PainDB

PainDB is a searchable database of real-world pain points people share online — frustrations, complaints, and problems pulled from places like Reddit and other communities. The problem it solves: most founders waste time building ideas that sound good but don’t actually solve real user problems. Traditional validation is slow and messy — scrolling forums, guessing what matters, or talking to a handful of people. PainDB makes it faster by: Collecting pain points automatically from public sources. Organizing them so you can search, filter, and explore by topic. Highlighting which problems are validated (e.g. repeated, upvoted, discussed). In short: instead of guessing what to build, you can see what people are already struggling with — and build something that matters.

PainDB is built for early-stage founders, indie hackers, and product builders who want to validate ideas quickly before committing time and money. Our ideal users are people actively searching for problems worth solving — such as startup founders, product managers, and innovation teams. They share a common goal: avoiding wasted effort on products nobody wants by grounding their ideas in real, validated pain points from actual users.