ideaFast

IdeaFast is a customer research platform that turns Reddit discussions into structured customer pain reports. It automatically identifies recurring customer problems, surfaces market opportunities, and links every insight back to the original discussions, helping founders understand their market in minutes instead of spending hours manually researching. Perfect for founders, indie hackers, product teams, and market researchers who want to validate ideas, discover unmet customer needs, and make better product decisions. Features Analyze one or multiple subreddits simultaneously (plan-based). Broad Mode automatically discovers relevant subreddits based on a niche, company, profession, or interest. Analyze discussions from the last 7, 30, or 90 days. Automatically identify and cluster recurring customer pain points. Score pain points by frequency and relevance. Generate startup ideas based on validated customer problems. Link every insight back to the original Reddit and Hacker News discussions for verification. Search across both Reddit and Hacker News. Discover niche-specific communities through built-in subreddit recommendations. Use AI to summarize large volumes of customer discussions into structured research reports. Export and revisit customer insights for future research. Use Cases Research a new market before building a product. Validate startup ideas using real customer conversations. Discover unmet customer needs and market opportunities. Prioritize product features based on recurring customer pain points. Find exact customer language for landing pages, ads, and positioning. Identify buying intent by discovering discussions where users express willingness to pay. Jump directly into relevant discussions to engage with potential customers. Monitor how customer problems evolve over time (7/30/90-day analysis). Generate startup ideas backed by real-world demand instead of assumptions. Understand a niche quickly without manually reading hundreds of Reddit posts. Support continuous customer research throughout the product lifecycle. Create evidence-backed market reports for founders, product teams, and researchers. Find communities where your target customers already hang out. Reduce hours of manual Reddit research to a structured report in minutes.