Hey Product Hunt community!Hope you're having a productive start to your week!We've got another impressive lineup of Product of the Week winners to highlight. These innovative tools are solving real problems in creative ways: Sider 5.0 by @Sider: ChatGPT sidebar Chrome extension Sider 5.0 Deep Research mimics human research by auto-scanning 100+ sources, reflecting, noting and highlighting insights. It crafts expert-level, interactive reports in minutes. All findings are auto-saved to Wisebase—AI knowledge base that evolves with you. @AhaMeet the world's first multi-agent team working on influencer marketing, with built-in scalability for any industry. Whether to increase brand awareness, drive sales or enhance business growth, Aha AI team delivers results that exceed expectations. @Kintsugi Kintsugi's AI-driven platform doesn't just simplify sales tax; it transforms it. From precise tax calculations and real-time exposure monitoring to seamless filing and remittance, we automate the entire sales tax lifecycle. Twos PALs by @Twos Personal Active Lists (PALs) take what you write and automatically create reminders/events, detect tasks, get product links, map directions, and 30+ more use-cases. "AI features that are genuinely helpful, not just gimmicks." @Epiphany Epiphany is the fastest, most frictionless way to capture your ideas with voice and create actions with them in tools like Notion, Asana, Todoist, Clickup, Obsidian, and more. Stop losing ideas to distraction, and start putting them to work.Big congrats to all these talented product teams!Curious to know: Which of these products addresses a problem you've personally struggled with? What's your current solution for that challenge?Think about it: If you could only use one of these products for the next month, which would make the biggest difference in your daily workflow?What are your thoughts? Share below!Juan from PH

A few of us at Product Hunt are putting on our most brutally honest (but helpful!) hats and roasting landing pages for the next two days. Want in? Drop your link below, and we’ll give you real, no-BS feedback on:🔥 Clarity – Does your message make sense or sound like corporate soup?🔥 Calls to Action – Do we feel compelled to click, or just… leave?🔥 Design & UX – Smooth experience or rage quit territory?🔥 Anything else – Tell us what you want feedback on.No ego, no fluff—just straight-up advice to make your page better. Drop your link below 👇

@Zapier, @Make, @Relay.app , @n8n , @Activepieces, @Pabbly So many automation tools in 2025! 🙈I cannot decide what to choose for beginners but with a wish to become a pro userFrom my recent research, quick insights@Zapier still wins for ease-of-use and integrations, but might be expensive and has low free limitations@Relay.app is amazing for beginners due to built-in AI workflows@Make remains top for complex automation👇 My takeaways for new users from my one day researchFor fast setup → Zapier or RelayFor free flexibility → Activepieces (self-hosted)For complex workflows → MakeBut every tool has its hidden traps and secret advantages only daily users know about.I'd love your experience on these points:⚙️ Which automation tool are you actually using right now, and why?🌱 What's best for newbies vs. advanced users?🕳 Have you discovered any hidden limitations or unexpected costs for those platforms?Drop your thoughts below 👇 Let's help each other automate smarter!

I see a lot of tech products on Product Hunt that are meant to improve someone else's business situation, and as many makers as possible are ideally targeting the B2B market.However, this past week I've also seen a lot of "fun" products that not only made it into the featured category but also earned one of the product of the day titles.According to statistics, the most downloaded apps are games and probably this category earns the most money.No wonder, because:people like to be entertainedpeople like to spend time doing an easy activitymonetisation can be quite easy with in-app adsthis category of apps will be used by everyone (kids as well as adults)gamification only intensifies this situation so people are more likely to spend their time there (this is also valid for Duolingo, or also various "casino games", and "esports games")So if there's a lot of money in this sector, why aren't you making games? 😀If you happen to be a game developer – feel free to share what you created. + I am also curious how you marketed it. 🙂Additional info – the app categories generating the most revenue globally as for 2024:🎲 Gaming📺 Entertainment📱 Social media📷 Photo & Video🎧 Music

A successful product is often seen as one that is well-commercialized, with users willing to pay for it. But is that always the case?Today, I came across many products that are incredibly fun and creative. It made me wonder: are there products that don’t fit the conventional definition of success? Maybe some exist just to bring joy, even if users simply visit, smile, and leave.Some might argue that if something brings value, people will naturally be willing to pay. But is that always true?Let’s discuss:💬 Is profitability the only way to define an app’s success?💡 Do you create apps to make money, or is there another motivation behind your work?

