Idea Validation Tools
or Low Budget Workbench for Startups
Hi startupers, as you know, we are after Lean Startup methodology. What is more, our aim is to downgrade the startup fail rate as low as possible. Currently, it is 99.7% 🥺. You would probably know, there are plenty of dev shops that are trying to cut your MVP based on the budget without any business value. Based on these, we would like to share a list of tools where you nearly don’t need a budget to invest. Such a list was sorted out as a cheat sheet that would help you to validate idea within just $499 🙃.
Prototyping, Mockups, and Wireframes 📝
- InVision (prepare design or wireframes and make them clickable) [freemium]
- Balsamiq (desktop app and online version) [from 5$/month]
- Wireframes.cc (minimalistic tool for wire-framing) [from $16/month]
- Draw.io (wireframes, charts, diagrams and more) [freemium]
Market Research tools 🤓
- Consumer Barometer or Think with Google [freemium]
- Google Trends [freemium]
- Facebook Audience Insights [freemium]
- Hubspot - Company Grader [free]
- Google Surveys [free]
- TypeForm (designed Google Survey + tree of decisions) [freemium]
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