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IdeaRoast Analysis
Q:AI Pricing Assistant
“What should I charge?” for services, courses, SaaS
The Roast
"You're building a solution to a question nobody's actually asking—most people just copy what competitors charge and call it a day. An AI pricing tool is like selling a fire extinguisher to people who don't think they have a fire."
Reality Check
Market Saturation
9/10
Skill Match
6/10
Time Realism
7/10
Revenue Potential
3/10
💀 Why This Fails
- • Pricing anxiety ≠ pricing spending. People will use ChatGPT for free instead of paying for your specialized version.
- • Enterprise customers (who have real money) already use dedicated pricing software or hire consultants—you're chasing broke solopreneurs.
- • No defensible moat. Once OpenAI adds 'pricing assistant' to GPT's system prompt, you're toast.
- • Requires deep domain expertise in each vertical to be actually useful—hard to scale.
✅ The Pivot
Become a 'pricing strategy consultant' for a specific niche (e.g., SaaS founders, coaches, or agencies). Charge $300-800/engagement to audit their pricing, create a 90-day strategy, and implement it. Use AI as your *backend tool*, not your product. Build 10 case studies, then sell a $50/mo 'pricing monitoring' dashboard to them. Recurring revenue + credibility.
Current Idea
3/10 — Me-too AI Product with No Traction Moat
Pivoted Idea
7/10 — High-Touch Consulting + Software Hybrid