PriceGraph Studio — Unified DSL for Custom Pricing and B2B Workflows
9/10
Demand Score
Fragmented apps and hard-coded rules cause pricing errors, margin leakage, and slow B2B deal cycles.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$699-3k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
8 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
A policy engine and visual graph editor that consolidates custom pricing, entitlements, and B2B workflows into one auditable rules source of truth. Merchants model price books, contract exceptions, vo
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 3 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Vendavo
- Zilliant
- Salesforce CPQ
- Bold Custom Pricing
- Shopify Functions (discounts)
Must-Have Features for MVP
Visual policy graph editor with Git-backed versioning
Deterministic DSL with unit tests and simulations
Edge-compiled evaluators returning signed price decisions
Connectors for ERP/CRM to hydrate account attributes
Canary deploys and instant rollback
Comprehensive audit trails for compliance
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Complex data modeling across ERP/CRM/storefront
- Rollout risk if rules are misconfigured
- Need for high-perf caching and cache invalidation
- Education on DSL for non-technical users
Risk Level: Minimal
🎯 Keys to Success
- Single source of truth for pricing across channels
- Sub-10ms decision latency globally
- Non-technical usability with guardrails and tests
- Measured reduction in margin leakage and quote cycle time
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.