Company File Open Proxy (Preflight, JIT Fallback, Log Replay)
9/10
Demand Score
Teams are blocked at login with company files refusing to open; every hour down stalls billing and approvals.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$199-899
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
60 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A smart open-gateway for accounting company files that runs preflight checks (permissions, network path, .ND/.TLG state, index health), clones suspicious files into a repair sandbox, and—if open fails
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 6 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Intuit QuickBooks File Doctor
- General RMM/IT tools
- Acronis/Datto backups
- Right Networks/Qbox (hosted desktops)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Open preflight with 30+ health checks
Hot snapshots and JIT failover
Transaction log (TLG) replay and compaction
Virtualized share with lock/lease coordination
Repair sandbox with no-risk testing
Health telemetry and proactive alerts
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Reverse-engineering vendor lock semantics safely
- Ensuring zero data loss during snapshot failover
- Windows SMB quirks and AV interference
- Vendor EULA constraints on automated repair
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Dramatic reduction in open failures and downtime
- Proven recovery drills with RPO/RTO metrics
- Seamless user experience (open just works)
- Compatibility with standard Windows domains
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.