Niche Scoring Without Overengineering (AI SaaS)

The whole system in one screen.

What You Need

• Five candidate niches.
• Five (or six) criteria.
• A spreadsheet with rows and columns.
• Fifteen minutes.

What You Can Skip

• TAM/SAM/SOM models.
• Eval framework comparisons.
• Model benchmark tables.
• Persona docs.
• Competitor matrices with weights.

What You Cannot Skip

• Listing more than one candidate.
• Honest builder-fit (audience, not capability).
• Twenty minutes of competitor and existing-spend research.

Trade

Fifteen minutes catches the worst picks. Anything heavier delays the decision and produces no better filter.