I think by 2030, the real question won't be "Do you use AI?" but "Can you work without it?"I noticed this in my own life recently. I always said "I'm terrible at design" whenever I needed to make something look nice. Last week I tried using an AI design tool, and suddenly I was creating decent-looking social media graphics in minutes.The AI didn't replace my ideas or decisions it just removed that barrier that was always in my way.Some studies have shown that most jobs won't be completely replaced by AI, but almost every job will have some tasks that AI can help with. 

Hey Product Hunters!I’ve seen a lot of people jump straight into building an app without validating the idea first. Some succeed, but many end up realizing too late that there’s little demand for their product.So, I’m curious - how do you validate your business ideas before diving into development?Do you:Conduct market research and competitor analysis?Build a landing page and run ads to gauge interest?Interview potential users to understand their pain points?Launch an MVP and iterate based on feedback?Or do you use other methods? If yes, what are they?Or, on the flip side, do you believe in the “build first, validate later” approach? Maybe you’ve found that true innovation comes from just creating and seeing what sticks.I’d love to hear your experiences - what has worked (or not worked) for you? Let’s discuss!

Hi everyone, Gabe here! I lead curating Product Hunt's leaderboard.First thing I will say is that if I could feature every single product that works, I would. I love supporting makers and demoing products. I actually try to test every single thing that gets hunted every day... which is A TON.  But I view our job as to surface the most interesting, novel, useful, and innovative products - daily. Now we may not always get it right, the process isn't perfect, but we're trying to do right by the community.Hopefully, you've noticed that over the past months the quality of the leaderboard has felt really good. (Please share your thoughts!) Some of the things that I've been doing aside from testing and reviewing products is reaching out to makers to help them with their launches, provide feedback on why something may not be featurable, and help makers craft their best launch as possible. Scalable -> no.  Huge impact -> I think so. I'm working with the team on how to create a more scalable version of this but for now just know I try to make myself available to you all.Top mistakes I've seenProduct is waitlistedPeople schedule a draft.... (we have a draft function!)Maker's profile is their product/business and not an actual user accountTagline does not describe the product ie. "Best way to earn users" vs "Capture user data with a single button in your iOS app"Too much marketing jargon, not enough product description / storyNO PRODUCT SHOTS/VIDEOS -> just marketing fluff imagesOnly one image that is a low quality screenshotUsing a paid service for upvotes/hunters -> this will get you unfeatured or severely impact your launchSome other notes to consider:We've gotten stricter on keeping true to our Featuring Guidelines.We highly recommend making a draft and sharing with folks to make sure it passes the "mom test" -> do they get what you're launching?If you can quickly Google a solution that similar to what you're launching then really make sure your launch stands out. Focus on highlighting what's special about your product vs being too general.Highly recommend having a loom or some sort of visual that showcases the start process, the end result your product produces, and what's special about your product.Be honest, authentic, and have fun.With all that being said, AMA! I'll try to answer as much as I can without getting fired

I have made a list of platforms where you can create your community and share your knowledge in a closed circle (and in some cases sell memberships).The list is according to my preferences, so the platforms I use the most are at the top.SlackDiscordWhatsApp groups (or alternatives Signal, Telegram)SkoolCirclePatreonHeroHeroDiscoMighty NetworksDo you have your own platform recommendations that I haven't mentioned but are worth paying attention to?Feel free to expand the list. 👇

Notion, Obsidian, and Roam are great, but they’re not for everyone. Maybe you found something simpler, faster, or just less overwhelming. What’s the one productivity tool you actually stick with—the one that makes life easier instead of adding more work?

Weird domain names are the unsung heroes of the internet. I used to own pollinate dot me. Basically I was drunk and thought a dating app based on people that liked to garden was a good idea

I've been using @Google Chrome for years and honestly never thought much about changing. It just always seemed like the best and easiest option. Lately though, I've been feeling like maybe I'm missing out. Chrome doesn't feel like the no-brainer pick anymore, and I'm seeing more and more interesting browsers out there.Currently, @Horse is my top pick. This is the one I'm most interested in trying out, but it also seems like a pretty different approach. I don't necessarily want my productivity to dip, but that may just be inevitable whenever switching.I also know a lot of people love @Arc, but it seems like development on it has ended? Not sure if now's still a good time to start using it. Maybe I missed the window?Of course, there's always Firefox from @Mozilla, but it sounds like some recent terms of service and privacy policy changes made some folks unhappy. I'm a bit out of the loop on that.Am I missing any other good options for a modern browser?For those that have made the switch and left Chrome behind, what did you switch to? And what helped with the transition?

