LicenSafe DB: Real-Time ERP Database License Control Plane
8/10
Demand Score
Surprise audits and cloud re-hosting make license exposure volatile and expensive.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-20k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
90 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
Continuously discovers ERP database topologies (Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA, Db2), models vendor audit rules, and computes required entitlements in real time. Prevents noncompliance by enforcing tech
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 3 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Flexera
- Snow Software
- Certero
- Lime Software (Oracle)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Topology discovery across on-prem and cloud
Real-time entitlement calculator per vendor rulebook
Orchestrator integrations (VMware, Hyper-V, AWS/Azure/GCP) for guardrails
Feature-usage detection (e.g., Oracle options, HANA engines)
Automated what-if simulation and reconfiguration plans
Quarterly audit pack generation with evidence trails
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Keeping complex vendor rules up-to-date
- Legal positioning of optimization recommendations
- Change windows for infra enforcement
- Edge cases in clustered/DR topologies
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Verified audit pass with zero findings
- Double-digit percent license cost reduction in quarter one
- Safe enforcement with automatic rollback
- CIO/CFO dashboards mapping cost to compliance
Ready to Build This?
This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.