LedgerSafe Open & Recover
10/10
Demand Score
When the company file is locked or inaccessible, invoicing, payroll, and closing activities halt immediately.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$249-799
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Agent + server service that safely resolves locked or inaccessible accounting data files (QuickBooks, Sage, etc.) by: 1) identifying stale SMB/oplock/lease handles and crashed client sessions, 2) perf
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 1 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Intuit Tool Hub (File Doctor)
- Sage 50 Data Service utilities
- Windows VSS manual snapshots
- Generic file unlockers (LockHunter, Unlocker)
- Managed IT ad‑hoc scripts
Must-Have Features for MVP
Stale-lock and orphaned session detection with safe release
Write-guarded overlay workspace with SDK-mediated commit
Automated Verify/Rebuild and index repair per vendor
One-click NTFS/share/Windows service remediation
Time-to-unlock SLA policy engine and audit logs
Real-time backup snapshot before any modify action
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Vendor EULA/SDK constraints for write operations
- Risk of data corruption if unsafe unlocks occur
- Domain admin privileges required on file servers
- Variability across SMB versions and NAS appliances
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- >90% of lock incidents resolved in <5 minutes
- Zero data-loss incidents during unlock operations
- 50%+ reduction in accounting downtime hours
- Documented audit trail accepted by external auditors
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