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IdeaTwister pricing

Choose the package that matches your decision.From $9 per run.

Each package answers a different founder question. One-time payment, no subscription, no setup.

What do you need help deciding?

Your answer helps us suggest the best plan for you.

Quick Idea Check
Lowest commitment

For founders who want a fast, grounded second opinion.

$9per run

1 idea quickly assessed

0
alternative directions
No alternative versions in this quick check.
0
full validations
A quick assessment, not a full validation.
  • Quick assessment of your original idea
  • Grounded market research
  • 5-factor scorecard
  • Biggest risk and strongest reason not to build
  • What must be proven first
  • Research sources
  • Ready in about 5 minutes
Check my idea
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Validate This Idea
PRESSURE-TEST ONE CHOSEN IDEA

For founders who already know which idea they want to pursue and need deeper validation before building.

$29per run

1 idea fully validated + 10 alternatives explored

10
alternative directions
explored and scored for comparison
1
full validation
Your original idea, validated in full.
Validate an alternative anytime

The 10 directions are scored for comparison. Full validation of any one is an optional add-on.

$19 extra per validation

  • Everything in Quick Idea Check, plus:
  • Deeper market research and honest stress test
  • 90-day action plan
  • Closing recommendation
  • Side-by-side comparison
Pressure-test my idea
Find My Best Direction
Explore before choosing

For founders who want to explore, compare and validate stronger versions before choosing which direction to pursue.

$59per run

3 ideas fully validated + 25 alternatives explored

25
alternative directions
explored and scored before you validate the best 2
3
full validations
Original idea + your 2 strongest alternatives.
  • Everything in Validate This Idea, plus:
  • Recommendation on the strongest path
  • Side-by-side comparison of validated directions
  • The most thorough run (~25 min), best when you are open to comparing or pivoting
Find my strongest direction
One-time payment
No subscription
Private workspace
Access anytime
Research sources
Always included
Typical completion
5-25 minutes

Compare what each package includes

One-time, per run. Start anywhere and go deeper later. Your existing work and payments are always credited.

Grounded market researchQuickDeepDeep
5-factor scorecard
Biggest risk and strongest reason not to build
What you must prove first
Research sources
Full validation of your idea
90-day action plan
Closing memo written to you
Other versions of your idea, scored and ranked1025
Full validations of alternative versions2
Full validations total1 (your idea)3 (yours + 2 you pick)
Launch Kit · add-on

Turn your validated idea into a step-by-step launch plan.

Available after a full validation. Your product plan, how to reach first customers, a launch sequence, and the assets to do it.

On Idea Check? Validate the idea first, then add the Launch Kit.

See the Launch Kit

Running a business, not testing one idea? .

Failed runs are refunded automatically through LemonSqueezy. See the refund policy.

Why not just use ChatGPT?

ChatGPT gives you answers.
IdeaTwister gives you a decision.

ChatGPT & Generic AI

You can paste your idea into ChatGPT and ask for a pricing plan, a persona, a SWOT, or a 90-day roadmap. It will write each one.

The catch: every answer comes out in its own little bubble. The pricing does not know what your persona said. The roadmap does not know what your competitors are doing. You end up with a stack of documents that look useful and quietly contradict each other.
IdeaTwister Connected Engine

IdeaTwister works the other way around. It treats your idea as one connected problem, not ten separate prompts.

The connection: your customer shapes your go-to-market. The gaps in your competitors shape your positioning. Your budget, your hours, and your skills shape what you are told to do first. Change one input and the whole plan moves with it.

So you do not walk away with “a plan.” You walk away knowing:

what to actually build first, and why it beats the obvious alternative
what to skip for now, and what would have to change for it to be worth doing
which of your opportunities is the strongest, scored against real factors
which assumptions you are betting on, and how to test them cheaply
exactly what to do in the next 7, 14, and 30 days
what early signal tells you it is working before you spend more

That is the difference between a chat reply and a decision you can act on Monday morning.

How it works under the hood

What makes IdeaTwister different?

Hover or click the features on the left to see exactly how our multi-agent engine pressure-tests and sharpens your idea in real time.

Live Engine Module
Adversarial Rethink

It pushes back on your idea

Most AI tools politely polish whatever you hand them. IdeaTwister asks a harder question first: is this actually the best version of the opportunity? It puts your original idea next to stronger alternatives and tells you which one deserves your next three months. Sometimes that is your idea. Sometimes it is a sharper one sitting right next to it.

