LightningEdge: CRM Performance Accelerator
9/10
Demand Score
Slow CRM cripples sales ops, increases handle time, and directly reduces bookings and CSAT.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$1k-10k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
10 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Vendor and Partner Mismatch:
Competitor Landscape
- Salesforce Lightning Performance tools (native)
- Dynamics 365 Performance Insights (native)
- Generic web accelerators (Cloudflare/Speed Kit/NitroPack)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Transparent reverse-proxy with SSO passthrough
Usage-aware precompute and cache warming
Webhook-driven cache invalidation (Lead/Opportunity/Case changes)
Batching/deduplication of API calls and query rewriting
Edge compute near users for low-latency hydration
RUM-based auto-tuning and performance SLO dashboards
Per-object performance guardrails to avoid stale data
Zero-code rollout via managed package/extension
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Maintaining cache consistency under strict CRM API limits
- Enterprise security reviews for proxying traffic
- SSO/SAML integration and domain allowlists
- Edge variations across regions and data residency
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Demonstrable 30%+ latency reduction in first 30 days
- No functionality changes for end-users
- Passes security review (no storage of raw PII by default)
- Works with 3 major CRMs out-of-the-box
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.