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Exam Vault

A catalog of previous year exams with AI-ready text extraction and user upload functionality

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
exam-valut.vercel.app
Built by
Shalom

Bloat

111/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

Exam Vault is a live, working catalog with accounts, filtering and uploads, built over a couple of days for a small hackathon-style event. It has no payments, pricing, own domain or policies, and there's been no activity in about nine months. The idea meets a real student need, but the content is uploaded exams of unclear rights and nothing about it is hard to copy.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

Students clearly want old exams in one place, so the problem is real. There's no pricing or payment path, and the content's ownership is murky, which makes paying users hard to reach.

30/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (3)

  1. States the problem (exams scattered among people who stash them) and offers free access to freshman course exams.

    “Since it would be cool to find these exams in one place and also an easier way for people who stashed them to share to everyone I built (for all legal reasons I didn't make this. I happened to fall on my computer and it just spat out thi) Exam Vault. Exam Vault - a catalog of previous year exams. - Access freshman course exams (more to come soon) - Exam text extracted ready to be given to AI. ”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 23 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The site shows no pricing, payments or paid tier, so there is no way to charge anyone yet.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · exam-valut.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. The creator hints at legal concerns over where the exams came from, which limits how far this can be monetised.

    “Since it would be cool to find these exams in one place and also an easier way for people who stashed them to share to everyone I built (for all legal reasons I didn't make this. I happened to fall on my computer and it just spat out thi) Exam Vault. Exam Vault - a catalog of previous year exams. - Access freshman course exams (more to come soon) - Exam text extracted ready to be given to AI. ”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 23 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A catalog with upload and AI text extraction is something others could rebuild in a weekend. The only potential edge is a growing set of uploaded exams, and nothing shows that's compounding.

12/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. Features are browse, filter, sign up and upload, which are standard web app pieces.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · exam-valut.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. Relies on users contributing exams, but no sign of contributors or catalog growth beyond freshman courses.

    “Since it would be cool to find these exams in one place and also an easier way for people who stashed them to share to everyone I built (for all legal reasons I didn't make this. I happened to fall on my computer and it just spat out thi) Exam Vault. Exam Vault - a catalog of previous year exams. - Access freshman course exams (more to come soon) - Exam text extracted ready to be given to AI. ”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 23 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Shipped across two days in December 2025 and nothing since, so there are about nine months of silence. It's a one-burst project so far.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 2 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 286 days, so scaled to 29%.

Receipts (2)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “Since it would be cool to find these exams in one place and also an easier way for people who stashed them to share to everyone I built (for all legal reasons I didn't make this. I happened to fall on my computer and it just spat out thi) Exam Vault. Exam Vault - a catalog of previous year exams. - Access freshman course exams (more to come soon) - Exam text extracted ready to be given to AI. ”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 23 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “Exam Vault got third 😊 I wanna thank Henok for hosting this chilaton(the first of its kind). He actually gave me more than he promised to show his appreciation. Thank you man. A very chill and cool guy he is. I have been following him for a while now and been enjoying his stuff. I hope this grows into being a yearly thing with more devs to participate. Go give him a follow so you won't miss t”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 25 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A live site with sign-up, filtering, uploads and AI text extraction does exist and work, though it's thin on content and has no docs, status page, or policies.

54/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://exam-valut.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The site works, with accounts, browsing by course, type and year, and an upload feature. It looks thin, with limited content and no sign of depth beyond the core flow.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2025-12-25.

  • Operations4/15

    There are user accounts, which implies a backend, but no docs, API, status page, or second platform.

Receipts (4)

  1. https://exam-valut.vercel.app/ responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · exam-valut.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. Live page describes categorized exams, filtering, AI-extracted text and submissions, with accounts enabled.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · exam-valut.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Creator says only freshman course exams are available so far, with more to come.

    “Since it would be cool to find these exams in one place and also an easier way for people who stashed them to share to everyone I built (for all legal reasons I didn't make this. I happened to fall on my computer and it just spat out thi) Exam Vault. Exam Vault - a catalog of previous year exams. - Access freshman course exams (more to come soon) - Exam text extracted ready to be given to AI. ”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 23 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Facts show accounts true, docs false, status_page false, no store links or repo.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · exam-valut.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

Distribution is a free Vercel subdomain, there's no pricing or payments, and no privacy policy or terms despite taking user uploads of exams with unclear rights. Commitment shows only in a call for admins and no follow-up.

15/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    No post mentions customers or revenue, and the site has no payment provider.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment3/20

    The creator invited volunteers to be admins and placed third in a small community event, but there's no roadmap, team, dedicated channel, or updates since December 2025.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · exam-valut.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payments found and no pricing on the site.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · exam-valut.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Calls for admins and contributions, but names no concrete roadmap.

    “Since it would be cool to find these exams in one place and also an easier way for people who stashed them to share to everyone I built (for all legal reasons I didn't make this. I happened to fall on my computer and it just spat out thi) Exam Vault. Exam Vault - a catalog of previous year exams. - Access freshman course exams (more to come soon) - Exam text extracted ready to be given to AI. ”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 23 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Placed third in a community build event, which is a small acknowledgment rather than funding.

    “Exam Vault got third 😊 I wanna thank Henok for hosting this chilaton(the first of its kind). He actually gave me more than he promised to show his appreciation. Thank you man. A very chill and cool guy he is. I have been following him for a while now and been enjoying his stuff. I hope this grows into being a yearly thing with more devs to participate. Go give him a follow so you won't miss t”

    Post · @Sha_lom · 25 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)