Original SubmissionA generic marketplace for local contractors
Soft validation trap
↓ adversarial scanner swarm active ↓
Optimised OpportunityNiche B2B SaaS scheduling for commercial HVAC teams
Confidence: 92%
A real engine, not a single prompt

Why our runs finish in minutes, not hours.

IdeaTwister is not a chat window calling one model. It is an engine that fires 30+ specialized agents the moment you hit start, all running side by side. Strategy agents scout nearby markets, one writes each opportunity, a Devil's Advocate stress-tests every claim, a deep-research pass builds a 13-section report on every top pick, and an action-plan writer maps out the next 30 days. They run side by side, not one after another. What would take a human consultant weeks, or a back-and-forth chat four hours, our engine finishes in minutes.

30+
Specialized Agents
Multi-agent AI intelligence engine
50+ concurrent requests at peak
From raw idea to execution plan in minutes
How it compares

Same depth as a consultant. Two zeroes less.

The real comparison is not ChatGPT vs. IdeaTwister. It is the engagement you cannot afford vs. the workspace you can. One sitting, not weeks.

Freelance startup advisor
Cost:$300 to $1,500
Time:2 to 6 hours
One paid opinion. Priced for funded teams, not a first idea.
Advisor coffee or YC office hours
Cost:Free, hard to access
Time:30 to 60 minutes
One trusted take. Not tuned to your goal, capital, or hours.
Manual ChatGPT or Claude sessions
Cost:Free (your time)
Time:10 to 30 hours
Shallow. No scoring. No sources. Agreeable by default.
IdeaTwister: Validate This Idea
Cost:$29 per run
Time:~20 min
A full validation of your idea, an honest stress-test, a 90-day plan, and 10 bonus opportunities.

Validate This Idea $29 to pressure-test one idea. Add the Launch Kit when you pick an opportunity. Pay per run, never a subscription.

Or take one home

Not ready to buy? See a real one first.

Real idea runs we already did. Pick the one closest to your idea and we email you the full workspace. Same engine, $0.

On the house
$0per workspace

Take one home for $0

A complete Twist someone else paid for. Same engine, same workspace, same scoring. Yours to keep, while it's on the shelf.

  • The full interactive workspace, emailed
  • Every direction scored on 5 dimensions
  • Weaknesses surfaced for every variant
  • Yours to keep. No card, no subscription.
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Common questions

What do I get with Idea Check?

A quick, grounded read on your idea: a verdict (promising, mixed, or weak), a 5-factor scorecard, the biggest risk, the strongest reason not to build, what you would need to prove first, and the sources we used. It is a fast first read, not yet a full validation.

How is Validate This Idea different from Idea Check?

Idea Check tells you whether your idea is worth a deeper look. Validate This Idea goes all the way on the idea you already believe in: a full validation (market, competitors, customers, and what it would take to win), an honest stress-test, a clear go / reshape / stop call, a 90-day action plan, and a closing memo, plus 10 other angles on your idea for perspective.

When should I pick Find My Best Direction?

When you suspect there might be a stronger version of your idea. It explores 25 versions, then you pick 2 to fully validate next to your original (3 full validations in total), with a closing memo and a 90-day plan for the path you choose.

Can I start small and upgrade later?

Yes. Start with any package. If you want to go deeper later, your existing work and payments are always credited. Begin with Idea Check and move up to a full validation whenever you are ready.

Can I add the Launch Kit?

Yes, once an idea has a full validation. The Launch Kit writes your first 90 days for you: the posts, emails, a pricing plan, and a step-by-step launch plan. On Idea Check, validate the idea first, then add the Launch Kit.

Is there a free trial?

No free trial, but Idea Check is the cheapest way to try the engine on your own idea. If a run fails before delivering your workspace, the order is refunded automatically.

Is this a subscription?

No. You pay once per run. Run again when you want a fresh set of growth opportunities, stop whenever. No recurring charges, no tokens to budget, no API key.

What is your refund policy?

If a run fails before delivering your workspace, the order is refunded automatically through LemonSqueezy. Completed runs that delivered a workspace are not eligible for a refund. Full details on the refund policy page.

Can I use the results commercially?

Yes. The angles, opportunities, and dashboards belong to you. Use them in your own products, pitches, decks, or business.

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