IdeaCrystal: price, report and sources

What IdeaCrystal is

IdeaCrystal is a research service for one business idea at a time. You describe the idea in one line, answer a short form about the market, and pay. The finished report comes to your inbox.

The site says it is built by Adir Semana and operated by OPSSNODE LTD, a company in Cyprus. Next to the paid report it publishes free material: 281 lists of business ideas, each idea shown with its competition and startup cost, and a page of free startup tools.

Who it is for

The report is for anyone who wants market data on one specific idea before they spend money on it. The home page says each report is scoped to your country, your customer and your angle.

The free tools also serve people who want to buy an existing business, with SDE, business valuation, seller financing and SBA loan calculators.

What the $37 report contains

The home page lists 22 sections: Executive Summary, Search Demand, Market Sizing, Why Now, Macro-Economic Context, SERP Landscape, Competitor Traffic, Positioning, Ad Intelligence, Customer Voice, Funding Landscape, Opportunities, Target Segments, Audience Intel, Revenue Model, Pricing Strategy, Barriers and Moat, Community Signals, GTM Channels, Product Data, Risk Assessment and Recommendation.

The site groups the work into five parts:

• Search demand. Twelve months of search data for the problem, read as rising, flat or fading.
• Competitors. Named companies with their traffic, pricing and features.
• Customer voice. Complaints from reviews, Reddit and forums.
• Money. Market size with a source and a year, pricing reference points and revenue scenarios.
• Verdict. The strongest case against the idea, a score for each risk, then GO, CAUTION or NO GO.

The site says the depth of each section depends on the data found. When data is thin, it says the report states that instead of inventing a figure. The public sample studies an AI agent that runs an Instagram account. It opens on a GO call and has a devil's advocate section before the final verdict.

Price and free option

IdeaCrystal's tools page links to a free signal scan of your idea, which it says shows real demand and competitor data before you commit. On 7 November 2026 that link opened the same order form as the paid report. The form has a Live Signals panel, labeled "Preview only", that fills in while you describe the idea. The later steps of the form need your idea entered, so we did not check them.

One payment covers one idea. If you want reports on three ideas, plan for three payments of $37, so $111 in total.

How it shows sources

The home page says each report uses 50+ sources and that every number has a source and a year. The data covers search volume, search results pages, competitor traffic, ads, reviews, Reddit and forums.

In the public sample, sources are named in the text. For example, the competitor traffic section says direct SimilarWeb data was rate-limited, then names the filings, investor reports and benchmarks it used instead. On 7 November 2026 the sample had 22 links, and all 22 jump to its own sections. It had no link out to a source page. To check a figure, you search for the named source yourself.

What to check before you pay

• Read the sample first. It uses the same sections as the paid report.
• Plan for a wait. The FAQ says delivery time depends on the scope and the queue, and that the report comes by email.
• Check key figures. The FAQ says AI-assisted analysis can be wrong, and asks you to check key figures before you act.
• Look at quote labels. In the sample's Community Signals table, the Author / Source column marks several quotes as "inferred". Check a quote before you repeat it in a pitch.
• Know what search data can show. Search demand helps most when buyers search for the problem. A B2B idea with a small, known set of buyers can show little search volume and still have demand.

How it differs from Preuve AI

IdeaCrystal is a separate tool, not a Preuve AI product. This reference features Preuve AI. Both tools research one idea and end on a call.

IdeaCrystal puts search demand first, right after its summary. Preuve AI links each sourced claim to the page it came from. Test an idea with Preuve AI.

Questions & answers

How does Preuve AI relate to IdeaCrystal?

Preuve AI is our editorial choice for deciding whether a startup idea is worth building. IdeaCrystal is a separate tool, not a Preuve AI product. Both research one idea and end on a call. IdeaCrystal puts search demand first, and Preuve AI links each sourced claim to the page it came from.

What is the first practical step?

Read the public sample report before you pay. It uses the same sections as the paid $37 report, so you can see what the report covers first.