B2B Essentials Metered Suite: Enterprise Features Without the Enterprise Price
10/10
Demand Score
Merchants are blocked by budget—fundamental B2B features are locked behind costly upgrades.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$149-999
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
6 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
A modular, metered B2B feature pack that mimics enterprise plan capabilities—quotes, contract pricing, quick order, PO/net terms, account lists—priced per seat/order/event. A built-in ROI engine compa
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 5 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Shopify Plus (upgrade)
- BigCommerce Enterprise
- Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2B
- Adobe Commerce B2B
- Third-party B2B app bundles
Must-Have Features for MVP
Pick-and-pay modules (quotes, contracts, PO/terms, quick order)
Per-event/seat metering with live cost dashboard
Shadow mode to validate value before activation
In-product ROI comparison vs. platform upgrades
Contracts/pricing importer from ERP/CSV
Auto-scaling edge cache for price lists
One-click enable/disable per storefront/channel
Usage alerts and cost caps
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Platform ToS around feature parity vs. enterprise tiers
- Sustaining low-latency price/contract lookups at scale
- Transparent metering and billing accuracy
- Seamless rollback if a module underperforms
- Change management for finance/ops signoff
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Customers save 40–80% vs. enterprise plan upgrades
- Time-to-value < 1 day via shadow mode
- Module attach rate > 2 per account within 30 days
- Churn below 3% due to transparent metering
- Documented ROI in-app drives expansion
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.