Social media decision
DeadSubs
A competent technical user can reproduce the core functionality (search, inactivity detection, exports) in ~30 hours and run it cheaply; the vendor's value is convenience, curated index, and polish rather than an unreproducible moat.
Visit website↗Built by Manoj Ahirwar, who ships 3 products in this index
Not priced
No pricing page we fetched carried a figure, so there is nothing to compare against. The build side is still real.
$50one-off30 h to build
$10/mo3 h/mo upkeep
No published price to break even against.
No open-source build does this yet
Nothing published replaces this one, so a replacement starts from an empty file. Here is what it would have to cover.
What a replacement has to do
- Search Reddit by keywords, detect inactivity, display/stream matching subreddits, allow exports and provide takeover templates.
What it still won’t have
- UI polish and streaming UX
- pre-scanned index of 10,000+ subreddits maintained by vendor
- built-in conversion templates and help content
- commercial support and uptime guarantees
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
No published price
DeadSubs does not publish a price we could read, so there is nothing to compare against. What building costs is below.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a small web app (Node.js + Express backend, PostgreSQL, React frontend) that lets a user enter niche keywords and streams matching subreddits. Core features in scope: 1) integrate with Reddit API (OAuth) to search subreddits and fetch last post / account activity; 2) implement inactivity logic (flag 60+ days inactive across Reddit); 3) searchable/streaming frontend that lists subreddit, subscriber count, last-post date, and eligibility; 4) CSV/JSON export endpoint; 5) a simple credits system (prepaid credits model) and purchase stub; 6) include takeover request templates page; 7) unit and integration tests for API and export, error handling for Reddit rate limits, and basic logging/alerts. Out of scope: UI/UX polish beyond functional UI, paid billing provider integration beyond a stub. Provide Dockerfile, deployment scripts for a $20/month VPS, and automated test workflow.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Build verdict base78
- 2 cited sources+1
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- 3/3 assessment runs agreed+4
- Evidence score86
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 2
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productDeadSubs | Find and Claim Abandoned Reddit Communities
- official pricingDeadSubs Pricing
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
