Real problems from people who want them solved.
Problems4Us is a public directory of genuine customer problems. Solution builders come here to find real demand — then connect and work off-platform. We are not a marketplace yet; the asset is attributed, solvable problems from people who want a solution.
How It Works
From public signals to a browsable catalog — scores stay heuristic until sealed validation.
Collect
We scan GitHub Issues, Hacker News, forums, review sites, and social media for customer complaints.
Analyze
AI extracts and clusters similar pain points automatically across all sources.
Score
Heuristic scores (frequency, severity, willingness-to-pay, market size, trend) — unvalidated; not predictive analysis.
Act
Browse the catalog and export briefs. Product ideas are suggestions, not forecasts.
Data Sources We Monitor
We aggregate complaints and feature requests across every channel your customers use.
Hacker News
Discussion threads and Ask HN pain signals
GitHub
Open issues, feature requests, and discussions
Forums
Stack Overflow, Discourse, and niche communities
Review Sites
G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, and app stores
Social Media
Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Mastodon mentions
Support Tickets
Zendesk, Intercom, and helpdesk exports
Heuristic opportunity ranking
Every pain point gets a 0–100 composite from five chosen formulas / model prompts. These are browsing heuristics from public discussion signals — not validated predictions of commercial opportunity.
Frequency
Heuristic of how often discussion signals appear (not measured incidence)
Severity
LLM/mock judgment of pain intensity from text
Willingness to Pay
LLM/mock purchase-intent guess — not measured demand
Trend
Heuristic scaffold — not a verified growth curve
Market Size
Heuristic scaffold — not TAM research
Example Pain Points
Real opportunities discovered from public customer complaints.
Azure Reserved Instance Cost Surprises
Enterprises are repeatedly blindsided by unexpected Azure RI charges, especially when usage patterns change after initial commitment. Over 340 complaints across GitHub Issues and forums.
Active Directory Stale Account Cleanup
IT admins struggle with identifying and safely removing inactive AD accounts. Existing tools are manual and error-prone. Cited in 200+ forum threads this quarter.
QuickBooks Integration Failures
Small businesses face constant sync errors between QuickBooks and third-party apps. The official API is notoriously fragile. 180+ complaints trending upward.
Have a problem that needs solving?
Share it here. Real builders browse this directory for problems worth solving. We do not guarantee a solution — we put genuine demand in front of people who build.
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Turn customer complaints into business opportunities.