# Proven

> Validate your startup idea before you build it. 4 minutes to a verdict.

Proven fetches live pain signals from Reddit, Hacker News, and App Store reviews and returns a 10-section Founder's Brief. Every pain quote links to the original post. Build it, explore more, or kill it — with the receipts to back it up.

## What Proven does

- Searches live Reddit threads, HN comments, and App Store reviews for evidence of market pain
- Scores pain intensity, specificity, and volume across 150+ signals
- Returns a 10-section Founder's Brief: pain evidence, competitor map, target persona, MVP features, go-to-market plan, pricing signals, risk map, and a build/kill verdict
- Takes about 4 minutes
- One-time brief packs — no subscription

## Key pages

- [Home](https://getproven.io): Landing page, idea submission, pricing
- [Pricing](https://getproven.io/pricing): All plans and packs — also available as markdown at https://getproven.io/pricing.md
- [About Dairon Canel](https://getproven.io/about): The builder behind Proven
- [Demo](https://getproven.io/demo): Live example of a Founder's Brief report
- [How Proven Works](https://getproven.io/how-it-works): 3-step validation process explained
- [Startup Idea Validation](https://getproven.io/startup-idea-validation): What it is, how to do it, and why most founders get it wrong
- [Compare Validation Approaches](https://getproven.io/compare): Every common method compared side by side
- [What is a Founder's Brief?](https://getproven.io/founders-brief): Full breakdown of the 10 report sections
- [What is a Pain Score?](https://getproven.io/pain-score): How Proven scores market pain (0–100)
- [Startup Validation Checklist](https://getproven.io/validation-checklist): What to verify before writing a line of code
- [Validate a SaaS Idea](https://getproven.io/validate-saas-idea): SaaS-specific validation guide
- [Proven vs ChatGPT](https://getproven.io/vs-chatgpt): Why live evidence beats AI training data
- [Proven vs Manual Research](https://getproven.io/vs-manual-research): 4 minutes vs 2–3 days
- [Proven vs Idea Validators](https://getproven.io/vs-idea-validators): Sources-based vs AI-score-based validation
- [Good Business Ideas](https://getproven.io/good-business-ideas): 28 curated, cited ideas, each with a specific way to check if it's worth building

## Pricing

- Founder's Brief: $9 one-time / 1 brief — includes 3 improvements + free idea sharpening
- 5 Briefs: $29 one-time / 5 Founder's Briefs — compare multiple ideas side by side
- 15 Briefs: $59 one-time / 15 Founder's Briefs — lowest per-brief price
- Quick Signal is free. Briefs never expire. No subscription. 14-day satisfaction guarantee.
- Founding lifetime plans available — see https://getproven.io/lifetime for current pricing.
- Full details: https://getproven.io/pricing (markdown mirror: https://getproven.io/pricing.md)
- Lifetime details: https://getproven.io/lifetime (markdown mirror: https://getproven.io/lifetime.md)

## Built by

Dairon Canel — [@daicandev on X](https://x.com/daicandev) — [About](https://getproven.io/about)