VendorLens ERP Pain Profiler
8/10
Demand Score
Teams bleed time on vendor‑specific quirks and patches; outages and regressions during upgrades are costly.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-15k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A continuously updated knowledge layer that maps your exact ERP vendor/version/module/customizations to known defects, performance hotspots, and configuration traps. It ingests your logs, support tick
Competitor Landscape
- G2/Community forums (informal)
- Vendor knowledge bases
- SaaS APM tools (Datadog, New Relic)
- Celonis (process mining)
- Traditional SI advisory services
Must-Have Features for MVP
Issue fingerprinting that matches your symptoms to known vendor/version issues
Configuration diff analyzer that flags risky settings and recommends fixes
Automated patch canary that replays your critical flows on new releases
Impact heatmap by module (e.g., AP, MRP, WMS) with ROI‑ranked actions
Playbooks with vendor‑approved workarounds and scripts
Advisor chat trained on your environment + global corpus
SIEM/APM hooks to detect performance regressions tied to vendor bugs
Weekly risk bulletin tailored to your stack with change‑ready artifacts
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Access to detailed logs/telemetry from on‑prem or older ERP versions
- Legal constraints around sharing issue fingerprints across customers
- Quality and coverage of vendor release notes
- Keeping sandbox data current without exposing PII
Risk Level: Low
🎯 Keys to Success
- 50% reduction in vendor ticket volume and time‑to‑resolution
- Zero‑surprise upgrades (no Sev‑1 post‑patch incidents)
- Measured cycle‑time improvements on top 5 pain flows
- Lower SI hours spent on vendor issue triage by >30%
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.