Is your startup idea worth pursuing?
CanaryReports validates your idea against 17 real data sources — Google Trends, Reddit, Bluesky, Stack Overflow, labor stats, and more. Get a data-driven confidence score in under a minute.
Other validators guess. The canary shows you the data.
Ideas are processed in real-time and never saved.
Your idea is never stored. We process it, deliver your report, and delete it.
See Example Reports →How It Works
Describe Your Idea
Tell us about your startup concept in plain English. Be as specific or general as you like.
We Query Real Data
Our AI agent queries up to 17 live data sources — search trends, Reddit, Bluesky, Stack Overflow, labor statistics, and more.
Get Your Report
Receive a structured validation report with a confidence score, market analysis, risks, and data-backed recommendations.
From Idea to Decision in 60 Seconds
Three steps. Real data at every stage. No AI opinions.
Vague idea into a hypothesis
You type 'subscription box for hot sauces.' We classify it as physical_product, extract keywords like 'artisanal hot sauce,' 'specialty food subscription,' and 'DTC condiments,' then route to the most relevant data sources.
Input: 'subscription box for hot sauces'
Output: 23 Google suggestions, 45 Reddit posts, 3 rising trends
Hypothesis against real data
We don't ask GPT what it thinks. We query Google Trends for search momentum, Reddit for pain signals, competitors for market density, and BLS for industry employment. Every number is verifiable.
Google Trends: +34% YoY
Reddit: "I wish I could find local hot sauces without farmers markets"
Go or no-go with confidence
Your score blends demand signals, competition saturation, community interest, and market timing into a single number. No black boxes — you see exactly how each dimension scored and why.
Score: 61/100 (Moderate opportunity)
Key risk: 12 paid competitors, high CAC likely
17 Real Data Sources. Zero Hallucinations.
Every claim in your report links to a verifiable source — a real Google Trends chart, an actual Reddit thread, a competitor URL you can visit.
Why switch from AI-only validators?
Real Validation Examples
See what a CanaryReports validation looks like. These are real ideas scored against live data sources.
AI-Powered Code Review Tool (GitHub + Linear)
Strong market momentum with explosive search growth and genuine developer demand. Competition exists but the market is early enough for differentiation.
Audiobook Platform Competitor
Clear user demand for Audible alternatives with strong Reddit pain signals, but well-funded incumbents dominate the space.
Classic Car Painting — San Diego
Viable premium market with $15K-$30K projects and strong timing signals, but capital-intensive with high operational overhead.
Mexican Loteria Tile Manufacturing — SoCal
Niche manufacturing with cultural market fit in SoCal, but significant capital barriers and weak online demand signals.
Boomerang Throw Tracking App
Virtually non-existent market with zero real demand. Scores inflated by keyword overlap with unrelated products.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Start free. Upgrade only when you see the data is worth it.
No credit card required
- ✓7 real data sources queried
- ✓Idea score with confidence rating
- ✓Autocomplete + HN data revealed
- ✓Teaser stats for all 7 sources
- ○Full data details blurred
One-time, per idea
- ✓Everything in Free Peek
- ✓Full Reddit pain signal analysis
- ✓Google Trends trajectory + data
- ✓Competitor landscape breakdown
- ✓Bluesky social sentiment
- ✓Instant unlock — no wait
One-time, per idea
- ✓Everything in Quick Scan
- ✓Stack Overflow demand signals
- ✓YouTube content landscape
- ✓BLS + FRED economic data
- ✓Multi-AI cross-validation
- ✓PDF report export
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about validating your idea with real data.
Most idea validators wrap ChatGPT prompts in a pretty report. CanaryReports connects to 17 real data sources — Google Trends, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and more — so every claim in your report links to verifiable evidence, not AI guesses.
Your idea is never stored. When you submit an idea, we process it in real-time — querying data sources, generating your report, and delivering it to you. After that, the idea text is deleted from memory. We don't build a database of user ideas, we don't sell or share submissions, and we don't use them to train AI models. The third-party APIs we query (Google Trends, Reddit, etc.) only receive generic keyword searches derived from your idea, not your full description. Your intellectual property stays yours.
Depending on your tier, we query up to 17 sources: Google Autocomplete, Google Trends, Hacker News, Reddit, Bluesky, Stack Overflow, competitor search, YouTube, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), multi-model AI synthesis with Claude and GPT-4o-mini, Keywords Everywhere, Google Maps, USPTO Patents, US Census, Podcast Index, and OpenAlex.
A Free Peek takes about 10 seconds. Quick Scan reports typically complete in 30-45 seconds. Full Reports, which query all 17 sources and run multi-model cross-validation, usually finish in 60-90 seconds.
CanaryReports works for any idea type: SaaS, physical products, local services, e-commerce, content businesses, marketplaces, consumer apps, and agency/consulting models. Our AI classification system automatically routes your idea to the most relevant data sources.
The score blends 60% deterministic data (demand signals, competition saturation, community discussion volume, and market timing) with 40% AI assessment. The deterministic engine uses raw numbers from our data sources — no opinions — so the score is reproducible and verifiable.
Absolutely. Our AI classification detects your idea type and routes to the right data sources. A local dog grooming service gets Google Maps competitor data and BLS wage stats, while a SaaS idea gets Hacker News and Stack Overflow analysis. Every idea type gets relevant data.
The Free Peek queries all 7 core data sources (Autocomplete, Hacker News, Reddit, Bluesky, Google Trends, and Competitors) and gives you your full idea score plus teaser stats from every source. Autocomplete and HN data are shown in full. To see the detailed Reddit pain signals, trend charts, and competitor breakdown, unlock for $5. No credit card required to start.
Stop guessing. Start validating.
Your first validation is free — no credit card, no account needed. Just describe your idea and see what the data says.
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