Build a database backup alerting tool for devs

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11/15
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The Problem

PostgreSQL databases getting nuked by attackers, with backup failures going unnoticed.

Real Demand Evidence

YFound on hackernews·1 month ago

Our Postgres backup silently failed for 11 days. We only found out when we needed to restore. If there'd been a fire, we'd have lost nearly two weeks of data.

Core Insight

Dead-simple backup monitoring with SMS alerts.

Target Customer
Solo developers needing simple backup monitoring.
Revenue Model
Subscription model at $19-29/month.

Competitive Landscape

PagerDuty
Monitoring

Doesn't natively track backup job outcomes without custom integrations

Cronitor
Monitoring

Isn't backup-specific and misses cloud backup provider states

Willingness to Pay

  • Developers pay $15-49/month for monitoring tools; a backup-specific alerting service with zero-config cloud integrations would land at $19-29/month.

    $19-29/month

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