders, and entrepreneurs build products that nobody uses. Not because the products were built badly — but because they were built for problems that did not need solving, or problems that were already well solved.
The research needed to find a real market gap is genuinely hard. You need to spend hours on Reddit reading complaints. You need to filter through hundreds of negative App Store reviews. You need to cross-reference Google Trends data. You need to understand the competitive landscape. And you need to do all of this before writing a single line of code.
Most people skip this step because it takes too long. They build something based on a hunch, spend months developing it, and then discover the market does not want it.
ScanTheGap automates this entire research process. It collects the data, runs it through AI, scores every opportunity across six validated factors, and gives you a ranked list of real product ideas backed by real evidence from real people.
ScanTheGap is built for independent developers, indie hackers, startup founders, product managers, and digital entrepreneurs who want to build products people actually need.
It is priced for solo builders — not enterprise teams with research budgets. At €9 per month for the Starter plan, it costs less than a takeaway meal and saves you weeks of manual research.
ScanTheGap connects to multiple public data sources — Reddit communities, App Store reviews, Google Trends, Quora, and Product Hunt. It collects thousands of real human posts, complaints, and questions. It then passes this data through an AI language model trained to identify genuine market gaps and unmet needs.
Every identified opportunity is scored across six factors: pain level, market size, willingness to pay, competition gap, build feasibility, and monetisation clarity. The results are ranked by an overall Opportunity Score and presented with real evidence quotes from the original sources.
You arrive with no idea. You leave with a validated, ranked list of what to build next.
Every product decision should be backed by real data from real people, not guesswork or trend-chasing.
Weeks of manual research compressed into minutes so you can spend more time building and shipping.
The best opportunities are often in markets others overlook. Country-targeting helps you find gaps your competitors miss.
We would love to hear from you. Whether you have a question about ScanTheGap, want to discuss a partnership, or just want to say hello.
info@scanthegap.com