Pain-signal lead finder

Find people already complaining about the problem your SaaS solves.

PainScout reads your site, scans live Hacker News discussions daily, and delivers scored leads with drafted replies.

7-day free trial · Cancel anytime · No setup form

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Built for solo founders, indie hackers, and tiny B2B teams.

Enter your URL

Paste the SaaS/product URL. No long setup form.

We build your target profile

PainScout reads public pages, extracts category and pain phrases, and lets you edit the profile anytime.

You get daily leads

Scans run daily; your plan sets how many matched leads you get each month.

Productized output

A lead card, not another dashboard.

Each result explains the pain, why it matches your product, and what a human could say next. You decide what to send.

Real public posts surfaced by PainScout. Replies are drafts - you decide what to send.

Up to 24 search queries generated per product

Leads scored on 5 signals

Automated scans run daily at 13:00 UTC

Hacker News75/100Linear-like product

Open source

Plane: Open-Source Alternative to Jira

Real Hacker News thread, summarized into a lead card.

Pain summary

A public commenter is comparing Jira alternatives and calls out per-user pricing pain for teams that need project management without heavy overhead.

Why this matches

Matches a product-planning workflow, a Jira competitor mention, buying-language around alternatives, and cost friction for smaller teams.

Suggested reply

That Jira cost/overhead tradeoff is familiar. Are you mostly looking to simplify planning, cut seat costs, or make day-to-day issue tracking faster?

Suggested DM

Saw your comment about Jira pricing and alternatives. I am mapping project-management pain for smaller teams and would value your take on what would make switching worthwhile.

Why this exists

Finding demand should start with pain, not a cold list.

PainScout is built for founders who would rather join real conversations than spray generic outbound. The product keeps the source linked, the score explainable, and the final message in your hands.

Founder, PainScout

Pricing

Every plan scans daily. Lead volume is the difference.

Plans differ in how many matched leads you receive each month. Suggested replies, DM drafts, source links, and daily scans are included.

One qualified pain signal can be worth more than an hour of manual forum searching or another lead database seat.

Scout

$49

/mo

20 matched leads/mo.

For validating one product.

20 matched leads per month
Daily Hacker News scan
Reply and DM drafts

Start 7-day free trial

Cancel anytime

Signal

$99

/mo

75 matched leads/mo.

Steady weekly pipeline.

75 matched leads per month
Daily Hacker News scan
Reply and DM drafts

Start 7-day free trial

Cancel anytime

Questions founders ask before scanning.

Where do leads come from?

Live public discussions - Hacker News today, with optional broader web search through Brave. Every lead links to its source.

Is this scraping people's private data?

No. PainScout only uses public posts and always links back to the original source.

How does PainScout know who my customers are?

It reads your public pages, extracts your category, pain phrases, and competitors, then builds a target profile you can edit anytime.

Do I have to write outreach myself?

Every lead ships with a suggested public reply and DM draft. You edit and send; PainScout never posts on your behalf.

What if it does not work for my product?

Start with a 7-day free trial and cancel anytime from the Stripe billing portal.

How fresh are the leads?

Scans run daily, and recency is part of the 0-100 lead score.

Can I change plans or cancel?

Yes. Plan changes and cancellation are self-serve through the Stripe portal.