CompliGraph: Chain‑of‑Custody Document Graph & Tracker

Compliance & Legal
🔥
9/10
Demand Score
Missing or misplaced compliance documents trigger fines, audit exposure, and delayed invoicing/cash flow.
🌊
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$2k-20k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate

The Problem

Fragmented Document Storage and Tracking

Competitor Landscape

  • Box Governance
  • Egnyte
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • CargoWise Document Management
  • project44 Document Exchange
  • Adobe Acrobat Sign
  • DocuSign

Must-Have Features for MVP

Document knowledge graph with load/party/leg linkage
Required‑document rules by lane/cargo/regulation
Multi‑ingest (email/EDI/API/SFTP/OCR/mobile) with validation
Tamper‑evident hashing and versioning (no blockchain required)
E‑signature integration (DocuSign/Adobe) and certificate storage
Automated chasers and self‑serve partner portals
Retention, legal hold, and jurisdictional policies
Redaction and PII handling with full audit reports
QR doc tokens for rapid retrieval and chain verification

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • Partner cooperation for document exchange
  • Data residency and DLP requirements
  • Variable scan quality and unstructured PDFs
  • User adoption vs existing file shares

Risk Level: High

🎯 Keys to Success

  • 95%+ document completeness within SLA
  • 50% faster audit response times
  • 30% reduction in payment cycle delays due to missing PODs
  • Zero critical compliance findings in external audits

Ready to Build This?

This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.