Everything you need to build your product with clarity
ProductCompanion combines AI-guided discovery with structured product planning. From initial idea to actionable plan, every decision is tracked and visualized.
AI-Guided Discovery
Validate your idea through structured conversations
Our AI coach asks probing questions to help you think through your product idea. Powered by Claude, it guides you through problem definition, customer identification, and solution differentiation—without letting you skip the hard questions.
- Conversational interface that feels natural
- Challenges vague ideas with follow-up questions
- Celebrates progress while maintaining rigor
- Available 24/7 for whenever inspiration strikes
What specific problem does your product solve? Try to describe it in one sentence.
First-time founders struggle to organize their product ideas into a clear plan.
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Smart Information Capture
Auto-extract key decisions into your product map
As you discuss your product with the AI, key information is automatically extracted and organized. No more scattered notes or forgotten decisions. Every confirmed detail is captured with its source conversation.
- Automatic extraction of vital information
- Confidence levels (confirmed vs draft)
- Linked to source conversations
- 7 organized categories for easy reference
Core problem
Founders struggle to organize product ideas
Target user
First-time solo founders
Value prop
AI-guided product discovery
11 Discovery Checkpoints
Track progress through structured milestones
The Discovery phase includes 11 checkpoints that guide you from initial problem definition to a complete product brief. Each checkpoint represents a validated decision that moves you closer to building the right product.
- Problem defined and validated
- Target persona clearly identified
- Competition analyzed and understood
- Solution differentiated from alternatives
- MVP scope focused on essentials
- Success and failure metrics established
- Problem defined
- Target persona identified
- Competition analyzed
- Solution differentiated
4-Stage Planning Journey
From idea to launch-ready plan with clear direction
ProductCompanion guides you through 4 stages of product planning: Discovery, User Journey, SMART Goals, and Service Map. Each stage builds on the previous, ensuring you have the foundation needed before moving forward.
- Discovery: Validate your idea with AI-guided conversations
- User Journey: Map how users discover, try, and use your product
- SMART Goals: Define measurable goals with clear timelines
- Service Map: Plan all external services your product needs
Define measurable objectives with clear timelines
Product Map Visualization
See all your decisions in one organized view
Your product map displays all captured information in a structured layout. View your problem statement, target persona, solution details, validation results, business model, and scope at a glance. Update and refine as you learn more.
- Single source of truth for product decisions
- Organized by category for easy navigation
- Shows completion progress at a glance
- Living document that evolves with your product
Founders struggle to organize product ideas
AI-guided product discovery & validation
First-time solo founders
Freemium + Pro subscription
Founders struggle to organize product ideas
First-time solo founders
12 user interviews completed
AI-guided product discovery & validation
Freemium + Pro subscription
Canvas Health Check
AI spots contradictions and gaps in your business canvas
Once you've captured enough information, our AI analyzes your entire product map for internal consistency. It identifies contradictions between categories, highlights gaps in your thinking, and surfaces strengths — with a health score and actionable recommendations.
- Detects contradictions across your business canvas
- Identifies missing information that weakens your plan
- Surfaces strengths to reinforce your confidence
- Actionable recommendations to fix issues directly
Fix issues to improve your score →
Service Map
Visualize your service dependencies
Plan and visualize all the services your product needs—from authentication to payments to hosting. See criticality ratings, estimated costs, and integration complexity at a glance to help you prioritize and budget.
- Visual service dependency mapping
- Cost estimation per service
- Criticality ratings for prioritization
- Integration complexity indicators
Supabase
Database
$25/mo
Stripe
Payments
2.9%
Auth0
Auth
Free tier
Vercel
Hosting
$20/mo
Architecture Map
Build a visual map of how your product works
Create an Architecture Map that shows how your product connects user touchpoints to backend services. With AI guidance or manual building, create a visual system map any developer can instantly understand.
- Three-layer visualization: Touchpoints → Product → Services
- AI-guided building through structured conversations
- Suggested nodes from your Services and Journey stages
- Pro: AI gap analysis spots missing connections
User Journey Map
Map the complete user experience
Visualize how users discover, evaluate, and use your product. Track emotional highs and lows, identify pain points, and spot opportunities to improve the user experience.
- Complete user journey visualization
- Emotional curve tracking
- Pain point identification
- Opportunity spotting for improvements
11 Discovery Checkpoints
The Discovery phase includes structured milestones to ensure you develop every aspect of your product idea.
Problem Defined
Clear, specific problem statement
Target Persona Identified
Concrete person, not everyone
Competition Analyzed
Know your alternatives
Solution Defined
How you solve the problem
Validation Complete
Talked to real users
Scope Defined
MVP features decided
Acquisition Planned
How you reach customers
Business Model Defined
How you make money
Costs Estimated
Know your expenses
Success Metrics Set
Define success and failure
Timeline Set
Realistic deadlines
Take your product planning further
Pro unlocks AI-powered analysis and recommendations across your entire product canvas.
Canvas Consistency Check
AI analyzes your entire product map for contradictions and gaps. Get a health score (0-100) with actionable recommendations.
Goal Canvas Alignment
Validates that your SMART goals align with your discovery insights. Catch misalignment early.
AI Goal Recommendations
Get suggested goals based on gaps in your product canvas. Never miss a critical milestone.
Architecture Analysis
AI health assessment of your system design with gap recommendations and missing pattern detection.
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