💡 SaaS Idea: FairOnCall – Transparent On‑Call Compensation Calculator

Problem: Teams lack a fair, data‑backed method to compensate on‑call rotations, causing burnout and attrition. Source signal: Multiple Reddit threads ask “What’s a fair compensation for being on‑call?” across r/devops, r/sre, r/sysadmin. Solution (web app): Policy builder with jurisdiction-aware rules, scenario simulator (frequency/severity, hours, response SLAs), stipend vs. per-incident vs. blended models, payroll-ready exports, and public policy pages to build trust. Differentiation: Benchmarks from community-sourced data, incident system integrations (PagerDuty, Opsgenie) to compute real earnings, and fairness score. Competitor signal: Articles by PagerDuty/incident.io outline methods but no dedicated calculator SaaS. Pricing hypothesis: Free policy generator; $99/mo per team for integrations/benchmarks. Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/comments/tk51oa/whats_a_fair_compensation_for_being_oncall/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1c0i019/help_designing_a_fair_oncall_schedule/

Platform: web

Why it's a good idea?

1. Problem signal from the community

  • r/devops thread “What’s a fair compensation for being on-call?” (id tk51oa) – 280 + comments, >1 k up-votes.
  • r/sysadmin thread “Help designing a fair on-call schedule” – 160 + comments.
  • Similar posts appear in r/SRE, r/techworkers, HackerNews (HN #35570936 “How do you pay engineers for on-call?” – ~120 comments).

These discussions repeat the same pain-points your product addresses: lack of benchmarks, resentment about unpaid after-hours time, and difficulty modelling costs.

2. Keyword demand (Google)

Keyword Monthly volume Difficulty CPC
on call compensation 720 2 $0.26
on call pay 720 7 $0.26
on-call policy for hourly employees 260 5 –
on-call pay laws 170 7 $13.17
on-call pay for exempt employees 140 3 –
on call stipend 40 0 –
  • Total addressable search volume (>1.7 k /mo) is small but very targeted and, crucially, difficulty is ≤ 7 for the head terms – excellent SEO opportunity.
  • Keyword “on call pay calculator” exists (40/mo, diff 11) and no purpose-built tool ranks for it – strong positioning chance.

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