Should I Build It Should I Build It
12 Apr 2025
SaaS

İ want to build a saas app for driving schools for managing their ...

...agenda, student progress and administration

Confidence
Engagement
Net use signal
Net buy signal

Idea type: Minimal Signal

There’s barely any market activity - either because the problem is very niche or not important enough. You’ll need to prove real demand exists before investing significant time.

Should You Build It?

Not yet, validate more.

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Your idea for a SaaS app for driving schools falls into the 'Minimal Signal' category, meaning there isn't much market activity or validation for similar products. With only one matching product, our confidence is low, suggesting this is a niche area or the problem isn't widely felt. The single similar product had low engagement, indicating limited discussion or interest. Given this landscape, you need to prove real demand before investing significant time and resources. You're essentially venturing into uncharted territory, which presents both risks and opportunities, but requires a cautious, validation-focused approach.

Recommendations

  1. Begin by deeply understanding the specific pain points of driving schools. Instead of building, conduct thorough interviews with driving school owners, instructors, and administrators to identify the most pressing challenges they face in managing their agenda, student progress, and administration. Focus on uncovering unmet needs or inefficiencies that your SaaS could address.
  2. Post in relevant online communities and forums where driving school professionals gather (e.g., driving instructor groups on Facebook, LinkedIn). Clearly outline the problem you're aiming to solve and gauge their interest in a potential SaaS solution. Frame it as a discussion prompt rather than a sales pitch to get genuine feedback.
  3. Offer to manually solve the core problem for 2-3 driving schools. This could involve creating a simple spreadsheet or using existing tools to manage their schedules or student progress. This hands-on approach will provide invaluable insights into their workflows and allow you to refine your understanding of their needs before writing any code.
  4. Create a simple explainer video showcasing how your SaaS could streamline their operations and improve efficiency. Focus on the specific benefits and value proposition for driving schools. Track how many people watch the video fully, as this is a good indicator of genuine interest.
  5. Ask for a small, non-refundable deposit to join a waiting list for your SaaS. This demonstrates commitment and helps you gauge how many potential customers are willing to invest in your solution. Be transparent about the fact that you are still in the validation phase and that the deposit is to help you prioritize development efforts.
  6. Based on the 'MyScol' example, focus your initial marketing and outreach on highlighting the simplicity and ease of use of your platform. The feedback sought from similar products indicates a need for intuitive and straightforward solutions in the school management space.
  7. If after 3 weeks, you can't find at least 5 driving schools genuinely interested (e.g., willing to provide detailed feedback or pay a small deposit), seriously reconsider the idea or pivot to address a different problem within the driving school industry.

Questions

  1. What are the top 3 frustrations driving school owners and administrators face daily that existing software solutions don't adequately address?
  2. Considering the low engagement observed in similar products, what specific strategies will you employ to build a strong community and foster active user feedback around your SaaS?
  3. How will you differentiate your SaaS from generic scheduling and management tools to specifically cater to the unique requirements and workflows of driving schools?

Your are here

Your idea for a SaaS app for driving schools falls into the 'Minimal Signal' category, meaning there isn't much market activity or validation for similar products. With only one matching product, our confidence is low, suggesting this is a niche area or the problem isn't widely felt. The single similar product had low engagement, indicating limited discussion or interest. Given this landscape, you need to prove real demand before investing significant time and resources. You're essentially venturing into uncharted territory, which presents both risks and opportunities, but requires a cautious, validation-focused approach.

Recommendations

  1. Begin by deeply understanding the specific pain points of driving schools. Instead of building, conduct thorough interviews with driving school owners, instructors, and administrators to identify the most pressing challenges they face in managing their agenda, student progress, and administration. Focus on uncovering unmet needs or inefficiencies that your SaaS could address.
  2. Post in relevant online communities and forums where driving school professionals gather (e.g., driving instructor groups on Facebook, LinkedIn). Clearly outline the problem you're aiming to solve and gauge their interest in a potential SaaS solution. Frame it as a discussion prompt rather than a sales pitch to get genuine feedback.
  3. Offer to manually solve the core problem for 2-3 driving schools. This could involve creating a simple spreadsheet or using existing tools to manage their schedules or student progress. This hands-on approach will provide invaluable insights into their workflows and allow you to refine your understanding of their needs before writing any code.
  4. Create a simple explainer video showcasing how your SaaS could streamline their operations and improve efficiency. Focus on the specific benefits and value proposition for driving schools. Track how many people watch the video fully, as this is a good indicator of genuine interest.
  5. Ask for a small, non-refundable deposit to join a waiting list for your SaaS. This demonstrates commitment and helps you gauge how many potential customers are willing to invest in your solution. Be transparent about the fact that you are still in the validation phase and that the deposit is to help you prioritize development efforts.
  6. Based on the 'MyScol' example, focus your initial marketing and outreach on highlighting the simplicity and ease of use of your platform. The feedback sought from similar products indicates a need for intuitive and straightforward solutions in the school management space.
  7. If after 3 weeks, you can't find at least 5 driving schools genuinely interested (e.g., willing to provide detailed feedback or pay a small deposit), seriously reconsider the idea or pivot to address a different problem within the driving school industry.

Questions

  1. What are the top 3 frustrations driving school owners and administrators face daily that existing software solutions don't adequately address?
  2. Considering the low engagement observed in similar products, what specific strategies will you employ to build a strong community and foster active user feedback around your SaaS?
  3. How will you differentiate your SaaS from generic scheduling and management tools to specifically cater to the unique requirements and workflows of driving schools?

  • Confidence: Low
    • Number of similar products: 1
  • Engagement: Low
    • Average number of comments: 1
  • Net use signal: 0.0%
    • Positive use signal: 0.0%
    • Negative use signal: 0.0%
  • Net buy signal: 0.0%
    • Positive buy signal: 0.0%
    • Negative buy signal: 0.0%

This chart summarizes all the similar products we found for your idea in a single plot.

The x-axis represents the overall feedback each product received. This is calculated from the net use and buy signals that were expressed in the comments. The maximum is +1, which means all comments (across all similar products) were positive, expressed a willingness to use & buy said product. The minimum is -1 and it means the exact opposite.

The y-axis captures the strength of the signal, i.e. how many people commented and how does this rank against other products in this category. The maximum is +1, which means these products were the most liked, upvoted and talked about launches recently. The minimum is 0, meaning zero engagement or feedback was received.

The sizes of the product dots are determined by the relevance to your idea, where 10 is the maximum.

Your idea is the big blueish dot, which should lie somewhere in the polygon defined by these products. It can be off-center because we use custom weighting to summarize these metrics.

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