DurableSave: Autosave and Idempotent Write Guard for Accounting Apps
9/10
Demand Score
Unsaved invoices/journals force costly rework and missed billing; silent write failures are hard to detect and reconcile.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$39-149
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A secure browser extension + edge proxy that makes data entry in cloud accounting apps durable. It captures field-level edits locally, autosaves drafts every few seconds, and persists them offline. On
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Competitor Landscape
- Native autosave in QBO/Xero (limited)
- Generic form recovery extensions (e.g., Lazarus legacy)
- Password/session keepalive tools
- In-house scripts
Must-Have Features for MVP
Autosave every 3–10 seconds with encrypted local cache
Offline draft mode with cross-device restore
Idempotent API wrapper with ordered retry/backoff
Session expiry detection and pre-submit reauth prompts
Field-level change diff and conflict warnings
Draft governance (retention, export, purge policies)
Admin console with app allowlist and policies
Audit logs of drafts vs final submissions
Role-based controls and SSO (SAML/OIDC)
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Content Security Policy and extension store reviews
- Different DOM structures per app and UI updates
- Protecting PII in local cache (encryption, zero-knowledge)
- Maintaining true idempotency across vendor APIs
- Enterprise SSO/2FA flows
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- ≥90% reduction in lost work tickets
- <0.5% rate of duplicate submissions post-install
- >30% faster completion for long forms
- Zero PII leakage incidents; SOC2 compliance
- Adoption by >80% of targeted data-entry staff
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