Deep, cited business research
Market research that tells you if a real customer exists, before you spend months assuming one does.
What it is
When you start a project, LaunchValid researches your idea across 15 areas: your business brief, market and demand, customer, competitors, your differentiated offer, revenue model, costs, compliance, legal, tax, how you reach customers, your first version, risks, financials, and a validation plan. Each section is written in plain language you can act on, whether this is your first venture or your fifth.
Why it matters
Most founders build first and learn the hard way. Structured research up front tells you whether there is a real, reachable customer with a painful problem, before you spend months and thousands of dollars. It replaces guesswork with evidence.
How it works
You answer a few questions about your idea (or import what you already have). We search authoritative sources, synthesize the findings, and label every claim as a sourced fact or an assumption to test, with citations you can click. Research stays current as you learn and add context. On your first project you do not even start it: the research begins on its own the moment you subscribe and describe your idea, as part of the setup that builds your whole first project, and that first run uses none of your monthly credits.
How we keep it honest
This is the part no quick validator does. Every section shows its receipts: how many sources it cites, how many are from the last 30 days, and how many claims are assumptions for you to test rather than settled facts. Then an automated check re-reads the section and flags any claim stated as fact that it could not tie back to a cited source, so you know exactly what to double-check instead of trusting a wall of confident text. If something still looks off, one tap flags it, and you can rebuild that section and run the check again. The tool tells you what it is unsure about. That is the difference between evidence and a guess dressed up as a score.
What you get
A living research workspace you can read, question, share, and export. It is the foundation for your action plan, your concept, your fundraising materials, and any experts you hire.
Buy it once, without a subscription
You can also buy a finished document outright. The Validation Report is the research written up as a report with a branded PDF and an investor deck. The Business Plan gives you two things: the plan document with a branded PDF, and the underlying plan the product and engineering side of your project works from, so a builder or an advisor reads the same plan you did. See the validation report page and the business plan page for the price and to start one.
Common questions
Is this a one-time score or ongoing research?
Ongoing. Your research is a living workspace that stays current as you answer questions, import notes, and add context, not a single report you generate once and file away.
How do I know the research is real and not made up?
Every claim is labeled a sourced fact or an assumption to test, with citations you can click. An automated check also flags any claim it could not tie back to a cited source, so you see exactly what to verify.
Do I need to be technical or good at prompting?
No. You answer a few plain questions about your idea, or import what you already have, and the 15 sections are written in plain language, no technical background needed.
Can I export it?
Yes. On Pro and Business you can export to Google Docs, Word, and PDF, and a report you bought outright can be downloaded as a branded PDF on any plan. Every plan can read and share the research in the app.
Try Deep, cited business research
Describe your idea once, and the research, your documents, your prototype and your live page are all written from it. Starter is $55 a month, with fourteen days to change your mind.
Start your growth engineRelated guides
- Market research for startups: a checklist with cited sourcesA practical, sourced checklist for startup market research: demand, competitors, customers, and costs.
- The product market fit survey and the Sean Ellis test, explainedThe one-question survey that tells you whether you have product market fit, and the 40 percent bar.
Related features
- Buying one finished piece of work outrightPay once for the one piece of work you need, and have the finished thing the same hour.
- Trying it without committingFourteen days to change your mind, a first research run on us, and a first project that spends none of your credits.
- Changing your mind, and what happens if a payment failsAsk inside the window and the whole amount comes back, and a card that stops working never costs you your work.