THIS AMA WILL GO LIVE AT 9am PST March 19Hey Product Hunt!I’m Merrill Lutsky, co-founder & CEO of Graphite, the code review platform for the age of AI.I founded Graphite in 2020 with my co-founders Tomas & Greg, bubbling together during covid & running the office out of a tiny apartment in the East Village, NYC. Since then we’ve grown to a team of 30 people in our Soho office serving thousands of customers, from small startups to massive orgs like Shopify, Snowflake, Datadog, and more!So many companies right now are focused on the “inner loop” of software development: using AI to generate code. However, anyone who has been a software engineer at a larger company knows this is only half of the story - those code changes still need to pass through the “outer loop” of development: reviewing, testing, merging, and deploying. As AI code generation tools like Windsurf, Cursor, & Copilot help us write code faster than ever, we also need an AI-native "outer loop" toolchain that can keep pace. Graphite is building this new outer loop, using AI to help cut down on review cycles and ship higher quality code, faster.Ask me anything about what it’s like to found and grow a devtools company during a global pandemic, how AI is changing software engineering, or even my thoughts on techno, techwear, or training for marathons!

I would love to be able to do this:-take a screen shot of a page (check)-paste it into figma (check)-click a button that makes "components" out of the obvious things on the page, like buttons, text, etc. -do some editing of the text, change some colors, etc. is there a plugin or a setting i'm missing that makes this easy? I haven't found anything with some cursory searching. I am a total figma noob, so it's possible this is really easy and I'm just missing something obvious.

If you're a SaaS, digital product, agency or freelancer what payment gateways do you use to handle local methods, taxes and subscriptions? PayPal charges me 5% per transaction and their support is unwilling to reduce it to 3% for me while I know they do lower the transaction fee for certain accounts. Thinking to switch to either of the following: Stripe Paddle (shoutout to my friend @thisiskp_) Lemonsqueezy Gumroad (@shl)Razorpay Fastspring Wise Dodo Payments What do you recommend for cross-border payments? Comment which platform works the best for you :)

I’ve been exploring MCP, an open standard from @Anthropic that aims to simplify AI integrations. In theory, this should make it easier to connect AI with databases, task managers, or even development tools. But I’m curious to know how well it actually works in practice.If you’ve tried MCP with PostgreSQL, Todoist, or other services, I’d love to hear:🔹 What was your experience setting it up?🔹 What limitations have you come across?I’ll be sharing a deeper dive soon, but if you’ve worked with MCP, drop a comment — I’d love to hear real-world experiences! 👇You can check the full description here https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction if you want to dive deep into the new protocol

Today I read this message:Instagram has just added the ability to write comments with AI.A similar option LinkedIn has (it offers pre-written recommended comments like "Congratulations")In my opinion, social media is about being Social. But I also understand the development of technology, the attention economy and the mass of content produced.We are being pushed to speed up everything with artificial intelligence. That's why we see more tools on the market that will write comments for us.How do you perceive it? Does using AI comments make sense?I personally see it this way: I use AI for grammar correctionThis is perhaps more worthwhile for big creators to interact with their fans faster and on a large scale at minimal costI would rather see some cooperation between a human and AI (for example, being aware of what the AI ​​wrote and I will edit it according to my own needs)Maybe AI interaction will bore us so much in the online space that we will start communicating with each other offline (face-to-face).Feel free to share your thoughts. 👇

I have both @Substack and @beehiiv newsletters. Both have pros and cons. But honestly, I don't know what one to commit to. Substack only makes money when I make money but is feature lite. Beehiiv is kind expensive for me (5,000+ subs) and feels like it could even be feature obtuse. Do I need all those features? Do i need any of them? I end up flip flopping every year. So it leads me to this question.Do you use Substack or Beehiiv? And why?

Just launched IndieMerger (co-founder matching platform) on Product Hunt with minimal preparation and wanted to share the real results.The numbers:3rd place for the day1305 visitors to the site210 sign-ups (16% conversion)7 purchases$543 total revenue (0.5% visitor-to-customer conversion)What I actually did:Spent just ONE day preparing my submissionLaunched it myself (no fancy hunter)Used my existing landing page (no special PH offer)Responded to comments throughout the dayReality check:Product Hunt brought decent traffic but not the massive sales many founders expect. The day after launch, traffic dropped significantly.Most visitors were curious browsers, not people actively looking for a co-founder matching platform. Many signed up for free accounts but few converted to paying customers.Was it worth it?For the minimal effort I put in, yes. But it's definitely not a silver bullet for SaaS growth.If you're planning a PH launch, my advice is:Keep expectations realisticDon't overinvest in preparationFocus on your core audience elsewhereSee it as just one channel in your marketing mixFor context: IndieMerger helps founders find compatible co-founders using AI matching. We focus on complementary skills and values alignment.Happy to answer specific questions about the launch experience!

