OrgCanvas — Hierarchical Account OS for B2B Commerce
9/10
Demand Score
Enterprise buyers need multi-user orgs with approvals and budgets; lacking this blocks revenue and causes manual order workarounds.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-5k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Insufficient account/user management
Competitor Landscape
- Shopify B2B (Company Accounts)
- Adobe Commerce B2B
- BigCommerce B2B Edition
- Auth0 Organizations
- WorkOS Directory Sync
- Okta Workflows
- Ory Keto/OPA
Must-Have Features for MVP
Multi-level org hierarchy with cost centers
Budget caps by role/cost center with period resets
Approval workflows with SLA and escalation
Delegated admin and buyer impersonation
SCIM/SAML/JIT provisioning
Entitlements (catalog/price access by role)
Comprehensive audit logs and export
ERP/CRM sync of org, users, and cost centers
Policy builder with versioning and dry-run
SDKs/apps for Shopify/BigCommerce/Adobe Commerce
Edge enforcement for cart/checkout/account endpoints
Self-service buyer admin portal
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Complex SSO/SCIM setups with customer IdPs
- Mapping platform-specific permissions and APIs
- Change management for buyer admins
- Data migration for existing accounts
- Edge/CDN policy deployment differences
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Time-to-implement under 30 days for first storefront
- Increase in enterprise conversion rate
- Reduction in support tickets about account/permissions
- Adoption rate of delegated admin features
- SLA adherence for approval notifications
- Zero critical auth incidents post-deployment
Ready to Build This?
This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.