Hey folks! 
Some friends of mine are launching a self-care wellness app built as a Telegram mini app. They're based in Eastern Europe, where Telegram is hugely popular and widely used for all sorts of things. They asked for my help in marketing it globally—but I'm hesitant. Living in the US, I mostly see Telegram associated with sketchy stuff: black market services, shady job offers, etc. It has a pretty bad rep here. So I'm wondering—
Is it just me? How is Telegram perceived in your country?
And if someone you trust recommended a really good app, would the fact that it's on Telegram be a dealbreaker for you? Would love to hear your thoughts before I commit to helping them. 🙏

We made a move to @Linear at Product Hunt within the past 6 months. Curious if other startups using @Linear have adopted it company wide. Or is it primarily used by the EPD team and the rest of the company uses different PM tools? And if so, how is it working?We were previously on @Asana . I like to say I am tool-agnostic, and can adapt our company processes to whatever tool the team will use, but with many project management tools, I had my love/hate relationship with Asana. @Notion works well as our homebase for company and project documentation, brainstorming, etc. and can even work for simple task/project management (I love their inline databases). But if you're looking for more robust tools, I haven't seen Notion up to the task. I have also tried@Trello , @Todoist , @Basecamp , @ClickUp etc at other companies.I started testing @Flat for my own personal task / project management and like it (to me, it's kind of like really clean Notion-like Project management tool) but the challenge is if no one else is using it, there's no transparency/collaboration benefits. Our team already uses Linear to submit issues to the EPD team so am wondering if other companies have adopted Linear company wide and if so, how it's going.

My environment consists of many solo founders.However, when I see someone is already starting to hire an employee, the question crosses my mind: What profit has that person achieved when they can afford to pay another extra person?In some cases, I have seen a call for volunteering, but now I have a purely interesting employment relationship.Is it determined by the turnover or profit multiple from a given project?How did you determine the right time for hiring the first employee?

Ever since we launched Product Forums, it's been incredible to see how the community has taken to it and started a ton of insightful conversations. So, we wanted to take a moment and highlight some of the most active community forum members from this week who are making the forums awesome!@busmark_w_nika - Nika was the top contributing member in the forums this week! 👑 They had a very popular thread asking about the impact of AI comments on social media - Are AI comments a (good) future for social media?@merrill_lutsky - The CEO of @Graphite, Merrill, held a super insightful AMA this week touching on code reviews, dev tools, and AI - You're doing code reviews wrong - AMA w/ CEO of Graphite@mattisssa - Artem is the maker of @Shorty and kicked off a conversation on @Lovable's product forum about the importance of promotion - Lovable but for Promotion?@onbing - Yan is the founder of UIPaaS and, along with joining many different threads, was brave enough to offer up his upcoming product for roasting - 🚨 Landing Page Roast: 48 Hours Only 🚨@movitalis_david_manda - David is the CEO of @Movitalis and kicked off an interesting health & fitness related thread about tracking your VO2 more efficiently - Why you should be tracking your VO2 max - and how to do it betterWant to try and make it into the top next week? Leave useful comments and start interesting threads! We'd love to hear from you!

Hi all! Movitalis is launching soon and I want to talk about one of the most important but under appreciated fitness indicators: VO2 max.While it did become more popular lately it is still not widely known that VO2 max is an amazing indicator of overall health and predictor of longevity. In this study of over 1 million participants, a low VO2 max was linked with a 3-5x increase in overall mortality. This is an amazing finding as VO2 max is something we can increase through regular exercise, especially if done correctly.Movitalis is a fitness app that helps you train optimally for increasing your VO2 max and is tailored towards longevity, not performance! I feel like regular people for whom training is not their only focus should get the attention they deserve.I now want to hear your thoughts: Are you familiar with what VO2 max is? Are you tracking it?Would you consider Movitalis to help you on your fitness journey?Thanks!

LIVE March 13th at 12:30pm PTHey everyone, CEO of Wispr here.We did two product launches over the last five months, both went viral on X, LinkedIn, and ProductHunt, and helped us build a large audience in a short period of time.We had a lot of builders and founders reach out about advice as they were thinking about launching their own products and strategies that work across channels. I spend a lot of time thinking about building growth loops in our product, driving organic conversations, and building a product love to use and talk about - which sets a strong foundation for launch.Today, AMA about our launch, product thinking, how to kill it on X, LinkedIn, Product Hunt, or really anything about the product. Everything's on the table so ask away!